Monthly Archives: July 2026

Just Do It! No, Wait, Just Think It!

Posted on 07/21/2026 by Paul Pavao

I get flak for all I say about works, especially when I say we have to stop explaining and apologizing when we say “good works.” Good works are “good.” No, you cannot be changed from dead in your sins to … Continue reading →

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Bible Warnings and Why I Don’t Believe Eternal Security

Posted on 07/20/2026 by Paul Pavao

I’ve never believed in eternal security. I attended two churches when I was first saved, an all-black Pentecostal Church every other week when my boss, the greatest Christian who ever lived, was preaching, and an almost all-white Assembly of God … Continue reading →

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The Real Debate Behind Eternal Security: It’s Not About Security—It’s About the Atonement

Posted on 07/17/2026 by Paul Pavao

I am going to try to explain a complicated idea as simply as I can. It starts with the idea that eternal security (once saved, always saved) depends on the doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement. If God took out his … Continue reading →

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The Strange Case of Symbolic Baptism: A Doctrine in Search of a Text

Posted on 07/06/2026 by Paul Pavao

I’m looking at a defense of symbolic baptism written by a an intelligent and godly man with long experience in the Scriptures. You may be like him, a follower of Jesus that, to borrow a John Wesley quote about Georg … Continue reading →

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