Category Archives: Holiness

Confidence in the Flesh and Knowing Christ

Posted on 02/09/2010 by Paul Pavao

This morning in Bible study a few of us were looking at Galatians 2. Obviously, as we go further in Galatians, we need a good working definition of justification, and we went after that. The Greek word justify is just … Continue reading →

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The Righteousness of God vs. Our Righteousness

Posted on 02/06/2010 by Paul Pavao

Sometimes I don’t get around to blogging because everything I write is so long and takes an hour to write. I wrote the following on a young friend’s blog, and I thought I should make it my own blog post. … Continue reading →

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Commenting on the Bible

Posted on 12/31/2009 by Paul Pavao

I’d like to direct those of you who read this to the commentary section of my Rest of the Old, Old Story site. I’m going to start updating it, beginning with the things found in today’s blog on Jeremiah 6. … Continue reading →

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Obedience and Christian “Salvation”

Posted on 09/26/2009 by Paul Pavao

What is salvation? I like to use the example of a saved drowning person. The saved person is the one who’s standing on the shore. The unsaved person is the one in the water, flapping their arms in the air … Continue reading →

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Accidental Series on the Church, Part IV

Posted on 08/25/2009 by Paul Pavao

I really didn’t mean to be writing a series on the church, but here goes part IV. Most attempts at starting house churches/simple churches/”the” church don’t go anywhere. That’s acknowledged in most of Gene Edwards’ books. I’m not sure about … Continue reading →

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Romans 7 and Romans 8

Posted on 08/19/2009 by Paul Pavao

Romans 7 and Romans 8, do Christians really understand those two chapters of the Bible? Recently a number of members of Rose Creek Village went to a “Jesus Radicals” conference. As odd as it may sound, the Jesus Radicals conference … Continue reading →

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Three Dollars Worth of God

Posted on 07/29/2009 by Paul Pavao

No comments of my own today. Everything’s borrowed. I wrote a post yesterday called “Intellectual Honesty and Throwing Up.” I’m trying to decide whether it’s worth posting, needs editing, or just needs to be thrown out. For today, though, Voice … Continue reading →

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James 2:10: Guilty of the Whole Law

Posted on 07/07/2009 by Paul Pavao

Whoever keeps the whole Law, yet offends in one point, he is guilty of all. – James 2:10 Okay, I promised that I’d put up a second blog today on what James 2:10 means (rather than what it doesn’t mean). … Continue reading →

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