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PHall | October 13, 2009
What is the importance of a Christian education? As Christians we need a “Christian education.” As Christian parents we should strive to teach our children what we have learned from our studies. And as parents we should also emphasize the importance of getting our children to Bible Classes and to church services so that they […]
PHall | October 12, 2009
Mary stood beside Jim almost twenty years ago when he uttered the promise that made her his wife. The words returned to her now: something about having and holding, for better or for worse, both in sickness and in health…until “death do us part.” But today the death that parted them was the death of […]
PHall | October 12, 2009
The year is 3483. Archaeologists have just discovered the ruins of a city, the name of which is still unknown. What buried treasures lay within this ancient civilization from the last century of the 20th and the first of the 21st century? The “time travelers” to the past found pictures, amazingly preserved. Many of the […]
PHall | October 12, 2009
In reading an interesting book, The Rescue of Jerusalem – The Alliance Between Hebrews and Africans in 701 B.C., I read the following acknowledgment by the author Henry T. Aubin: During the years of preparing this book, greatly appreciated encouragement has come from numerous friends and kind….I am particularly grateful to three scholars… (who) showed […]
PHall | October 1, 2009
A man dying in the desert stumbles over a sand dune. He is greeted by a tie salesman. The dehydrated man begs for water but the salesman only has ties. In angry frustration the weakened man stumbles on. Within an hour he reaches an isolated restaurant in the middle of the desert. At first […]
PHall | October 1, 2009
Yes, yes, it was ridiculous. No, there isn’t a rational explanation. Again, yes, I knew the already historically determined outcome. And again, no, I didn’t think it would change; nor did I think my inward screaming could alter history And yet I still screamed in my head, “Don’t do it!” And yet I still dreaded […]
PHall | October 1, 2009
Spellcheckers are a blessing, a curse and can even be very insulting…all of which makes me think of parenting! How is this so? Consider with me: Spellcheckers are a wonderful blessing. Before homes became so inundated with computers, I foisted the same parental nonsense onto my children that my parents piled on me, and which […]
PHall | September 17, 2009
How long it would take someone to graduate from High School if the only Bible study they did was in “Bible School?” It would take 153.6 years. That is based on 7 hours of study time per day for 5 days per week X 38 weeks per annum. The number of total annual hours of school […]
PHall | September 17, 2009
A Collection of Books •The Book of Psalms (or Psalter) is a collection of different kinds of poetry spanning many centuries of history (from c. 1100 BC, Pss. 29, 68, to c. 400 BC, Ps. 119) and reaching essentially its present form around 300 BC. Evidences of this collective nature are seen in its division […]
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 […]