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PHall | November 30, 2022
We Don’t Sing Praises to Eve It is thought to be a first century hymn so beloved, challenging, and theologically expressive that Paul, via inspiration, included it in his epistle to the Philippians. It would be like us including the words of Amazing Grace in a letter or sermon today. But what I am writing […]
PHall | November 30, 2022
A Great Society This civilization was known for its architecture, musicians, and tool making. These are advancements still admired today. The imagination needed for such endeavors had to be high. Sounds like a great society. Contrasted to this society is another where none of these accomplishments are mentioned. Were they absent, not emphasized, or just […]
PHall | October 5, 2022
Unlike before when Sarah and Rebekah were endangered by a male foreigner, this time it is a man endangered by a female foreigner. Satan flips the script. Or is it somehow God showing all are vulnerable yet still empowered for higher purposes? This time the male protagonist is Joseph. The female antagonist is unnamed, […]
PHall | September 7, 2022
The narrative of Dinah, Jacob’s daughter, a female within what will become Israel, is filled with despicable acts (Genesis 34). This includes Dinah’s vulnerability being violated by Shechem, a Gentile, a man overcome by lust. Dinah’s brothers, Simeon and Levi, are overtaken by revenge. Together, her brothers trick Shechem so that every male within […]
PHall | September 1, 2022
A wife gets what she wants; and does she do it in a way that gets back at her husband? This is not a modern scene, although it is very modern as seen in many marriages. A husband mistreats his wife, and she finds a way to manipulate the situation that reminds her husband of […]
PHall | August 27, 2022
Do You Want Eden? Eden is gone, but the true meaning of that garden is available to all. Notice this pattern: First, God in the garden of Eden. • “And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid […]
PHall | August 25, 2022
Never have I made this connection this way. I suggest such “seeing” only comes from familiarity through time which makes God’s word always revealing His lessons. Inspiration keeps telling the same narratives repeatedly, which is a teaching mechanism to show unity. While Galatians teaches we are children of Abraham by faith (Gal.3), we also by […]
PHall | August 16, 2022
“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should”, is attributed to both Marloes De Vries and Sherrilyn Kenyon; but no doubt has been said by many. A variation is found in “Jurassic Park” by the character Dr. Ian Malcom, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” […]
PHall | August 13, 2022
Genealogies are hard to read, but diligence delivers surprising, even spiritual lessons. For example, “Not everything is as it will always be”. That is both positive and negative. Learning not all of life is summed up in the present is powerful. That is a lesson we can profit from concerning the family heritage of two […]
PHall | August 9, 2022
Kafka wrote, “A cage went in search of a bird”. What did he mean? That’s debatable, but despite what he meant if he meant anything, I see a meaning behind this paradoxical aphorism: Humans crave the absurd. A cage is a prison. Sennacherib called Hezekiah “a caged bird” after his siege that ended in failure […]