PHall | April 18, 2010
The below account is courtesy of Robert Turner: This story came right out of the heart of my native Kentucky, and I may have scooped Joe Creason with it. A well-known preacher of the past generation was hurriedly called to preach the funeral of one of two brothers. He had known the two men well [...]
PHall | February 26, 2010
The “Christian” religious world is divided. The “Christian” religious world is united. No, that is not a contradiction, but rather a contradistinction. There is no denying that churches across the spiritual spectrum disagree on a host of important, indispensable and defining issues; yet if we truly want to fulfill Jesus’ prayer of unity (John 17), [...]
PHall | November 28, 2009
There is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9). Every year it is the same. It happened this year and will happen in the year to come, and those following. People move out, and people move in. Proximity to friends and family will be gained and lost. Ties will be tested. Friendships will begin, and [...]
PHall | September 30, 2009
[Coffman lists this chapter as offering solutions to life’s perplexities: charity (vv.1-6); cheerfulness (vv.7-9); piety (v.10)] Live Day to Day for Others 1 Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days. [Extended Notes] 2 Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight [i.e., an idiom [...]
PHall | September 30, 2009
Proverbs 1 Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor. [The amount of perfume is greater than the amount of flies, but the effect of the flies is greater than the effect of the perfume. Likewise, it takes years to build up a good reputation and [...]
PHall | September 30, 2009
1 Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam. [We have all seen how a person’s face changes when they understand! Consternation furrows the brow. How this is connected to the following I do not know, other [...]
PHall | September 30, 2009
Proverbs on Life and Death 1 A good name [i.e., reputation] is better than [Extended Notes] a good ointment [Prov.22:1; good ointment characterizes the good life. The house of feasting, etc.], And the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth. [Why is one’s death better than their birth? It depends [...]
PHall | September 30, 2009
1 Then I looked again [4:7] at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them. [Extended [...]
PHall | September 30, 2009
1 [Extended Notes] There is an appointed time for everything [Extended Notes]. And there is a time for every event [lit., delight] under heaven– 2 A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. 3 A time to kill and a time [...]
PHall | September 30, 2009
The Futility of Physical Pleasure 1 I said to myself [lit., in my heart], “Come now, I will test [nacah (5254) - a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt:--adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try] you with pleasure [towb (2896) - from 2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a [...]
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