Category Archives: Holiness

The Power of Zeal for God

Posted on 01/26/2011 by Paul Pavao

J. Lee Grady is an editor for Charisma magazine. To be honest, I can’t imagine thinking highly of a mainstream, charismatic magazine. Grady’s articles, however, are consistently excellent. Continue reading →

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Practical, Visible Christianity

Posted on 01/25/2011 by Paul Pavao

Almost all the doctrine we argue is theoretical and cannot be tested. There is nothing practical about our doctrines; there are no ways to see whether they work. Continue reading →

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Real Spiritual Battles

Posted on 01/01/2011 by Paul Pavao

I’m not going to get up a post every day in 2011, nor even one each day in January. It was fun pulling that off in December, but sometimes these posts take me a couple hours! Anyway, there was more … Continue reading →

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Imperative-Indicative and Performance-Acceptance

Posted on 12/24/2010 by Paul Pavao

Give them time, give them love, give them rebuke, give them forgiveness, promise them rewards (real ones, not made-up ones); do whatever you have to do, but help them live for Jesus, and pay the price of suffering and time to help it happen. Continue reading →

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On Dealing with Insecurities, Part 2

Posted on 12/23/2010 by Paul Pavao

So many men are just that way. They growl their way past their insecurities, unable to love lest they look bad while loving. Continue reading →

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On Dealing with Mental Illness

Posted on 12/22/2010 by Paul Pavao

The answer God has given me is to ignore all those thoughts and feelings. Who cares if I’m insecure, shaken by circumstances, and my feelings are driven around by what others think about me? My job is to ignore all that and get about my business serving God. I’m too busy to spend time fixing inadequacies that are impossible to fix, anyway. Continue reading →

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The 3 Things Paul Wants Us To Know

Posted on 12/21/2010 by Paul Pavao

May God give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, so that you can really be a believer, and never underestimate that incredible, universe-changing word: *Believer*. Continue reading →

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Teaching All the Wrong Things To Get All the Right Results

Posted on 12/18/2010 by Paul Pavao

Spiritual men are capable of preserving the unity of the Spirit because they’re not covering up spiritual unity with all sorts of brilliant, insightful, and even Scriptural theological ideas. Continue reading →

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When You’re Not Greater Than John the Baptist

Posted on 12/17/2010 by Paul Pavao

Pretty human, pretty earthy, somewhat gross, but the route to real power with God is along that route. God uses and chooses not only Moses but even Sampson. You might as well line up with Isaiah and say, “Here am I, use me.” Continue reading →

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Who’s Greater Than John the Baptist?

Posted on 12/16/2010 by Paul Pavao

Who is greater than John the Baptist? You are. I can guarantee this truth: Of all people ever born, no one is greater than John the Baptizer. Yet, the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than … Continue reading →

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