Category Archives: Dealing with Scripture Honestly

The Making of a Maverick: My Militant Quest for Theological Honesty

Posted on 09/27/2025 by Paul Pavao

This is an answer to an email that was sent to me by a lady that found Christian-history.org and sent me some brilliant questions before beginning to read my articles. Those are interesting questions. My general intent is to simply … Continue reading →

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The Word, the Word, and the Word; Multiple Meanings of “the Word of God”

Posted on 08/05/2025 by Paul Pavao

The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. (Acts 6:7) The word of God grew and multiplied. (Acts 12:24) So the word … Continue reading →

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Does Repeated Sin Indicate There Is No Repentance?

Posted on 06/09/2025 by Paul Pavao

I do want to notify my readers that I have done 8 parts of a series on Romans on YouTube. Below is the email I wrote to a person who asked the question that titles this post: I don’t think that … Continue reading →

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Acts 24:25 Testifying to the Faith Means Reasoning about Righteousness, Self-Control, and the Judgment to Come?

Posted on 06/01/2025 by Paul Pavao

After Paul was arrested in Jerusalem, the centurion brought him to Governor Felix so that the Jews would not kill him in Jerusalem. Five days later, Felix heard the Jews’ accusations and Paul’s response. He deferred his decision until “Lysias, … Continue reading →

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What Is Sound Doctrine?

Posted on 05/05/2025 by Paul Pavao

I was talking with one of our pastors about Titus 3:5 and 3:8. In Titus 3:5, Paul tells us that we were not saved by “works of righteousness,” but by God’s mercy. In 3:8, though, he tells Titus: This saying … Continue reading →

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Interpreting Paul’s Letter to the Romans by Believing What It Says: Chapter 1, Part 2 (the apostles’ preaching)

Posted on 03/25/2025 by Paul Pavao

Part 1 was the introduction. Part 3 uses Romans 1:8 to address the history of the Roman church. Today, we will look at Romans 1:-4-5. I am going to put off Romans 1:8 till the next post. It will be … Continue reading →

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Interpreting Romans 1 through 8: Introduction

Posted on 03/24/2025 by Paul Pavao

Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5 … This is the first of a series of posts on Romans 1 through 8. The reason I am adding one more commentary on Romans to the hundreds or perhaps thousands that … Continue reading →

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Peter Wanted to Constantly Remind Us That Good Works Will Make Your Calling and Election Sure

Posted on 03/21/2025 by Paul Pavao

Tiny but critically important post today. After all, if Peter wanted to continually remind us about these things and Paul warned us not to be deceived about the same things, then these things must be extremely important. So I wrote … Continue reading →

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1 John, 2 Peter, Eternal Security and Assurance

Posted on 01/18/2025 by Paul Pavao

A friend of mine posted a video of a preacher going on and on about his incorrect theology of the atonement and eternal security. He tagged just me when he posted the video. Here is what I responded: Have you … Continue reading →

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Jesus Prefers Unity of Spirit to Unity of Bishops and Popes

Posted on 01/08/2025 by Paul Pavao

So someone commented on my YouTube video on the rise of the pope on YouTube with “So in your view, Christ had no plan for how His Church would survive for the rest of time and unending? How old is … Continue reading →

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