Category Archives: Bible

The Prosperity Gospel and Two Covenants

Posted on 11/10/2013 by Paul Pavao

The Prosperity Gospel gets its knocks. Deservedly so. Too often, though, our answer is merely to throw verses at it, and we miss the main point, a point that is crucial to our understanding of many facets of the Christian … Continue reading →

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Melchizedek

Posted on 11/06/2013 by Paul Pavao

Thank you to the book Eternity in Their Hearts for opening my mind (and spirit) not only to the following ideas, but even to this way of thinking. Have you ever noticed how odd the story of Melchizedek is? Let’s … Continue reading →

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Bible Contradictions

Posted on 11/04/2013 by Paul Pavao

I  am responding to this post from a blog called Biblical Subjects. I am responding to that post because it effectively reconciles two verses, Numbers 25:19 and 1 Corinthians 10:8, that seem to contradict each other. Numbers 25:19 says that … Continue reading →

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Get Paul a Schofield Study Bible!

Posted on 11/03/2013 by Paul Pavao

If you’re not familiar with “Poe’s law,” you might want to look it up before you read this post. I’m reading through Hebrews with some friends, and it appears that the writer is not up to date on his theology. … Continue reading →

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Differences Among the Apostles 2 (Bible Interpretation)

Posted on 10/28/2013 by Paul Pavao

My Oct. 26 post explains the point of this post. One more difference between Paul and the other apostles is how they talked about salvation. Paul is mysterious. He tells us that we are justified by faith apart from works … Continue reading →

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Differences Among the Apostles (Bible Interpretation)

Posted on 10/27/2013 by Paul Pavao

I explained the purpose of this post in yesterday’s post. We tend to think of the Bible as one book. It’s not. “Bible” is from the Greek and Latin words for “books.” The books of the Bible were written by … Continue reading →

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Difficult Verses and Bible Interpretation

Posted on 10/26/2013 by Paul Pavao

I was exhorted in a comment to make my purposes clear in my posts. The apostles, I was told, always had a call to action. That thought led to this post, but I don’t know what my call to action … Continue reading →

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The Taboo Scriptures

Posted on 10/23/2013 by Paul Pavao

I was asked today by a friend, and a couple days ago on Facebook, if the Scriptures that I claim are “taboo” to American Christians all concern faith and works. The answer is that verses on works comprise the majority … Continue reading →

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John 20:23: How Do I Interpret it?

Posted on 10/21/2013 by Paul Pavao

I’ll give you both my video and email response to this question sent by a reader. Video first: Then the email: I think John 20:23 says that the church has a lot more power than we usually think. The apostles … Continue reading →

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Do We Need Apologetics?

Posted on 10/11/2013 by Paul Pavao

This note is added after I finished post. This qualifies as a rant, but I think it as obviously true as many of the rants I have read on the internet. They’re not all true, but many rants are the … Continue reading →

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