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Paul Pavao
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Author of books on early Christianity, apostolic faith, and church history. Official site:
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Category Archives: Gospel
I Pledge Alliegance …
Last week I went to my son’s military basic training graduation. Hundreds graduated, but four were also honored with US citizenship for graduating. In order to get that citizenship, they had to renounce all alliegances to all other governments, foreign … Continue reading
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Tagged alliegance, gospel of the kingdom, kingdom of god, Luke 14:26-33
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Accepting Jesus & the Kingdom Gospel
I am really enjoying this new way of blogging. I have loaded up two new articles, one on accepting Jesus as personal Savior and one on the Gospel of the Kingdom. The latter is a rerun from a few months … Continue reading
Posted in Evangelicals, Gospel, Modern Doctrines
Tagged accepting Jesus, gospel of the kingdom, kingdom, personal savior
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The Incredible Salvation of God
I think this story will encourage all of you. It’s true. Almost 30 years ago I ran an auto insurance agency in Germany for a company called Fortune. One day a clearly bewildered lady came in with a friend to … Continue reading
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Tagged answers to prayer, Evangelism, mercy, prayer
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Escaping the Corruption That Is in the World Through Lust
In the last post we talked about the promise of the Gospel: because of grace sin will no longer have power over us, and we will escape the corruption that is in the world through lust. We talked about the … Continue reading
The Goodness and Severity of God
Behold! Behold the goodness and the severity of God. On those who fell: severity. On you: goodness. If … If you continue in his goodness. Otherwise, you’ll be cut off as a branch from the tree of God like the … Continue reading
The Kingdom Gospel and Its Influence
For many years I looked for something I dared call “the church”; something I was confident would be the recipient of the promises of God that are made only to “the church.” Perhaps the greatest of the promises I hoped … Continue reading
What Is Salvation?
I want to strongly disagree with something true … because it is in the wrong context. At this moment, God commands all men to repent and believe that today is the day of salvation, that you are to flee from … Continue reading
Proof of the Gospel
Two days ago we talked about the Gospel of the Kingdom. Yesterday we talked about the response that the apostles requested from those who believed that Gospel. We have one more subject to cover. What did the apostles use as … Continue reading
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Tagged apostles, Gospel, gospel of the kingdom, role of the apostles, witnesses of the resurrection
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Surrender, Repentance, and Baptism: Part II
I got the phrase “Kingdom Gospel, surrender, and baptism” from Marc Carrier, a missionary to Africa. He wrote on Facebook, “Over 20 pastors in attendance. Taught kingdom gospel, surrender, repentance, and baptism.” Yesterday we covered the Kingdom Gospel. I’m going … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, Gospel, gospel of the kingdom, repentance, Surrender
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Kingdom Gospel, Surrender, Repentance and Baptism
I got the phrase “Kingdom Gospel, surrender, and baptism” from Marc Carrier, a missionary to Africa. He wrote on Facebook, “Over 20 pastors in attendance. Taught kingdom gospel, surrender, repentance, and baptism.” What he meant by that is desperately important. … Continue reading