PerryDox – BeJustAChristian

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

Simplifying the Thief on the Cross

| December 19, 2024

Simplifying the Thief on the Cross Forget for now that the thief lived and died under the Mosaical Law and Jesus’s Covenant didn’t become effective until after He died (Hebrews 9:16-28). Forget for now that we don’t know if the thief had been previously baptized by either John or Jesus’s apostles before he was captured […]

Is Baptism Just Ceremony?

| November 21, 2024

Is Baptism Just A Ceremony? “If Jesus preached against ceremonialism, why did Paul talk about baptism?” That question got asked while doing Bible Jeopardy. Good question! First I pointed to Jesus himself who practiced baptism in John 3 and 4, even if it was his apostles who did the physical act. It was by his […]

John 3 – Jesus Explains What He Preaches

| March 1, 2024

Jesus Explains What He Preaches Heard an argument that born of water (John 3:5) cannot mean water baptism because there is no precedent for Nicodemus to connect Jesus’s words to. Well, if that is true, and I don’t grant that (3:10), then connect Jesus’s words to his follow-up actions: John 3:22 – After this (i.e., […]

The Waters of Moses

| October 13, 2023

The Waters of Moses Three times in Egypt, water and Moses are connected. These narratives are preparing for another and greater Man of God who also will be connected to water in teaching and action. 1. NILE – The Nile’s water is used to preserve life along with the basket (same Hebrew word as Noah’s […]

Does Including the Spirit Exclude the Water?

| February 1, 2023

Does Including the Spirit Exclude the Water? There are those who conclude water baptism can’t be for today based upon Jesus saying, “John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now” (Acts 1:5). Does Jesus including the Holy Spirit exclude the water? Since baptism in water […]

How To Know We Are Saved or, How Not To Wash Pork Chops

| February 1, 2023

How to Know You Are Saved – Or, How Not to Wash Pork Chops “When frying pork chops, you first wash them in the washing machine. Then you dry them in the dryer. After that, you fry them, right.” So…are you interested in what this is all about? I had the privilege to study with […]

Is Including the Spirit Excluding the Water?

| January 21, 2023

A Pew Moments with Perry – Does Including the Spirit Exclude the Water? There are those who conclude water baptism can’t be for today based upon Jesus saying, “John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now” (Acts 1:5). Does Jesus including the Holy Spirit exclude […]

Is Our Life Without Form and Empty?

| August 1, 2022

It is possible to overstate the place of water within God’s workings, and it is possible to understate it as well. However, an honest approach to scripture shows how intricate water is to God’s involvement in His dealings with His created physical reality. It begins in the beginning.   But before we go there, let’s […]

Preparing the Way

| October 13, 2021

Mark reminds us that Malachi and Isaiah prophesy preparing Yahweh’s way: Mark 1:2-3 – As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: A – “Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, • B – Who will prepare Your way; A’ – The voice of one crying in the wilderness, • B’ – ‘Make ready […]

The Church Becomes The Enemy of Christ

| October 5, 2021

A few hundred years after the establishment of God’s kingdom through Jesus and the church, easy entrance into a local fellowship was considered dangerous to the church due to persecution. They could be letting in spies. Perspective Christians had to study for 3 years, which weeded out the unserious. That is understandable from a human […]