Category Archives: Gospel

Living the Christian Life: Revelation and the Release of the Spirit

Posted on 11/23/2013 by Paul Pavao

This post was inspired by an email I received. There’s no personal information in my response, but paragraphs that start with something like “If you’re going to fight for any teaching …” refer to points in the email I received. … Continue reading →

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The Prosperity Gospel and Two Covenants

Posted on 11/10/2013 by Paul Pavao

The Prosperity Gospel gets its knocks. Deservedly so. Too often, though, our answer is merely to throw verses at it, and we miss the main point, a point that is crucial to our understanding of many facets of the Christian … Continue reading →

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Get Paul a Schofield Study Bible!

Posted on 11/03/2013 by Paul Pavao

If you’re not familiar with “Poe’s law,” you might want to look it up before you read this post. I’m reading through Hebrews with some friends, and it appears that the writer is not up to date on his theology. … Continue reading →

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The Weapon of Fear

Posted on 10/30/2013 by Paul Pavao

On some have compassion, making a difference, and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. (Jude 22-23) I promised yesterday to explain the proper role, audience, and usage of … Continue reading →

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Galatians 6:7-9: Doing Good to Reap Eternal Life

Posted on 10/29/2013 by Paul Pavao

Galatians 6:7-9 was one of the daily works passages I put up a couple days ago. I want to point out something it says that surprises everyone who hears it. Let’s start, though, with Romans 2:6-7: He that sows to … Continue reading →

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Differences Among the Apostles 2 (Bible Interpretation)

Posted on 10/28/2013 by Paul Pavao

My Oct. 26 post explains the point of this post. One more difference between Paul and the other apostles is how they talked about salvation. Paul is mysterious. He tells us that we are justified by faith apart from works … Continue reading →

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Why?

Posted on 10/24/2013 by Paul Pavao

I saw a video the other day that explained one of the reasons I’m such a terrible salesman and marketer. I suspect it will be life-changing for me. It talked about products or ideas and the what, how, and why … Continue reading →

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Having the Holy Ghost and Going to Hell

Posted on 10/16/2013 by Paul Pavao

I was reading a book today, and it was very convicting. In fact, I went through our movies and pulled about 15 out to be thrown away. I was happily surprised to see how many I didn’t have to throw … Continue reading →

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Holier Than Thou?

Posted on 09/28/2013 by Paul Pavao

And if we do, if we really live holier than the world in such a marked way, dare we answer the world the way Octavius did? Continue reading →

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The Gospel of Salvation?

Posted on 05/11/2013 by Paul Pavao

Someone told me that CharismaMag.com had some great articles this month. I agree, it did. One of them inspired yesterday’s post. Today, though, I want to disagree with one, or at least make it more direct. The article is called … Continue reading →

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