I have written a lot over the last three or four days. Those articles are starting to come to fruition. Rabbit trails made them long, and I have started separating those rabbit trails into individual articles.
I could give you two more articles today, and then follow tomorrow with two more, I’m sure.
I’m not going to do that. Let’s stick with just my next Isaiah commentary, on 1:21-23, addressing widows, orphans, and how to get what God has for you from a seemingly dry passage.
I’ll leave the other article that is done for tomorrow, and then the other two I’ll spread out over a few days because I don’t think I’ll be writing this weekend. (I have to take some time off for the family.)
About Paul Pavao
I am married, the father of six, and currently the grandfather of five. I teach, and I am always trying to learn to disciple others better than I have before. I believe God has gifted me to restore proper theological foundations to the Christian faith. In order to ensure that I do not become a heretic, I read the early church fathers from the second and third centuries. They were around when all the churches founded by the apostles were in unity.
My philosophy for Bible reading is to understand each verse for exactly what it says in its local context. Only after accepting the verse for what it says do I compare it with other verses to develop my theology. If other verses seem to contradict a verse I just read, I will wait to say anything about those verses until I have an explanation that allows me to accept all the verses for what they say. This takes time, sometimes years, but eventually I have always been able to find something that does not require explaining verses away. The early church fathers have helped a lot with this.
I argue and discuss these foundational doctrines with others to make sure my teaching really lines up with Scripture. I am encouraged by the fact that the several missionaries and pastors that I know well and admire as holy men love the things I teach. I hope you will be encouraged too.
I am indeed tearing up old foundations created by tradition in order to re-establish the foundations found in Scripture and lived on by the churches during their 300 years of unity.
Isaiah 1:21-23: Widows and Orphans
I have written a lot over the last three or four days. Those articles are starting to come to fruition. Rabbit trails made them long, and I have started separating those rabbit trails into individual articles.
I could give you two more articles today, and then follow tomorrow with two more, I’m sure.
I’m not going to do that. Let’s stick with just my next Isaiah commentary, on 1:21-23, addressing widows, orphans, and how to get what God has for you from a seemingly dry passage.
I’ll leave the other article that is done for tomorrow, and then the other two I’ll spread out over a few days because I don’t think I’ll be writing this weekend. (I have to take some time off for the family.)
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About Paul Pavao
I am married, the father of six, and currently the grandfather of five. I teach, and I am always trying to learn to disciple others better than I have before. I believe God has gifted me to restore proper theological foundations to the Christian faith. In order to ensure that I do not become a heretic, I read the early church fathers from the second and third centuries. They were around when all the churches founded by the apostles were in unity. My philosophy for Bible reading is to understand each verse for exactly what it says in its local context. Only after accepting the verse for what it says do I compare it with other verses to develop my theology. If other verses seem to contradict a verse I just read, I will wait to say anything about those verses until I have an explanation that allows me to accept all the verses for what they say. This takes time, sometimes years, but eventually I have always been able to find something that does not require explaining verses away. The early church fathers have helped a lot with this. I argue and discuss these foundational doctrines with others to make sure my teaching really lines up with Scripture. I am encouraged by the fact that the several missionaries and pastors that I know well and admire as holy men love the things I teach. I hope you will be encouraged too. I am indeed tearing up old foundations created by tradition in order to re-establish the foundations found in Scripture and lived on by the churches during their 300 years of unity.