Perrydox.com is devoted to the pursuit of truth, whether plain or paradoxical, whether simple or sublime, or simply absurd yet absolute.
PHall | August 3, 2018
A new YouTube “genre” is “Reaction Videos.” People listen to music they haven’t heard before and react; while viewers react in the comments to their reactions. Strange, (but should I admit) curiously entertaining! This got me thinking…What would a reaction video look like: * to us during a sermon? * to our family arguing? * […]
PHall | August 3, 2018
The ASK Prayer and Study Method Jesus famously preached to ask, seek, and knock in prayer (Matthew 7:7). We should pray while we study: A – Technical Study: When we are spiritual youths we ask, “What does this text mean?” S – Personal Study: As we mature we personally see the need to do more […]
PHall | August 3, 2018
Catholics persecuted Protestants; and Protestants returned the disfavor. Those claiming allegiance to Jesus and those following Muhammad’s example killed one another. On a far smaller scale, churches have factions battling one another. What they all have in common is their protection of self masquerading as a protection of God’s truth. Where did this begin? Sadly […]
PHall | August 3, 2018
Never ask a question you don’t want to know the answer to: “Were you talking about me?” I got asked that question after a sermon by a visiting gentleman. I said “no” and still don’t know why he asked. A guilty conscience whispers loudly! “Does that dress make me look fat?” I said that to […]
PHall | August 3, 2018
I received gospel today. That sounds like bad grammar so let me rephrase it. I received spiritually good news today. Gospel means good news. Two friends found the faith they once had and returned to Jesus. (I hope they are seeing this). He who ate with tax collectors and sinners (Luke 15:1-2) justified his actions […]
PHall | August 3, 2018
I have a new phone. Many love technology, including my father. I didn’t get that gene. I enjoy learning new things until it makes me feel stupid. Then I don’t feel smart…which smarts (I did get my mother’s humor gene!) All this got me thinking. Becoming a new Christian means a new way of thinking. […]
PHall | August 3, 2018
There are difficulties in recovery. Regardless of what we are recovering from, the body, spirit, mind, and emotions are not always in sync. It reminds me of Jesus lamenting “the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak” (Matthew 26:41). What we want is not always what we want. Yes you read that last sentence […]
PHall | August 3, 2018
Uh men, love your wife like Jesus loved the church because… “The laws of the (Roman) Republic made every father and husband a despot. Because some husbands chose to assert their legally constituted role, there were two waves of feminine reaction, which took the form of mass poisoning of husbands in 331 BC and 180 […]
PHall | August 3, 2018
In reading about how Rome’s virtues were replaced by Greece’s vices; I was reminded of another observation of how conquering Rome was conquered by Greece through imitating Greek vice. This made me sadly reflect on how often conquering Christianity has been conquered by the world through imitating worldly values which are vices. As the old […]
PHall | August 3, 2018
Here is a quote most married men can attest to: “In the home, the Jewish woman’s position was one of dignity and responsibility. She was her husband’s conscience charged with the task of encouraging him in all holiness.” (Charles Ryrie, The Role of Women in the Church”)