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

Amos 6:10 – NASB vs. HCSB vs. ESV

| September 24, 2012

Amos 6:10 NASB  Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will answer, “Keep quiet. […]

Ezra 10 – Marriage is a Three-fold Covenantal Contract

| September 24, 2012

Marriage is a threefold covenantal contract: personal, spiritual, and social. It is never just about me, it is about others. If I take the other spouse or children out of the equation, marriage fails and they suffer. If I take God out, I fail and everyone suffers. If I forget it is a social contract, […]

Matthew 5:3-12 – The Blessings of the Beatitudes

| September 23, 2012

Implied within each Beatitude is the unnamed benefactor of blessing – God. Such an obvious point must be made to us believers; it is so easy to forget what is obvious, and to take for granted what we know is true. That God is our blessed benefactor can be seen in the beatitudes themselves, in […]

Jonah – Who Am I? (Finding Jesus)

| September 23, 2012

I was sent on a mission to sinners I was sent to a foreign land I was a message of salvation for Gentiles I fell asleep in boat during the storm I was awakened by frightened men Lots were cast I sacrificed myself for others I was involved in the calming of a storm After […]

Perryism – It is easier to condemn others for what they are, than to condemn ourselves for what we are not.

| September 23, 2012

Genesis 37-50 – The Temptations of Dysfunctional Families #13

| September 22, 2012

Being damaged by the actions of others can lead us to at least one more temptation – being defined by our pain, what others have done to us. Our total identity becomes what happened to us. We breathe our ache like we breathe air. We wear our past like we wear our favorite pair of […]

Genesis 37-50 – The Temptations of Dysfunctional Families #12

| September 21, 2012

Being violated, whether sexually, physically, emotionally or verbally can lead to the temptation of repeating the cycle within your own family. Joseph had two sons. We do not know much about them, but when it is time for them to be blessed by their grandfather before he dies, Joseph follows tradition, firstborn first. When Jacob […]

Perryism – Proverbs – Pro mean positive; Verbs means actions. Proverbs – Positive Actions.

| September 20, 2012

Perryism – Discussions should not become disgust-shuns.

| September 19, 2012

Perryism – I have a children’s mind, specifically a children of Israel’s mind…it tends to wander.

| September 19, 2012