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PHall | January 13, 2012
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand” (Chinese Proverb) – Christianity is not just hearing sermons and seeing the good examples of others. It is practicing it ourselves. Only then does the humanly insane, counter-culture, Sermon on the Mount enlighten us with true, divine understanding.
PHall | January 13, 2012
Fall away; fall away; to forsake and forget Christ’s scar; I have fallen; fallen far; God keeps calling; “Home’s not far.” I look downward; He sees me; how I hurt him; how he bleeds; Tears do fall; selfishly I settle, neglecting real needs. Looking upward, I ask disgraced; “Is home near; with God’s grace?” Heaven’s […]
PHall | January 9, 2012
PHall | January 8, 2012
“The sky is blue.” Seeing that, what would your reactions be? No doubt you know someone who, if you said, “The sky is blue” would start an argument. Many months I wrote in a particular forum, “the sky is blue” with no other comments or explanation. Some were confused, but others understood the point. It […]
PHall | January 4, 2012
PHall | January 1, 2012
Luke 9:23 (HCSB) Then He said to them all, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself…., Questions for Self-Examination: I have been denying myself certain pleasures, and I believe God is pleased with that. I don’t understand what “denying myself” means. I regularly pray for God to help me subordinate my […]
PHall | December 23, 2011
Tis Wise To Read A Poem A Day Tis wise to read a poem a day; Stagnant thinking it keeps at bay. Rhythms and rhymes felt in a poem; Guide minds to wonder, wander, roam. Tis wise to write in form of rhyme; Creative thoughts merge and align. Whether whimsy or life beyond; Poems settle […]
PHall | December 20, 2011
PHall | December 19, 2011
Rock exposed to the harshness of life; The storms of nature form rocks of strife. Rock bathed in the waters all around; Slowly, hurtful, hurting edges drowned. Rocks are each one’s life in metaphor; Rough hewn, broken, cracked, dangerous or; Smooth, beautiful, changed by being worn, By The Rock, in Spirit, water born.
PHall | December 15, 2011
Many sincerely believe that the Lord’s Supper can only be observed within an assembly of a local church. I wonder if restricting the Lord’s Supper to the church assembly is necessarily implied by the examples of Acts 20:7 and 1 Corinthians 11. The reason for my doubt is due to 1 Corinthians 10:16-17. 1 Corinthians […]