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PHall | September 13, 2016
One of the interesting differences between animals and humans suggests we did not involve from a lower life form to a higher one. Spiders who make webs instinctually are master engineers. Canadian Geese are not “directionally challenged” like some of my relatives. This overall instinctual genius is not found across the board in humans. If […]
PHall | August 30, 2016
Does God commit “evil’? Immediately our response as believers is no, because immediately we assign the descriptive modifier “moral evil.” Raah is used frequently in Jeremiah 44 (13x), and in all of Jeremiah (85x). Basically it means “adversity” which admittedly sounds somewhat benign. Only when we see it applied contextually do we see the depth […]
PHall | August 20, 2016
Recently a preacher got fired for being scripturally divorced. The congregation was sympathetic to his plight due to his wife leaving him and their children, to join her “lover” in Florida. The elders, however, severed their fellowship with him as a preacher because they were afraid his situation would be a “distraction” to the congregation. […]
PHall | August 20, 2016
The same offer had been offered and rejected time after time and then again. Years help had been offered; but it required something personally offensive to those whose world was obviously falling apart. Finally, after more than two decades some decided to accept. What changed? What was previously offensive but now palatable? What changed was […]
PHall | August 16, 2016
What is one of the most powerful God-created sources that is untamed and will always remain untamed? The sea. Considering its strength, what did God choose to control this mighty creation of His? Sand. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary of the sea, an enduring barrier […]
PHall | July 23, 2016
The most amazing aspect of Jesus’ ministry is not that He loved the sinner while hating the sin; or loved those who hated Him. After all, we shouldn’t really be amazed at anything Divinity can do because God is God. When I am amazed at God I am looking at him through my sinfulness. What […]
PHall | July 13, 2016
No doubt there are boring parts of the Bible, just like there are boring parts to our lives. But if we find the Bible boring then we have no imagination nor interest in anything mysterious. That is because there is nothing more intriguing, irrational, and irritating than human beings. Which makes this God of ours the most […]
PHall | July 13, 2016
Jeremiah 33:5 – “I have hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness” Herein might be the true way to view suffering. Bad things happen not because of God causes them (although language is used that way), but because stops protecting His people (language is also used this way). Considering God sends […]
PHall | June 30, 2016
“I want to be wrong.” Jeremiah prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem and a 70 year exile. Hananiah prophesied it would only last 2 years. Jeremiah responded saying “Amen! May the LORD do so” (Jer.28:6). Jeremiah wanted to be wrong. In bible class last night someone said the problem too many have is they want to […]
PHall | June 30, 2016
Levels of Acceptance – Years ago I read a study on the three levels of accepting truth: Intellectual, Personal, Universal. When a sinner studies baptism and accepts the truth, the first stage is intellectual. Unfortunately we all have seen sinners stop there. They know baptism is when we accept God’s grace, but they will not […]