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PHall | September 1, 2022
A wife gets what she wants; and does she do it in a way that gets back at her husband? This is not a modern scene, although it is very modern as seen in many marriages. A husband mistreats his wife, and she finds a way to manipulate the situation that reminds her husband of […]
PHall | August 27, 2022
Do You Want Eden? Eden is gone, but the true meaning of that garden is available to all. Notice this pattern: First, God in the garden of Eden. • “And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid […]
PHall | August 25, 2022
Never have I made this connection this way. I suggest such “seeing” only comes from familiarity through time which makes God’s word always revealing His lessons. Inspiration keeps telling the same narratives repeatedly, which is a teaching mechanism to show unity. While Galatians teaches we are children of Abraham by faith (Gal.3), we also by […]
PHall | August 16, 2022
“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should”, is attributed to both Marloes De Vries and Sherrilyn Kenyon; but no doubt has been said by many. A variation is found in “Jurassic Park” by the character Dr. Ian Malcom, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” […]
PHall | August 13, 2022
Genealogies are hard to read, but diligence delivers surprising, even spiritual lessons. For example, “Not everything is as it will always be”. That is both positive and negative. Learning not all of life is summed up in the present is powerful. That is a lesson we can profit from concerning the family heritage of two […]
PHall | August 9, 2022
Kafka wrote, “A cage went in search of a bird”. What did he mean? That’s debatable, but despite what he meant if he meant anything, I see a meaning behind this paradoxical aphorism: Humans crave the absurd. A cage is a prison. Sennacherib called Hezekiah “a caged bird” after his siege that ended in failure […]
PHall | August 3, 2022
“Inspir-history” WARNING! I am about to make up a word! One reason I believe in inspiration – that the very words of the Bible are inspired – is because of “inspir-history”. Just as the words of the Bible are chosen by God, that same Bible shows God chosing to “inspire history” by breathing out His […]
PHall | August 2, 2022
The mysterious “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis 2:9) has many secrets. One is, what kind of fruit? Tradition says “apple” but this is because the Latin for bad/evil and apple are homonyms and the Vulgate (a Latin translation) was at one time the most popular translation (Psst, the only fruit mentioned […]
PHall | August 1, 2022
It is possible to overstate the place of water within God’s workings, and it is possible to understate it as well. However, an honest approach to scripture shows how intricate water is to God’s involvement in His dealings with His created physical reality. It begins in the beginning. But before we go there, let’s […]
PHall | June 14, 2022
Proverbs 23:31-32 has a warning against drinking – “Don’t gaze at wine because it is red, because it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.” The wise man goes on and gives another warning in v.33 – “Your eyes will see […]