Perrydox.com is devoted to the pursuit of truth, whether plain or paradoxical, whether simple or sublime, or simply absurd yet absolute.
PHall | January 4, 2023
In Our Relationships, Are We Acting Like a Hound from Hell? Before the demon left the body, it threw the poor, possessed, man into convulsions and then it screamed as it left (Mark 1:26). Why? Is this the pain the man must suffer upon healing? If so, this is contrary to other non-demonic healings and […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
How Would You Respond? Such a beautiful day, so I decided to test two golf clubs I received for Christmas. Working on my game and out of my office, does not mean I am not working. Being a Christian is 24/7. Let’s play a game called, “How Would You Respond?” I noticed his Vietnam hat […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
Do We Help People to Have Unbelief? When people are looking for Jesus, and come to us: • Do His people fail them and get in the way? • Do we show how their “kind” is unwelcomed here? • Are we concerned “sinners like them” might harm our congregation’s reputation? • Are we cold toward […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
Turning the Conversation Using Caramel (In response to the request to post more on turning the conversation towards spiritual things) The coffee maker (At 3 AM they are not baristas!) asked what I wanted. I asked her what she recommended. One offering was a Caramel Macchiato. I told her caramel is one of my favorite […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
How Atheists Become Part of Jesus’s Story Atheists derive great joy out of mocking the Jesus narrative. I would go so far as to say their mocking is blasphemous, such as saying “god raped a 14 year old girl” when Mary miraculously conceived. Such mocking makes me sad and mad. Here however is the glory […]
PHall | December 21, 2022
An Artful Way of Promising Jesus’s 2nd Coming When the Holy Spirit inspired the writers, He often chose ways that are artful and beautiful. First Thessalonians is filled with the hope of the 2nd Coming. This is fitting considering “endurance of hope” is a theme in every chapter (1 Thess.1:3). When considering Jesus’s return, the […]
PHall | December 21, 2022
Let Us Have Peace Did you know that one of the greatest generals in the Civil War’s Northern army had two generals from the Southern army as pallbearers 20 years after the war? Yes, Grant, from the Federal Yankee side, requested two Confederates to be pallbearers. This is because he died as he lived. Even […]
PHall | December 21, 2022
A Cross-Shaped Church The Cross-shaped Church is a method of allowing the Holy Spirit to shape ourselves and our congregations into the likeness of Jesus. It consists of 3 steps, with the last one having 4 points. 1. Cross as Metonymy – The cross stands for the gospel. Every thing begins with Jesus. For this […]
PHall | December 21, 2022
Two Thoughts When We Suffer As we congregationally study the problem of pain and suffering, and how the word of God shows what God is doing about it – and will continue to do – we are learning this is our preparatory work. By that I mean the problem of evil is not solved in […]
PHall | December 21, 2022
Parenting Strategy: Natural Consequences Parenting methods include disciplining children. One positive strategy is called “natural consequences”. This is when the punishment fits the “crime”, so to speak. Let’s define natural consequences in two different ways: 1. Natural consequences are things that happen automatically as a result of a child’s action or inaction without any purposeful […]