PerryDox – BeJustAChristian

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

Genesis 9 – Was Noah Sinning?

| May 13, 2025

Was Noah Sinning? In Genesis 9, Noah gets drunk. Ham’s actions follow, leading to a curse. Noah was not cursed. Was drunkenness therefore not a sin? This is a good example of allowing Scripture to interpret Scripture, specifically showing how Genesis Narratives help explain other Genesis Narratives. The Bible keeps telling the same stories, just […]

Flood or Famine

| May 13, 2025

A Flood and Famine? One man was chosen. One, to preserve life. He gathered before the bad time came which would cover the earth. There are two narratives I had not considered before as connected. Maybe they are, but in some ways exactly the opposite. 1. The two narratives include a forewarning. 2. The two […]

Guardians Not of the Galaxy

| May 13, 2025

Each morning when I leave for work, I guard my family by locking the front door. Those inside are worth protecting. The first three times the word “guardian” occurs, it might not appear the same word, depending on the translation. The first three guardians – not of the galaxy – were Adam, the Cherubim, and […]

Genesis – Exodus – Two Beginnings

| May 13, 2025

This makes reading more fun! There is the command to be fruitful and multiply. Then there is the reality they were fruitful and multiplied. There is a new ruler who acts cunningly. And there is a new ruler who acts shrewdly. The end resort was their labor became cursed. And their end result was their […]

Greener Grass, Or?

| May 13, 2025

Saw a horse with its neck stuck through the fence eating the tall stuff on the other side. Are you thinking, “The grass is always greener on the other side”? Or possibly, “The grass is only greener because there is a leak in the septic tank!”? Or…. Could it be, the horse chewed all the […]

Genesis 12 – God’s Promises, Presence, and Shoes

| May 13, 2025

God’s Promises, Presence, and Shoes? There is very little more down to earth, than shoes. Literally, because shoes are literally down on the earth! The three promises made to Abraham are connected by shoes! After telling Abraham to “go” (literally, “walk”) God makes three promises: land, nation, and seed: Land – Genesis 12:1 “To the […]

1 Corinthians 8:5 – Paul’s Shema

| May 13, 2025

We’re the first century Jewish believers in Jesus monotheistic? Yes. Did they believe Jesus to be Divine? Yes. How did they reconcile that God is one, and yet both the Father and Son are God? First, if you look at the Shema in the LXX, which is the Old Testament version quoted in the New […]

Two Beginnings

| May 9, 2025

Two Beginnings There is the command to be fruitful and multiply. Then there is the reality they were fruitful and multiplied. There is a new ruler who acts cunningly. And there is a new ruler who acts shrewdly. The end resort was their labor became cursed. And their end result was their labor became bitter […]

Moses and Water

| April 30, 2025

It is impossible to define who and what Moses was without water. In fact, his name itself means, “drawing out” in Hebrew and “born” in Egyptian (Exodus 2:10). Moses was “born of water” (Ex.2:1ff). We too are born of water (John 3:3,5). The next water scene is after he flees for his life from his […]

John 1:1-2 – Chiasm

| April 30, 2025

A – IN THE BEGINNING was the Word, B – and the Word was WITH GOD, C – and the Word was God. B’ – He was WITH GOD A’ – IN THE BEGINNING.