PerryDox – BeJustAChristian

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

1 Corinthians 9:19-23 – Church Growth

| November 3, 2011

I just finished reading an article on church growth. Nothing unscriptural in this particular article although it focuses on generic themes. However, the first paragraph hooked me – as is fitting in good writing. What hooked me is not the last sentence showing success. So I will include only the first two sentences. “I started […]

1 Corinthians 1:18-23 – Barriers and Balance

| June 25, 2011

Think about the following observation: A barrier to true biblical interpretation is blindness to influences by our social, political, spiritual and personal environment. Before seeing God’s truth, we have to see ourselves truly. To shed biases is a lifelong process. Yet to deny truth is obtainable is to deny reality. True reality is that truth […]

1 Corinthians 8 – Love and Knowledge

| May 3, 2011

To grasp all the possibilities can aggravate or gravitate relationships by having us repel or accept those different and blind to all the possibilities that we see as potential realities. To grasp all the possibilities means that we can see more than one point of view, not necessarily contradicting, but rather complementing one another. To grasp […]

Matthew 1:23 – The Incarnation and Ethics

| April 22, 2011

How do we decide right and wrong? There are precepts and principles, but sometimes a picture is worth a thousand laws. I would like to suggest to you an image, a picture, but one set in time and reality, that can be used to help us see the meaning of ethics and morality – the […]

Acts 2 – From Weakness to Power – Sermon

| October 25, 2010

Some of you are sitting in the pews, but just barely. It’s possible you are here because you have a drug problem…your parents drug you to church. It’s possible you are here, but not all of you. I’m not saying you are not “all there,” but rather not all of you is, “all here.” Your […]

1 Corinthians – The Three-Fold Body of Christ (Sermon)

| May 23, 2010

Prepare to be bored…and then surprisingly enlightened and excited by the very facts that bored you. I am not a big fan of counting how many times a word occurs just to force us to carefully read the text. That might force me to also take off my shoes to enable me to count that […]

Genesis 5 – Enoch

| May 7, 2010

Most men within history are famous for what they did. The annals of time record their accomplishments, heroics, inventions, or possibly their words. Seldom is someone remembered for what they did not do, and yet that is exactly why we remember Enoch. What didn’t Enoch do?

John 17 – Come Join Our Unity Movement

| 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), […]

John 17:16-18 – American Christianity

| February 25, 2010

What is the most dangerous aspect of being an American Christian?  Warning!  This might be a trick question!  But I’ll be nice and give you a hint.  The trick is discovered by asking what is unique to being an American, not what is unique to being a Christian.

Matthew 16:5-12 – Say What?

| February 6, 2010

It is no wonder that people misunderstand me when I preach.  No, I am not referring to my frequent verbal faux pas, mangling of multiple syllabic words, or even the occasional disconnect between my brain and mouth – sometimes the inserted foot makes for a bad connection.  No, I am not surprised that people misunderstand […]