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PHall | May 7, 2010
Most men within history are famous for what they did. The annals of time record their accomplishments, heroics, inventions, or possibly their words. Seldom is someone remembered for what they did not do, and yet that is exactly why we remember Enoch. What didn’t Enoch do?
PHall | May 7, 2010
Yesterday was not a good day. Exhausted from a gospel meeting the previous week, I slept late that morning. Then working late to make up for the lost time, I didn’t get home until after 8:00 PM. My two daughters had left for a Bible Study and sleep over. Didn’t get to see them all […]
PHall | May 5, 2010
An alarm clock is, well, so alarming and violent. I prefer a non-committal, co-dependent clock – in a hushed, dulcet voice it calmly says, “it might be time to get up, but only if you want to.” Proverbs 27:14 HCSB If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will […]
PHall | May 5, 2010
“In the beginning, God….” (Genesis 1:1). Such a simple beginning to a complex chapter, book, covenant and theology. Such a simple beginning to a life lived simply for God. Seeing God, accepting and understanding He is the power behind all that follows those four little words, and all that is, takes a simple faith based […]
PHall | April 29, 2010
Sometimes I am amazed at how long it takes me to see what is there. Read Matthew 6:25-34 with a fresh reading of the History of the Israelites, coupled with the understanding that the gospel written by Matthew was predominently written with a Jewish audience in mind, and we might see the wilderness wanderings. “Do […]
PHall | April 27, 2010
Exodus 17:7 NASB He named the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us, or not?” A – Massah (i.e. test) B – Meribah (i.e, quarrel) B’ – Quarrel of the sons of Israel A’ – Tested the […]
PHall | April 18, 2010
The below account is courtesy of Robert Turner: This story came right out of the heart of my native Kentucky, and I may have scooped Joe Creason with it. A well-known preacher of the past generation was hurriedly called to preach the funeral of one of two brothers. He had known the two men well […]
PHall | April 18, 2010
One of the wondrous revelations within John 11 is that the problem of pain is not just a problem for mankind. It is a problem for God. Does that strange at best, or at worst, blasphemous? If so we are missing the reality behind the relationships which are filled with pain not just for the […]
PHall | March 27, 2010
When the reality of suffering becomes personal we can doubt the love of God. We need to not doubt the reality of something else – the hatred of Satan. Satan hates God and therefore hated Job. Satan’s hatred led to the suffering of innocent people, parents, children, friends and servants. Evil persisted on earth, while […]
PHall | March 25, 2010
If we were to count the number times we praise versus how often we want to be pleased, would we be surprised that our prayers are more about us than God? The book of Psalms has 150 seperate psalms, and the word praise (or praises, etc.) occurs 166 times in the NASB. Here is an […]