PerryDox – BeJustAChristian

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

1 Kings 21:7 – NASB vs. HCSB vs. ESV

| July 13, 2011

1 Kings 21:7 NASB  Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.” 1 Kings 21:7 HCSB Then his wife Jezebel said to him, “Now, exercise your royal power over Israel. Get up, […]

Judges 2:1 – NASB vs. HCSB vs. ESV

| July 12, 2011

Judges 2.1,4; 5.23; 6.11,12,20,21,22; 13.3,6,9,13,16,18,20,21 Judges 2:1 NASB  Now the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you, Judges […]

Judges – Explaining Why the Canaanites Remained

| July 12, 2011

Fear (1.19) Disobedience (2.2) Punishment (2.3,4) Testing (3.1) Teaching (3.2) The goal for us is to look at our own situations and ask if we are still struggling for any of those reasons.

Poem – Not Over Nor Under

| July 9, 2011

Over the hill, up higher I climb, To holy ground and God’s heights sublime. Jokes say, “Better over than under,” But is that focus this life’s blunder? Voices sing “This world is not my home,” Yet clinging still this earth’s hill to roam? Man’s world is filled with hills that crumble, Why embrace here which tempts to stumble? Beyond […]

Acts 7 – Preach the Scriptures

| July 9, 2011

While reading a gospel magazine, I kept noticing I wasn’t reading something.  Most every article has the same void. In fact seventy-five percent have the same flaw – no scriptures. And remember, this was supposed to be a gospel magazine. So I e-mail the editor of the magazine. His response is that scriptures never prescribe […]

Luke 2:19-14 – Not About Me

| July 9, 2011

Me, me, me…I can easily get interested in something if it is about me. The interest can soar or sour depending upon what is said…gossip hurts…praise feels good.  If we are in a room and all of a sudden our name is mentioned…oh so softly…in a corner…we can hear it clear across the room. I […]