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PHall | January 22, 2015
Waking up with something physically wrong with my right eye, I thought it was a stye. Hourly, my face’s right side deteriorated. Only 20 years old, I called home panicking and frightened. The entire right side of my face was becoming paralyzed. While traumatic, it was compounded by the fact I was considering becoming a […]
PHall | January 6, 2015
Shooting basketball, my mother walked onto our deck to tell me “Grandmother” died. She was my great-grandmother. I stopped for a few seconds, and then started shooting again. She was the first person related to me who died. I was young, and only met her a few times. One day at college I got a […]
PHall | January 7, 2014
Job – When someone says, “It could be worse,” this is “Worse” Psalms – Psongs from a PSoldier Proverbs – What Rehoboam Did Not Learn From Solomon Ecclesiastes – What Solomon Did not Learn from Proverbs Song of Solomon – How Not to Write a Modern Love Poem
PHall | February 20, 2012
The book of Job forces us to deal with suffering of a different kind – the uncomfortable and confusing reality when personal troubles and traditional theologies clash. Reacting when experience contradicts what we believe can lead to sin or correction. Job’s friends refuse to doubt their interpretation of divine retributive justice of punishment and reward. […]
PHall | February 20, 2012
The book of Job is an artistic expression of the least artistic experiences within man – pain, suffering and doubt. As individuals are either done in by suffering, or finished unto perfection by its purging, this sapiential insight articulates the painful process. It is the finished product of pain. It begins with faithfulness, sinks into […]
PHall | March 27, 2010
When the reality of suffering becomes personal we can doubt the love of God. We need to not doubt the reality of something else – the hatred of Satan. Satan hates God and therefore hated Job. Satan’s hatred led to the suffering of innocent people, parents, children, friends and servants. Evil persisted on earth, while […]
PHall | February 26, 2010
Many people have food allergies, but the Bible has food…analogies. Yes, this little article might be hard to swallow, but chew on its truths for a little while and you will be able to stomach the puns.
PHall | February 25, 2010
Life can be painful; loneliness can be suffocating, obedience can be a struggle. Often our burdens come from our own sin. Some originate from God. Which is worse – to suffer because of disobedience, or to suffer because of obedience? Let’s first look at Jeremiah. God commanded Jeremiah not to marry.
PHall | October 26, 2009
Read the following advice: “A relationship usually means you’re exclusive to one person, giving your heart and soul to your mate, at least within reason. We’re supposed to feel strongly about that person — and that person only. “But does the world stop turning because you’re hitched? I don’t believe so. The “Pretty Women” production […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
It is a wise hermeneutical practice when trying to understand difficult passages to: Focus first on the context. Interpret difficult passages by easier passages. Interpret in light of examples. For example, when looking at this passage about it being impossible to restore, we only need to look at overall context of chapters 5-6 in Hebrews, […]