PerryDox – BeJustAChristian

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

Galatians 5:20 – Why Is Idolatry a Work of the Flesh?

| February 6, 2010

A.        Because Idolatry is a Fleshly Worship 1.         John 4:24 NASB  “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” 2.         I want us to consider for the moment that the Old Testament Worship that the Israelites were commanded to observe, all of the fleshly worship, was never how God […]

Romans 6:16-20 – I Am A Slave

| January 2, 2010

My ancestors were slaves.  Taken from their home country, they were delivered to their new master.  Their children became slaves, and their children’s children became slaves. I am white.  No, the few words above are not about white slavery, or black slavery, or any other kind of racial or nationalistic slavery.  The few words above […]

John 21:25 – Miracles of Jesus

| December 1, 2009

Listed below are the miracles of the Great Physician, Jesus, as recorded in Scripture.  Being God incarnate, He performed innumerably more: John 21:25 – And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would […]

Luke 2 – Life’s Not Fair

| November 27, 2009

Life’s unfair.  No matter how you look at it, life’s unfair.  Despite my believing in God, still life’s not fair.  Let me say it again – Life’s unfair. To prove my point, let’s look at Luke 2. Joseph had to return to Bethlehem for the census (Luke 2:3).  The rule to return to your “own […]

Matthew 7:16 – Circles of Commitment

| November 23, 2009

Matthew 7:16a – “You shall know them by their fruits.” Matthew 7:16-20 – “You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? [17] “So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. [18] “A good tree cannot produce bad […]

Acts 20:13 – Take a Hike

| October 30, 2009

Has anyone ever told you to take a hike?  What was your response?  Have you ever had one of those days? Or one of those weeks?  Or even longer?  After working all night, anyone would need to rest.  Even the perpetual moving Paul, after preaching, teaching and talking all night, should need to rest. An […]

Acts 20:7 – Too Tired To Go To Church

| October 13, 2009

Too tired to come to church?  Too tired to assemble with the saints?  Rationalizing, “If I go to church I’ll just fall asleep anyway…I’m so tired I wouldn’t get anything out of it anyway…”  Have you ever noticed how often our excuses begin or end with…”anyway?”  O.K., maybe those thoughts are true…sometimes.  And even maybe […]

Psalm 15 – God’s Promises Are Different

| October 12, 2009

Mary stood beside Jim almost twenty years ago when he uttered the promise that made her his wife.  The words returned to her now: something about having and holding, for better or for worse, both in sickness and in health…until “death do us part.”  But today the death that parted them was the death of […]

Acts 21:27-31 – Assumptions

| October 12, 2009

Are any of us mind-readers?  “Of course not!  What a ridiculous question!”  And of course I am assuming you think that is a ridiculous question! And yet….have you ever noticed how sometimes we act like we can read minds? Let’s say we call someone on the phone, but no one answers.  After four rings, an […]

John 8:32 – Prisons

| October 12, 2009

Prison – not a pleasant subject, but nevertheless still a former or current reality for some believers.   Others – never imprisoned – should have been, but escaped their proper penalty due to either God’s gracious attention or man’s negligent inattention.  Most, if not all, of us are nevertheless in prison – and that is the […]