Category Archives: Bible

All Sins: Past, Present, and Future … Or Not

Posted on 09/11/2018 by

So I’ve got a guy on Facebook telling me that when the Bible says that all our sins are forgiven (Col. 2:13), this necessarily means that even our future sins are forgiven. He wants me to show him a verse … Continue reading →

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Through the Bible: Matthew 2:13-18, A Spiritual Bible

Posted on 05/21/2017 by

We are going through Tatian’s Diatessaron, a second-century harmony of the Gospels. We are on Section III. Today’s post goes through Matthew 2:13-18. The Bible and Inspiration When [the wise men] had departed, the messenger of the Lord appeared in … Continue reading →

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The Lord’s Portion [of the Nations] Is Israel

Posted on 07/05/2016 by

I showed a brother a verse yesterday that I find fascinating, and he was surprised by it. He’s been a Christian for 40 years, and he didn’t know about it. Why? Because it only reads the way I read it … Continue reading →

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Encouragement from the Septuagint

Posted on 06/20/2016 by

What does the Lord seek from you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to be ready to walk with the Lord your God. Continue reading →

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Evolution and Interpreting the Bible

Posted on 02/08/2016 by

I’m sorry I’ve been gone so long. After I got healthy, I had priorities higher than this blog. Only so many things can be done laying in a hospital bed. Blogging is one of them, so I did a lot … Continue reading →

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Faith, Works, and Setting Aside My Concerns

Posted on 10/24/2015 by

Yesterday at a home school co-op class my 13-year-old daughter, Leilani, overheard some kids talking about faith and works. They were telling someone that there was no way to do enough works to go to heaven. Going to heaven, they … Continue reading →

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Psalm 71: The Personal Version

Posted on 09/05/2015 by

I was reading Psalm 71 this morning, and these passages seemed very personal to me. (For those that do not know, I had acute leukemia in 2011, a bone marrow transplant in Jan. 2012, and then non-Hodgkins lymphoma diagnosed in … Continue reading →

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A Psalm 50 Commentary

Posted on 07/21/2015 by

I added a commentary on Psalm 50 to my Through the Bible project. It created a need for several other pages, so I may not get back to Through the Bible for a couple weeks. Thank you to everyone who … Continue reading →

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Divine Healing and a Psalm Commentary

Posted on 07/17/2015 by

I finally fought off hospital stays, fatigue, hemorrhoids, and the source of all of those, a low immune system, enough to finish some articles I had started. Divine Healing. Is it for everyone? Psalms 44-47 and “The End” Any recent … Continue reading →

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Isaiah and Israel, God’s Servant

Posted on 06/11/2015 by

I wrote an overview of Isaiah, and I even loaded it up on paulfpavao.com. Then I managed to land myself in the hospital again. So this is the notification for that page. The next article is going to be on … Continue reading →

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