Like This Blog on Facebook
- Follow The Rest of the Old, Old Story on WordPress.com
-
Join 199 other subscribers
Decoding Nicea
There are a lot of opinions and rumors about Constantine, the Council of Nicea, and the events of the fourth century that changed Christianity to Christendom. Not only will you get the incredible story, with all its twists, plots, and intrigues, but you will find out how history is done and never wonder what is true again.-
Recent Posts
- Working Out Salvation with Fear and Trembling in a Wealthy World
- Bathing in the Scriptures and the Presence of God
- The Role of Early Church Unity in Strengthening Modern-Day Faith
- The Day God Put on Armor: Isaiah’s Hidden Explanation of the Atonement
- Is This the Great Apostasy? Here’s what caused it.
Blogs I Follow
Top Posts & Pages
- About Paul Pavao
- The Elementary (First) Teachings of Christ: Hebrews 6:1-2
- The Primacy of the Roman Church
- The Church as a Corporation
- Working Out Salvation with Fear and Trembling in a Wealthy World
- Verses Evangelicals Ignore or Explain Away: 1 John 2:27
- Finding a Church and Obeying the Bible from a 21st-Century Perspective
- The elementary principles of Christ
- Acts 24:25 Testifying to the Faith Means Reasoning about Righteousness, Self-Control, and the Judgment to Come?
- Understanding the Trinity: How Proverbs 8:22-31 Harmonizes Scripture and Personalizes Creation
Archives
- December 2025
- November 2025
- October 2025
- September 2025
- August 2025
- June 2025
- May 2025
- April 2025
- March 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- November 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- February 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
Categories
- atonement
- Bible
- Christian History News in Focus
- Church
- Daily Works Verses
- Dealing with Scripture Honestly
- Early Christianity
- Evangelicals
- Evolution
- Evolution and Creation
- Far-fetched
- Gospel
- History
- History (Stories)
- Holiness
- Leadership
- Leukemia
- Miscellaneous
- missions
- Modern Doctrines
- news
- OSAS Study Bible
- prayer
- Protestants
- Rebuilding the Foundations
- Roman Catholic & Orthodox
- science
- Teachings that must not be lost
- Testimonies
- Through the Bible
- Uncategorized
- Unity
- Verses Evangelicals Ignore
- Verses Versus Verses
Category Archives: Gospel
Working Out Salvation with Fear and Trembling in a Wealthy World
Apparently, there are people who think that when Jesus sits on his glorious throne and puts the sheep on his right and the goats on his left, that he will say to Mother Teresa, “I was hungry, and you did … Continue reading
Is This the Great Apostasy? Here’s what caused it.
There is a reason that Christian history is divided into a pre-Nicene era (before the Council of Nicea in AD 325) and post-Nicene eras. Before the Council of Nicea, the churches were quick to announce the righteousness and virtue that … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Early Christianity, Gospel, History, Modern Doctrines
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 5:12-14, children of the devil, Constantine the Great, council of nicea, Ephesians 4:11-16, exhort one another, great apostasy, Hebrews 10:24-25, Hebrews 3:13, post-Nicene Christianity, pre-Nicene Christianity, purge the loaf of leaven, put out the wicked from among you, sons of disobedience
Leave a comment
The Salvation Evangelicals Forgot: Paul’s Missing Category.
One of the biggest problems with evangelical (Reformation-based) theology is that no one considers whether “saved” or “salvation” can mean more than one thing. This despite the fact that the apostle Paul wrote: Much more then, being now justified by … Continue reading
Posted in atonement, Dealing with Scripture Honestly, Evangelicals, Gospel, Holiness, Modern Doctrines, Rebuilding the Foundations, Teachings that must not be lost
Tagged fear of God, future salvation, judgment by works, mercy of God, New Testament theology, Rebuilding the Foundations, Romans 5:9-10, saved from wrath
Leave a comment
How I Finally Reconciled “Faith Alone” and “Works” in the Bible.
I was taught, like most Protestants, “salvation by faith alone.” The problem with this is that I was taught that “salvation” meant “going to heaven.” The two, however, are not equivalent. This is the story of how I found out … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Dealing with Scripture Honestly, Early Christianity, Evangelicals, Gospel, Modern Doctrines, Protestants, Verses Evangelicals Ignore
Tagged early Christian view of salvation, Ephesians 2 and 5 explained, faith alone, fath and works, Letter to Diognetus, Polycarp epistle to the Philippians
2 Comments
Psalm 38: What Is Righteousness and How Merciful Is God?
Caught again, your faithless friend. Don’t you ever tire of hearing what a fool I’ve been? (“Stubborn Love” by Kathy Troccoli) King David wrote Psalm 38. It seems like it has to be about the Bathsheba incident because he is … Continue reading
Posted in atonement, Bible, Dealing with Scripture Honestly, Evangelicals, Gospel, Modern Doctrines, Rebuilding the Foundations, Teachings that must not be lost, Verses Evangelicals Ignore
Tagged atonement, blood of jesus, day of atonement, doing righteuosness, heavenly temple, mercy of God, patiently continuing to do good, Throne of Favor, who is the righteous man
Leave a comment
Deuteronomy 15, John Chrysostom, and Why the Rich Need the Poor!
This morning I read in Deuteronomy 15:4 that God promised that there would be no poor among the Israelites when God gave them the promised land. Moses then spends two paragraph-long verses just how prosperous Israel would be if they … Continue reading
Does Repeated Sin Indicate There Is No Repentance?
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
Acts 24:25 Testifying to the Faith Means Reasoning about Righteousness, Self-Control, and the Judgment to Come?
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
Posted in Bible, Dealing with Scripture Honestly, Evangelicals, Gospel, Holiness, Rebuilding the Foundations, Verses Evangelicals Ignore
Tagged 1 Thess. 5:14, 2 Peter 1:3-11, Acts 17:30-31, Acts 24:25, Acts 26:20, be patient with everone, comfort the fainthearted, God is commanding everyone to repent, help the weak, righteousness self-control and the judgment to come, salvation, salvation is a process, the gospel, Warn the unruly, works befitting repentance, works worthy of repentance
Leave a comment
Isaiah 35: The Atonement as Conquest
The reference in my Bible at Matthew 11:4-5 … Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are … Continue reading
Posted in atonement, Bible, Gospel, Rebuilding the Foundations, Teachings that must not be lost
Tagged atonement, Christus Victor, early church fathers, interpreting the Law and Prophets, Isaiah 35, Old Testament prophecy, physical and spiritual healing in the Gospel, prophecies about the New Covenant, salvation and deliverance
Leave a comment
What Is Sound Doctrine?
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
The Rest of the Old, Old Story 