Category Archives: Bible

Judgment

Posted on 04/17/2010 by Paul Pavao

There are not many of Evangelicals who believe the Bible, even though we say we do, so I get a lot of objections to these verses. Continue reading →

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Balaam and Bible Interpretation

Posted on 03/15/2010 by Paul Pavao

I talked about a symbolic form of interpretation described by Origen, the great 3rd century theologian from Alexandria, Egypt. But what I talked about, Britt Mooney recently put into practice. Continue reading →

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The True Sacrifices of God

Posted on 03/10/2010 by Paul Pavao

So why doesn’t God want another young bull or even a single male goat from the Israelites? There’s actually two reasons … but we modern Christians have adopted one particular error that stops us from noticing one of those reasons. Continue reading →

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Blind Faith and the Age of Reason

Posted on 03/09/2010 by Paul Pavao

I’m not a believer in blind faith. I think blind faith is stupid and dangerous. Continue reading →

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Statistics on Born Again and Churched Christians

Posted on 01/18/2010 by Paul Pavao

This isn’t condemnation. This is pleasing God. This is finding God’s will. And if we call ourselves Christians, then nothing else ought to matter to us. Continue reading →

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Commenting on the Bible

Posted on 12/31/2009 by Paul Pavao

I’d like to direct those of you who read this to the commentary section of my Rest of the Old, Old Story site. I’m going to start updating it, beginning with the things found in today’s blog on Jeremiah 6. … Continue reading →

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The Proof Is in the Pudding: Jesus Approves the Scientific Method

Posted on 12/29/2009 by Paul Pavao

It is a basic premise of the scientific method that you need to prove what you believe. When Albert Einstein suggested that massive objects can exert enough gravitational pull to bend space, he had to prove it. The way he … Continue reading →

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Lights to Rule the Day and Night

Posted on 12/12/2009 by Paul Pavao

Genesis 1:14-19 describes the creation of the sun, moon, and stars on the 4th day. Think about that sentence a moment. What sort of days happen without the sun, moon, or stars? Can we really be discussing 24-hour days,  whether … Continue reading →

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Genesis One, Day Three: Edible Vegetation – Grass, Herbs, and Fruit

Posted on 12/06/2009 by Paul Pavao

I’ve taken a couple days to address day three of creation because it stumped me for a while. “Hmm,” I thought, “Maybe day 3 really is just about saying God created dry land and plants.” I really didn’t believe it, … Continue reading →

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Light and Darkness

Posted on 12/02/2009 by Paul Pavao

I started back through Genesis today, and I decided to really devote myself to the principles of Scripture interpretation that I talk about all the time. It made for a very short but very pleasant reading of only a part … Continue reading →

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