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PHall | October 1, 2009
Ahh…apartment, semi-sweet, apartment. Doesn’t quite have the comforting familiar ring of “home sweet home,” does it? Walking up to our apartment I said that to my family with a touch of facetious wit…not serious sarcasm. Humor can be a useful tool that reveals reality more clearly. For example, instead of saying, “At least we have […]
PHall | October 1, 2009
“It is clear that there must be difficulties for us in a revelation such as the Bible. If someone were to hand me a book that was as simple to me as the multiplication table, and say, ‘This is the Word of God. In it He has revealed His whole will and wisdom,’ I would […]
PHall | September 17, 2009
This article will be controversial. Ironically, if you do not like controversy, you will like this article. Have I got your attention? This article will be about the controversial subject of being controversial, and how wrong it is to be controversial! Unless of course it is right to be controversial! Confused? To begin, we must […]
PHall | September 16, 2009
The Lord’s Supper: The Accounts and Proper Order[1] The purpose of this exercise is to determine whether or not the added information concerning the “passover” cup serves a dual purpose spiritually connecting the passover of old and this new supper. If this “passover” cup bridges both suppers, then we can scripturally call the Lord’s […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
If disturbing but true, biblically based, analogies distress you, do not read this article. Now that I’ve said that…my guess is that EVERYONE will read it! All of us have seen it done. None of us will actually directly do it to ourselves, although most of us will have it planned to be done to […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Restoring the Kingdom Acts 1:6 – So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” What was in the mind of the apostles when they asked this question? Did they have political and personal ambitions? Were they […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Mark 14:3-9 NASB (6) While He [i.e., Jesus] was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head. (4) But some were indignantly remarking […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Have you ever let your mind…now what was I thinking? Oh yea, have you ever let your mind…is that a mosquito on the wall? Oh never mind…now what were we talking about? Oh yea, our minds drifting off. Concentration is easier for some than for others. If we have ADD or ADHD, our minds tend […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
This is not a happy article. There will be no laughing on your part, or puns on mine. If there are any smiles, they most likely will be paradoxical smiles of sad recognition. This is an article about a real life situation that is both sad and ironic. Sad and ironic are two words that […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Singing not merely about God, but to Him is deeply moving; we can also teach others about God through our singing. We can teach about God, but also about ourselves. God ordained joy to be spread through our vocalizing the Christian life in song. I once knew a Christian that did not think you could […]