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PHall | July 16, 2013
“All’s well that ends well” but not all’s well that begins well. Judges 1 begins by mentioning Joshua’s death, a man whose record in Judges is one of multiple triumphs. Thirty-one kings defeated (Josh.12:9-24). His last speech is renowned: “As for me and my house, we will worship Yahweh” (Josh.24.15). Because of his influence, after […]
PHall | December 30, 2012
Biblical courage has at least three characteristics: 1) God Given – not self-derived; 2) God Strengthened – there when needed; 3) God Controlled – does not produce pride, instead it produces humility.
PHall | November 26, 2011
When reading the period of the Judges and Kings, one sad fact overwhelmingly – and even numbingly – is present: the draw of idolatry. It is easy for us to isolate the sensuality involved in fertility cults and wholly blame that as the sole cause. After all, we are good Christians who are not overtly affected by […]
PHall | July 12, 2011
Judges 2.1,4; 5.23; 6.11,12,20,21,22; 13.3,6,9,13,16,18,20,21 Judges 2:1 NASB Now the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you, Judges […]
PHall | July 12, 2011
Fear (1.19) Disobedience (2.2) Punishment (2.3,4) Testing (3.1) Teaching (3.2) The goal for us is to look at our own situations and ask if we are still struggling for any of those reasons.
PHall | June 28, 2011
Judges 2:12 NASB and they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the LORD to anger. Judges 2:12 HCSB and […]
PHall | June 28, 2011
Judges 1:3 NASB Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into the territory allotted me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I in turn will go with you into the territory allotted you.” So Simeon went with him. Judges 1:3 HCSB Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Come with […]
PHall | March 8, 2010
When reading the period of the Judges and Kings, one sad fact overwhelmingly – and even numbingly – is present: the draw of idolatry. How could God’s people, a nation dedicated to monotheism, not only falter and fall into idolatry, but repeatedly falter and fall?
PHall | October 12, 2009
“That the leaders led in Israel, That the people volunteered, Bless the Lord! (Judges 5:2). Spiritual-life is that simple, and yet that complicated. And in reality, all of life is that simple, and yet that complicated. I would like to say that generally, we are the only ones who make our lives simple or complicated. […]