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PHall | April 15, 2010
No one told me about the pain and the suffering, about all the funerals. As a young man focusing on the supposed glories of becoming a preacher, never did I ever think of emotional and spiritual tribulations found at the bedside, in the hospital, at the funeral home, and by the graveside. If I had […]
PHall | March 27, 2010
When the reality of suffering becomes personal we can doubt the love of God. We need to not doubt the reality of something else – the hatred of Satan. Satan hates God and therefore hated Job. Satan’s hatred led to the suffering of innocent people, parents, children, friends and servants. Evil persisted on earth, while […]
PHall | February 25, 2010
Life can be painful; loneliness can be suffocating, obedience can be a struggle. Often our burdens come from our own sin. Some originate from God. Which is worse – to suffer because of disobedience, or to suffer because of obedience? Let’s first look at Jeremiah. God commanded Jeremiah not to marry.
PHall | February 25, 2010
For those of you who do not know me well, let me forewarn you that sometimes a little seriousness gets mixed in with my silliness. Wait…that didn’t come out right. Sometimes a little silliness gets mixed in with my seriousness. Yes, that’s works better. So let both begin. Poor pitiful Paul pleads profusely. Proficiently proffering […]
PHall | November 4, 2009
Poor pitiful Paul pleads profusely. Proficiently proffering purposeful preaching, plus personal pain; Paul profits through preaching, proclaiming, but not peddling. Paul, properly placing perspective pleases his paradigm. OK, that’s plenty enough with my patent patois pleasure. But please explain how Paul could persist among such devastating problems? The answer is that Paul had PEP. I […]
PHall | November 1, 2009
This is not about the prayer of Jabez, but rather the pray-er Jabez. This is about the man. What can we learn about him – the pray-er, by looking at his prayer? 1 Chronicles 4:10 NASB Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
18 I said to myself [lit., in my heart] concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.” Both within Philosophy and Theology the problem of pain, the problem of evil, has been the most troubling argument against the existence of a benevolent […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Glory and Pain Have you ever been struck by an idea? Well, Saul (a.k.a. Paul) is about to get “struck” with an idea on the road to Damascus! He is about to descend from the pomposity of pious power, to the pain of the persecuted. Paul’s spiritual blindness will be rivaled by his physical […]