Perrydox.com is devoted to the pursuit of truth, whether plain or paradoxical, whether simple or sublime, or simply absurd yet absolute.
PHall | February 10, 2023
Why Elders Are to be Husbands Why are shepherds within congregations to be husbands? According to Strauch in Biblical Eldership, the responsibilities of elders are fourfold: 1. Protect 2. Lead 3. Feed 4. Care I agree and see this expanding into a different area that will loop back towards shepherds. Husbands have these same 4 […]
PHall | February 10, 2023
Age of Elders In a paper called, “Elders in Context”, the writer examines “elders” throughout Jewish and Israel’s history. It is interesting how culture changes perceptions, even of an enduring position. Consider this quote: Concerning judges in the Quram community, “…in the Book of Meditation (no one is sure what this was) and, significantly, basic […]
PHall | February 7, 2023
“Able to Teach” (1 Timothy 3:2) “Able to teach” (1 Tim.3:2) gets too much of the wrong kind of attention. By that I mean we ask the wrong questions: 1. Is he able to preach sermons? 2. Is he skilled in organizing material? 3. Is he able to teach and preach both publicly and privately? […]
PHall | February 7, 2023
Can Women Be Elders? When discussing leadership within a church, an argument making the rounds is, “‘Elders’ is a Jewish concept, so when Paul uses that patriarchal term, he is not showing a pattern for churches today. That’s why women can be elders” (a paraphrase and not an exact quote). Considering there are cultural elements […]
PHall | February 1, 2023
Seen By Angels 1 Timothy 3:16 records concerning the gospel of godliness, that Jesus was “seen by angels”. These heavenly servants announced his birth, aided after the Wilderness temptation, comforted in the garden, and opened his tomb: “There was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
1 Timothy 2:11-14 What can structure teach us about this controversial text? 1A – “A woman is to learn quietly • 1B – with full submission. 2A – I do not allow a woman to teach • 2B – or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet. 3A – For […]
PHall | December 21, 2022
1 Timothy 2:11-14 What can structure teach us about this controversial text? 1A – “A woman is to learn quietly • 1B – with full submission. 2A – I do not allow a woman to teach • 2B – or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet. 3A – For […]
PHall | May 28, 2020
About what was Eve deceived, and Adam not (1 Timothy 2:14)? Let’s look at the evidence in Genesis 3: v.1 (CSB) Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?” First […]
PHall | February 17, 2020
There are many ways to, as the old gospel song says, “tell the old, old story”. Matthew begins with Jesus’s human DNA, while John begins with Jesus’s divine “DNA”. An yet both end up with complement narratives. Paul has a succinct description in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 – the death, burial, and resurrection, and later in […]
PHall | January 23, 2020
Congregations need elders. We need elders which is evident from discussions with people, and scriptural. Let’s ask two questions: I. How does one begin to desire this noble work (1 Timothy 3:1)? Here are three distinct, but noble reasons: 1. Looking forward as a young man, he can decide that this is a way he […]