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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.

Reconciling the Evangelical Paul with the Biblical Paul

Posted on 03/22/2024 by Paul Pavao

This is a re-issue of a 2023 post made on ancient-faith.com. A series of circumstances made me think I’d lose that URL, and I might. I do want to keep this blog alive, though, especially for saving things I’ve written … Continue reading →

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The Demise of Ancient-Faith.com

Posted on 03/18/2024 by Paul Pavao

I think God wants ancient-faith.com to end. You can read all the posts from before December, 2021 here. I refuse to keep writing blogs on a block builder as awful as this one, so there will be no more posts … Continue reading →

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Ancient-faith.com Is Moved and New Subscription Works

Posted on 11/15/2021 by Paul Pavao

I have the new subscription at Ancient-Faith.com at the new webhost up and running. As mentioned in the last post I sent out, if you want to stay subscribed to my posts, you’ll have to subscribe again at the new … Continue reading →

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Galatians Promotes and Requires Works, Which Can Only Be Done by the Spirit, Not by Flesh/Law

Posted on 10/16/2021 by Paul Pavao

This stuff isn’t deep or hard to find. It is sitting right on the surface. Walk in the Spirit, and you will be “perfected,” which, as he goes on to say, means producing the fruit of the Spiriit and continuing in good works. You will need those good works to reap eternal life (Gal. 5:19-21; 6:8-9), but you will never get them by the law. Continue reading →

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An Explosive View of the Atonement: Ransom and Aphesis

Posted on 09/20/2021 by Paul Pavao

Aphesis: release; by implication, forgiveness This word is not extraordinary if you look it up in a lexicon, but it will blow your mind, capture your heart, and set you free if you look it up in the Bible. I … Continue reading →

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Finding a Church and Obeying the Bible from a 21st-Century Perspective

Posted on 08/21/2021 by Paul Pavao

This is not an exhaustive study. This is, however, packed with advice for the 21st century American who needs fellowship and knows it. It probably applies in other countries as well. Continue reading →

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Gospel Contradictions vs. the Power of the Gospel

Posted on 08/12/2021 by Paul Pavao

I recommend to anyone that you go find those Gospel contradictions. You can find them better with a harmony of the Gospels, but if you want to keep your life, enjoy the world, and perish, you might want to find other reading. The Gospels will take your life, put you on a course against the pleasures of your body, and grant you a down payment, an escrow, on eternal life, the gift of the Holy Spirit. Continue reading →

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Christian Cowardice

Posted on 06/30/2021 by Paul Pavao

Cowardice leads to wickedness. It is as much, or more, to be overthrown as any other sin in our life. As with any other sin, the answer is to get closer to God and begin ferociously obeying, strengthening yourself after every failure with repentance, tears, and a renewed commitment in the Holy Spirit. All cowards have their place in the lake of fire, the second death (Rev. 21:8). Continue reading →

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Divorce and Remarriage: Taking a Stance Against the Anabaptists

Posted on 06/18/2021 by Paul Pavao

DISCLAIMER: A commenter accurately pointed out that this is too broad a sweep. It may be too harsh, too, but not for the people I am speaking of. My experience with the anti-remarriage crowd may only be the most outspoken … Continue reading →

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Adding Apostles-vs-Calvinism.org

Posted on 05/29/2021 by Paul Pavao

Thank you to all of you for following me, some of you for many years. From now on, I will also be blogging at https://apostles-vs-calvinism.org/. The new blog will primarily be focused on issues related to my new book (not … Continue reading →

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