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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 […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Don’t try to pronounce these places – Aiath, Migron, Michmash, Gallim, Laishah, Anathoth, Madmenah, and others. Not only are the pronunciations forgotten, so are these places. In fact, they are so forgotten that not a single name is recognized by my spellchecker! History has forgotten…though inspiration has not – Isaiah 10. People and places are […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Not once, not even a little bit, have my tools burst out bragging. Yes, there are different levels of tools, but even the best tool in the wrong hand is inferior to the worst tool in a skilled hand. The heart of the king of Assyria was arrogant and haughty. He said, “By the power […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
I have a wild imagination. It serves me well…usually. My mind can’t help but wonder about the story behind the story. I keep asking “why” which keeps the story real, especially when reading the Bible. But before going there, do you ever find reading the classifieds interesting? For example, one classified read, “Wedding Dress – […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
A Good Example from a Bad Example Hitler and Haman, haters of others, destroyers of themselves. That is the lesson of history of these two men. To say a good word about either is incomprehensible. Genocide is mind-boggling, beyond boundaries of simple hate, it is a hate that is all consuming…literally. To say a good […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
I resolve this year to resolve this year not to resolve this year to resolve this year. If I got all of my negatives negating properly, I think I said that I promise not to promise. The New Year is the time for resolutions. To me, resolutions are usually as useless as the calendar year […]