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PHall | September 15, 2009
Solomon not only fits the qualification of being the son of David (1:1), he also fits the other necessary qualifications (1 Kgs.3:5-14; 1 Kgs.10:14-25): Wise enough to keep his senses about him while experimenting (2:3; 1 Kgs.4:29-34) Rich enough to be able to afford all the experiments (2:4-8; 1 Kgs.4:21-28) Women enough to experiment with […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Ecclesiastes may best be summed up in two simple statements: 1. Observation without application of the world’s futility leads to depression. 2. Observation with application of the world’s futility leads to confession.
PHall | September 15, 2009
In the early to middle 1980’s, I was in a health food shop – why, I do not know – buying some papaya juice – again, why I do not know. This very tall, older man, tapped me on the shoulder. As I turned around he asked, “Excuse me, are you intelligent?” All I could […]
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
Have you ever been told, “You just don’t get it?” Whether said in frustration or spitefulness, what they mean is that “You’re not very bright.” Sometimes our “brightness” can shine through if we simply change the direction of our thinking. After all, even a flashlight isn’t very bright when turned to the wall. Well, there […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
We should all want to move our singing beyond the boundaries that stagnation can restrict it. Beyond the corridors of our throats and lips. Beyond the sound produced that is pleasing to the human ear. Beyond four part harmony. God has ordained an important role for our singing. Sometimes the church has made it something […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
I yell “Help!” God says nothing. I cry “How long?” God says nothing. Confused I shudder in prayer, “But people are hurting?!” God says nothing. The hurting continues…the hurt ones, the widows, the orphans, and the strangers, those alone in the world; suffering from the powerful, the arrogant, the ones claiming “God does not see.” […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
You can be wise without being smart. And you can be smart without being wise. Of course the preferred combination is, being both wise and smart. No, I am not being a wise-guy nor am I being a smart-aleck, but we have too many foolish intellectuals, and not enough wise ignoramuses. O.K., now for a […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
I wonder…do we really want to pray like we so often do, for strength? Do we understand what that implies? Are we ready to accept the consequences of praying for strength? The way we often act, we don’t want strength. Why? We don’t want the situation that requires strength. Strength is only needed when strength […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was lead away into exile from its land (Jeremiah 52:27) Exile and death; family and friends separated by the decisions of others. The parting might have been through exile into another nation. Those […]