Category Archives: Bible

Why Do I Disagree with the Early Churches on Procreation?

Posted on 11/14/2010 by Paul Pavao

Anyone familiar with the early Christian writings knows that from a very early date the churches began to oppose sex, even in marriage, for any other purpose than having children. I think they were influenced by Greek philosophy, not apostolic … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t You … ?: Head Coverings

Posted on 11/12/2010 by Paul Pavao

A friend that I’m honored even to know, who always treats me with a respect I don’t deserve, wrote me to ask why I don’t talk about the kinds of things that a lot of other early church fanatics talk … Continue reading →

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Harmonization vs. Conflict in the Scripture

Posted on 11/08/2010 by Paul Pavao

In my last post I talked a little about faith verse works. I mentioned that "faith plus works" is not a bad thing in Scripture, but a good thing. It’s only a bad thing in our fundamentalist Protestant tradition. Why … Continue reading →

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Assumptions

Posted on 09/19/2010 by Paul Pavao

Today, I read where one more person claimed Acts 17:11 commends the Bereans as nobler in mind than the Thessalonians because they searched the Scriptures to test what Paul was saying. It’s not true. Here’s the verse: These were more … Continue reading →

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Roman Catholicism, the Orthodox Churches, and Salvation

Posted on 09/15/2010 by Paul Pavao

This is another email I sent in response to questions that were asked. In addition to the email I was responding to, I have had several recent emails from supporters of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Most are unable … Continue reading →

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Blessing and Cursing

Posted on 08/26/2010 by Paul Pavao

Don’t let this post stop you from reading the previous one I just wrote, which is better and more important. Not that this one isn’t important, so … Blessing and Cursing I remember my surprise the first time I really … Continue reading →

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The Bible and a Closed Canon:(Should There Only Be 66 Books?)

Posted on 08/11/2010 by Paul Pavao

One of these days I’m going to have time to do justice to the series I was doing on the appearance of Paul from 1 Thessalonians 2. There’s one post on exhortation I really want to get to, but I … Continue reading →

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The Truth Even If It Condemns Me

Posted on 07/30/2010 by Paul Pavao

I don’t want to write posts like the one I just wrote without telling you what I’m about to tell you. That post discussed true and false Christians—or disciples vs. mere believers—and I don’t want you to misunderstand what I … Continue reading →

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Water Baptism in Christian History

Posted on 07/15/2010 by Paul Pavao

For those of you that read my blog, but not Christian History for Everyman, I’m just letting you know I made a page on water baptism for that site. It’s pretty comprehensive, even though it only touches on the mode … Continue reading →

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The Letter of Ignatius to the Ephesians: Chapter One

Posted on 06/29/2010 by Paul Pavao

I started this series yesterday with an introduction to the early Christian writings. This is Ignatius’ epistle to the Ephesians, written in A.D. 107 or 116, about 50 or 60 years after Paul wrote his epistle to the Ephesians and … Continue reading →

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