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PHall | September 15, 2009
Pain Oppressors Ecclesiastes 4:1 NASB Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Me Oh My Oh I 33 times in 23 verses the word “I” is used. That’s not even counting the numerous uses of “my”; “myself;” and “me.” Generally counting words is not a worthwhile endeavor unless the repetition is illuminating. In this case, the word “I” becomes a power or key word. The passage to […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
You are what you eat, so they say. That must be true because I love doughnuts and I am soooo sweeeet! Of course, some may argue that like a doughnut I have a hole in the middle of head too! But seriously, we are what we worship. The following axiom has the power to challenge […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
The Way You Drive What does our driving style say about us, and more importantly, about our relationship with Jesus? Are we slow, fast, cautious, dangerous, courteous, or rude? Do we obey the speed limits or just coast through stop signs? What would we think if someone could see a car coming down the road, […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Following the Crowd (2 Chron.24) “Following the crowd”…not a good idea…usually…if following the crowd is contrary to one’s spiritual health. “Following the crowd”…something some people just can’t seem to avoid. So what can they do? “Personality Type” books such as “The Enneagram” lists 9 distinct personalities. In the Enneagram, Type Three is often known as […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
A Wasted Life How would you describe a wasted life? Could you succinctly say it in a few words on a tombstone? If you could sum up your epitaph, what would it be? If people etched on our tombstone what they said about us while we were alive, what would be engraved in stone for […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
A Good Parent’s Bad Influence Warning! Our children might not be as strong spiritually as we are! Frighteningly and sadly we can be naïve about their spiritual weakness. Therefore we need to watch so that we don’t cause them to stumble over something we can easily step over. Just because we are tough enough does […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Random Integrity Random integrity. I support any who uphold random integrity. In fact, I myself try to practice random integrity. The essence of integrity is randomness. True integrity requires it being practiced randomly. Confused? Good! That means you are thinking! Do you think I am advocating on-again, off-again, righteousness? Exactly the opposite. So what am […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
As we get older, our eyes play tricks on us. We think we see what we see, but what we see is not what we see, we see what we don’t see. Did you eyes play tricks on you in reading that? Sometimes it’s not age related, for whatever inexplicable reason we just don’t see […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
A Not So Innocent Story Which title do you prefer – “A Good Story Gone Bad” or “A Not So Innocent Story?” Either would work; both are sad. The story itself is not sad nor bad, but rather the circumstances and reaction to the story show us there is something not so innocent going on. […]