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About Joel Hall
Who is Joel Hall? I'm just me. I decided I should type out some of my foolishness while I'm still on this Earth. Hope you like it.Instructions for Navigating the Blog
To see older content you can either click on the months listed in the Archives or on the Category links. For instance, “Death, Where is Thy Sting?” can be viewed by clicking on the “Affidavit” category. To read my book, click on the “Revelations of a Glory Passing” category. For my poems, “Poetry” (duh). The Spiritual Living and Musings on the Bible overlap somewhat but provide convenient groupings of posts as well. Hope this helps. ShalomHouston, Texas
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Category Archives: Musings on the Bible
Who Do You Love?
Copyright 2015 by Joel R. Hall – All rights reserved. The most important question in all of creation is, “Who do you love?” Yeshua made it abundantly clear: “God is Love”, “Love each other”, “Love your enemies”. He meant it. … Continue reading
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What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us
The most accurate description of the state of the religion called Christianity, which spans a great range of sects, is that the modern institutions, or at least most of them, that identify themselves as Christian could more accurately be referred … Continue reading
Posted in God Dream, Musings on the Bible, Spiritual Living
Tagged Bible, God dream, Heaven, Joel Hall, Near Death Experience, Personal, religion, Self Expression, society, Spiritual Living, Spirituality
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Make it Stop
I write a lot about the whole “Science vs Religion” debate. You might say it’s my special passion. It’s the topic of my book, has been the subject of the majority of my public speaking, and has been the topic … Continue reading
Science vs Religion? I think not.
I came across a great quote from St. Augustine written over 1500 years ago: “Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other elements of this world, about the motion and orbit of the stars … Continue reading
March Madness – Book Style
Starting at 1:00 A.M. CDT on the morning of March 27, there will be a limited discount period on the price of my Kindle ebook, Revelations of a Glory Passing: The Genesis of Genesis. This promotion is a two part … Continue reading
Christmas Prayer
Merry Christmas to you.Merry Christmas to all.O little town of Bethlehem,Where came to Earth the Great I Am,Born as a baby in a cattle stall.Merry Christmas to you.Merry Christmas we sing.O lend us now your Holy Star,To bring together from … Continue reading
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The Pot and the Kettle
We’ve all heard the term, “That’s the pot calling the kettle black.” It’s one of those sayings that’s been around for a long time. It originated in a time when pots and kettles were usually made from cast iron which … Continue reading
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Tagged human-rights, philosophy, Politics, religion, society
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The End is Near… Mayan Style
In honor of the fast approaching “Mayan Apocalypse”, I thought it would be a good idea to brush off the post I wrote about the last “End of the World” event. Hope you enjoy. The End is Near… again.
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Revelations of a Glory Passing Released in Print
Check out the print release of “Revelations of a Glory Passing: The Genesis of Genesis”, now available for order online. For those that simply must have the feel of paper and the smell of ink, this is for you. Makes … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Creation, Joel Hall, Spirituality
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Check out my newly published book: Revelations of a Glory Passing
Check out my newly published book: Revelations of a Glory Passing
This is the true story of a thirty year quest to find explanations for two seeming paradoxes found in the Biblical creation accounts found in Genesis chapters one and two. That quest culminated in a revelation of information that not only provided a resolution to the questions of paradox, but which contained implications far beyond the scope of the original quest. This book has the potential to totally and radically change your understanding of the Genesis creation accounts, and in the process, obviate the need to ever again view the Bible as being at odds with the findings of modern day science.
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Samson
Unless you’ve been living in a cave in outer Mongolia for the vast majority of your life, you’ve probably heard the story of Samson and Delilah. Just in case you are fresh off the boat from Mongolia, let me summarize … Continue reading
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The Power of Authenticity
© Copyright 2011 by Joel R. Hall – All Rights Reserved I recently read an excellent article on The Huffington Post by Akoshia Yoba entitled “She’s Always Watching: The Impact of Fathers on Daughters’ Self Esteem“. I highly recommend taking … Continue reading
Don’t Give In
© Copyright 2011 by Joel R. Hall – All Rights Reserved The temptation is strong… …strong like the wind. It pulls you like the tide… …flows like a river. Don’t give in. It might even seem the right thing to … Continue reading
Posted in Musings on the Bible, Poetry, Spiritual Living
Tagged Bible, judgement day, Poetry, Self Expression
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Ten Things I Hate
© Copyright 2007, 2011 by Joel R. Hall – All Rights Reserved 1. Lies! I hate lies with a passion, and I’m not just talking “black” lies either. I’m talking ALL lies, black, white, purple, red, gray, blue, or polka … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Friendship, Joel Hall, Self Expression, Spirituality
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The Robot Parable
© Copyright 2011 by Joel R. Hall – All Rights Reserved There once was a very smart man that designed and built robots for a living. Over his career, he built many, many robots. Some were small, some were big, … Continue reading
The End is Near
Much attention was focused recently on the prediction that “judgement day” would fall on May 21, 2011. Billboards appeared across the nation proclaiming the message and newscasts covered the “event”. The billboards were actually misleading since the actual claim made … Continue reading
Posted in Musings on the Bible, Spiritual Living
Tagged 2012, apocalypse, doomsday, end of days, end times, Joel Hall, judgement day, mayan calendar, rapture
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The Two Basic Emotions – Clarification
© Copyright 2011 by Joel R. Hall – All Rights Reserved I have had some interesting correspondence concerning my post entitled “The Two Basic Emotions” that led me to realize that I left the door open for ambiguity in my … Continue reading
The Temptation to be Right
© Copyright 2009, 2011 by Joel R. Hall – All Rights Reserved One of the biggest temptations facing the Body (a.k.a. the Christian Church) is the lure of being “right”. This especially applies to what we think the Bible says. … Continue reading
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Call to Prayer – Call to Action
I am disappointed. I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed with the church. Why? Because I, and I believe the church as well, have allowed apathy to typify us. Over the last few years, I have noticed that there … Continue reading
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Shrewd Innocence
In Matthew 10:16, Yeshua told his disciples “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” At first glance, the second sentence seems almost contradictory. Shrewdness is defined as … Continue reading
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The Two Basic Emotions
© Copyright 2011 by Joel R. Hall – All Rights Reserved Emotions are funny things. We talk about them as if we understand them, but the truth is, we, or at least I, really don’t. They are abstract concepts and … Continue reading
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Joel Hall: Simply Put 