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PHall | July 19, 2010
Reading in public is becoming a lost art. The Bible is not meant solely for reading, but for listening too – “He who has ears to hear” (Matthew 11:15). God’s word is just like music which is created to be performed, and heard. Even if the player is alone, he is hearing the sounds and […]
PHall | July 13, 2010
The proverbial problem of evil is that evil is not always the problem. Sometimes the problem is not even a problem, but is rather the solution. Sometimes the problem is not evil, but rather is godly in origin and purpose (Deut.8:2,16). Deuteronomy 8:2,16 NASB (2) “You shall remember all the way which the LORD your […]
PHall | July 13, 2010
There is a difference between believing in God, and believing God (Numbers 20:12)
PHall | July 10, 2010
The two incidents, almost 40 years apart, are vastly different when we look at Moses. It would be interesting to psychoanalyze the differences to see if they are marks of immaturity versus maturity; fresh leadership versus stressed leadership; and maybe other categories.
PHall | July 10, 2010
The first Meribah – Israel has just left Egypt, 430 years of slavery, seen ten plagues demonstrating the power of God and their own place within God’s heart, witnessed a pillar of fire, the dividing of the Red Sea, the destruction of an entire army, bitter water miraculously turned sweet, manna from heaven, more quail […]
PHall | July 9, 2010
God called us to be fishers of men, not keepers of the aquarium.
PHall | June 30, 2010
To simultaneously give hope and challenge, there’s an old adage that says you can “rise above your raisin’ (i.e., raising).” This means that each individual is not chained by their past but instead is charged to improve their future. Our fate is not fastened to the misfortunes of others. As with most proverbs, there is […]
PHall | June 30, 2010
If we were to write a history of our home church, or of Christianity in our area, what would it look like? That would be determined by why the history is being written. Purpose decides which facts are included and excluded. Seldom if ever is history written to simply record facts – even the simple […]
PHall | June 9, 2010
The human soul yearns for freedom from its pain. Existentialists open their minds to the possibility of meaningless as the answer, allowing themselves to live with the pain as pain is the only true reality. For all of us, whether philosophically inclinded or simply searchers, the balm and relief comes down to two choices. Believers find this […]
PHall | June 8, 2010
Modern Man is too sophisticated and liberated to believe in a myth called Satan. Freud set free our subconscious and Darwin ridiculed our religion. That cannot be Satan whispering in our ear, nor the Devil plaguing our dreams. It is only us, even an “us” unknown by us. And that story – that myth – […]