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PHall | September 4, 2015
Simple things impress me especially when unexpectedly filled with treasures. Let’s take the phrase “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” It is filled both with science and theology: Science – “In the beginning (time) God (force) created (action) the heavens (space) and the earth (matter). These five are the manifestations of […]
PHall | September 4, 2015
If there is anything more boring than the etymology of names, it has to be genealogies; right? Not so fast. In the Bible, the meaning, and even the sound, of names is theologically important. Often there are various meanings, and sometimes the Bible gives a meaning. In Genesis 5:29, Lamech names his son Noah saying, […]
PHall | August 6, 2015
A – Habakkuk’s First Complaint About God’s Justice (1:2-4) – Waiting In Doubt B – Yahweh’s First Response (1:5-11) – Babylon’s Army C – Habakkuk’s Second Complaint About God’s Justice (1:12-2:1) – Babylon’s Wickedness D – Yahweh’s Second Response (2:2-5) – The Righteous Live by Faith C’ – Five Woes (2:6-20) – Babylon’s Wickedness B’ […]
PHall | July 31, 2015
It’s a good thing I am not a scientist because many of them confuse me. Recently a new planet, Kepler 452b, has been discovered that supposedly can sustain life. In fact scientists have been looking for planets capable of sustaining life assuming all life must be comparable to life on earth. Isn’t that a flawed […]
PHall | July 24, 2015
With Janet’s surgery, we were blessed by our spiritual family bringing us dinners. One night while eating a wonderful dish with turkey and sweet potatoes, I noticed one son had eaten the turkey and left the potatoes. I love sweet potatoes but he doesn’t. I asked if he was thankful for all the love shown […]
PHall | July 12, 2015
Life without God is like looking in the mirror with the lights turned off – useless and unenlightening. Life minus God leads to a mess, confusion, and misunderstandings on even the most simple of truths. In fact, I will say life is impossible to understand without God. Life with or without God can be painful; […]
PHall | March 23, 2015
Silence. A silent stare. A turned back. Aggression. Resignation. Contempt. Confusion. Disappointment. Restlessness. Disease. Ignored. Cast out. Which of these hurts the most? The answer might depend upon the definition and direction of hurt. Job is praying. Again. “Again” is painful knowing that if he had been answered the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth […]
PHall | February 24, 2015
“Why do bad things happen to good people;” is the inverse of “Why do good things happen to bad people?” Most of the rich are unbelievers. Many shadowed by “bad luck” are believers. How do we reconcile this reality with a good God? Something strange happens in Job’s second response to Zophar. He repeats the […]
PHall | February 14, 2015
Was Satan right about Job? Satan’s challenge is this: Would Job be more adversely affected by the ravaging loss of his health (Job 1.22), than the loss of his children (1.11)? Hearing Job talk, it isn’t until the second round of speeches that this godly man even mentions his children: “Surely He has now exhausted […]
PHall | February 6, 2015
My relative was schizophrenic. Those who suffer, endure mentally twisted hallucinations and delusions forming false realities. Making this practical, pain can make us experience what I’ll call “sane schizophrenia,” producing unearthly realities. Pain can produce an irrationality of hope superseding human experience. This pained induced thinking then enables us to expand beyond man’s reality, to […]