Category Archives: Bible

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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Christian Parenting: How to Keep Your Children from Jumping Ship

Posted on 10/17/2009 by Paul Pavao

We all want to know about Christian parenting. We would all like to know how to keep our children from jumping ship and going to the world. Today, I heard a speech by Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, … Continue reading →

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The Historic Christian Faith? – Norman Geisler, Luther’s 95 Theses, and the Bible

Posted on 09/18/2009 by Paul Pavao

Error, lies, and foolishness are always excellent motivators for me to blog. The particular embarrassing morass of propaganda to which I am referring is John Ankerberg’s interview with Norman Geisler. The interview is such a collection of Protestant fantasy that … Continue reading →

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Scripture: The Foundation of Truth?

Posted on 09/17/2009 by Paul Pavao

 I saw a blog recently, pretty good other than the ridiculous amount of advertising at the top, and I wrote the following response to it. I thought it was pertinent and ought to be on my blog. Scripture and the … Continue reading →

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Predestination, Calvinism, and Bible Interpretation: Part Three

Posted on 06/08/2009 by Paul Pavao

We have been looking at Calvinism’s TULIP a little bit. I considered going point by point through TULIP–and I still want to do that–but there’s something more important than that. Does the Scripture ever really bring up Calvinism? Are the … Continue reading →

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Romans and Calvinism: an Excursion

Posted on 06/01/2009 by Paul Pavao

I’m doing a series on Calvinism and Predestination here on this blog, but I want to make a quick side trip. I mentioned in the last post that Romans has a series of arguments concerning Jews and Gentiles and the … Continue reading →

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