PerryDox – BeJustAChristian

Biblical truth standing on its spiritual head to get our eternal attention.

Humor: Why I Hate the 2015 Starbucks Christmas Cup

| November 11, 2015

Reasons I Hate the 2015 Starbucks Christmas Cup: 1) It came out and its not even Thanksgiving yet; 2) Someone got paid big bucks for plagiarizing a red Solo cup, and I wasn’t that someone; 3) It looks just like my Christmas stocking so now I doubt the sincerity of my stocking; 4) Everyone knows […]

1 Corinthians 14:33-36 – Chiasm

| November 11, 2015

There is debate about the existence, purpose, and interpretive qualities of chiasms yet I still think they serve beyond being a neat organizational outline. Maybe they can even help in controversial texts such as 1 Cor.14:34-35: A – As in all the churches of the saints, B – The women are to keep silent in […]

Genesis 1 – Separation; Organization; Multiplication

| November 11, 2015

Since there are often layers of truth, meaning, and purpose behind God’s revelation, we should try to uncover those layers. Genesis 1 is about many things including: 1) Separation; 2) Organization; 3) Multiplication. God separates day and night; water and ground. God organizes the lights, vegetation, and animals into their proper places and roles. God […]

Genesis 1:1 – Intelligent Design

| November 11, 2015

Irony? God’s sense of humor? You decide. Take a flammable gas, add the necessary oxidizer to start the burning process, and what do you get? Exactly what you need to put out a fire when the fuel is two parts hydrogen and the oxidizer is one part oxygen – WATER. Somehow I can’t see chance […]