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PHall | January 15, 2012
Sport’s pundits love to ask, “Did they lose the game, or did the other team win?” If the favorite lost to the underdog, then either the latter “rose to the occasion” or else the projected winner “choked.” No one loves a loser (well, there are some franchises); choking means you just can’t cut it, you […]
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 | December 10, 2011
There is a silence within the details that sounds an alarm. One temptation ends, and another begins, but what about in between? The silence is the amount of time between each encounter in the battle between Jesus and Satan in the wilderness. Unlike the revealing text declaring that afterwards the angels “immediately” came and began […]
PHall | November 20, 2011
Miscalculation. Everyone does it, especially when discovering that the month lasts longer than the paycheck. In baseball, a runner tries to leg-out a triple, and miscalculates the strong arm of the right fielder – “He’s Out!” In fact, I miscalculated in every math test I ever took! Have you ever noticed how often we miscalculate […]
PHall | November 11, 2011
Jesus makes people uncomfortable. Ironically, this is especially true for the religious because Jesus challenges the normal, the expected, and the religious traditions of both the sanctimonious and soft-hearted. Jesus confronts the conscience of others and we must be brave enough to question our own. Learning from Him, who always knew right and wrong regardless […]
PHall | November 3, 2011
Having clothed yourself with Christ, do you feel superior to unbelievers? Admitting Christians still sin, are you in a “better class” of sinners? In putting on Christ, we are to put away sins. It is a command. It is a command that is never quite being finished obeying because of our disobeying. Paul’s list here […]
PHall | October 14, 2011
Why are we told this story? It does seem to “interrupt” the story of the kings, even the story of the Jeroboam. The rebel king’s story will continue on after this “interruption.” Asking why gets into the motive of the inspired writer, and therefore of God Himself. Such a harsh sentence God imposes upon His […]
PHall | October 9, 2011
Some modern day “Christians” remind me of the hippies back in the 60’s and of the Gnostics of Jude 1:4. The hippies were right to emphasize love, but their application tended towards acceptance of sin and the rejection of authority. They were right to accept people different than themselves because we’re all God’s children, but wrong to […]
PHall | October 1, 2011
How could someone so wise act so foolish? How could the wisest of men become the greatest of fools? That is the conundrum about Solomon asked possibly for 3 thousand years and counting. His wisdom is seen in his writings, songs, proverbs and judicial decisions. His wisdom exceeds all the wise of the East and […]
PHall | September 11, 2011
Deuteronomy 6:5 HCSB – Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. As often is the case with English, “love” is too broad and unspecific at times. Therefore let’s look at love from a different perspective – Deuteronomy. Do a word search and you find […]