Category Archives: Leadership

Does Repeated Sin Indicate There Is No Repentance?

Posted on 06/09/2025 by Paul Pavao

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 →

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Jesus Prefers Unity of Spirit to Unity of Bishops and Popes

Posted on 01/08/2025 by Paul Pavao

So someone commented on my YouTube video on the rise of the pope on YouTube with “So in your view, Christ had no plan for how His Church would survive for the rest of time and unending? How old is … Continue reading →

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Today’s Hodge-Podge: Messengers, Large Church Meetings, Archippus, and Apostolic Succession

Posted on 03/22/2024 by Paul Pavao

For those interested, I wrote this in an email in response to questions concerning Colossians 4:14, 16-17: For at least 150 years, perhaps longer, it was perfectly okay that the Sunday morning meetings grew large enough to need big meeting … Continue reading →

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Paul and Barnabas Encourage the Churches

Posted on 10/25/2018 by

The email Bible study I sent to the new converts at Rose Creek Village today: This is a short study of Acts 14:21-23. It is prompted by my wondering what to tell a new Christian. Acts 14:21 lets us know … Continue reading →

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Are you missing what may be the most important verse in the Bible?

Posted on 08/29/2018 by

All of us know that the Bible says, “… not forsaking the assembling of yourselves together.” Why, then, do almost none of us know what it says to do instead? We all think that instead of forsaking the assembling of … Continue reading →

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The Apostles and the Rise of the Papacy

Posted on 12/04/2013 by Paul Pavao

I’m going to buy myself some time to work on the early church timeline and the notes on the timeline by posting this related video. The video is an hour long. I try never to do that, but it’s one … Continue reading →

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Behavior Is Better Than Belief

Posted on 11/21/2013 by Paul Pavao

The last time I posted on this subject, someone complained that behavior is not better than belief. Godly behavior is the produce of belief and cannot be obtained without belief, so how can behavior be better? Okay, that’s true. “Apart … Continue reading →

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The Church as a Corporation

Posted on 10/17/2013 by Paul Pavao

Somebody got the bright idea a few years ago that churches should be managed like businesses. So pastors became CEOs, and ministry was put on an assembly line.—J. Lee Grady I agree with the J. Lee Grady, except on the … Continue reading →

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Sermons, Disciples, and Taking Notes

Posted on 09/10/2013 by Paul Pavao

Modern preachers repeat and plead, repeat and plead. They know they are talking to those that are not disciples. They have to plead and grab attention so that the person in the pew might consider what they have to say. Continue reading →

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Leukemia in the Body of Christ

Posted on 02/02/2013 by Paul Pavao

I apparently stopped being notified by email of comments on this blog. I had a couple that sat for a few days before being approved. Sorry. This is an email I wrote to someone. This is now in the “thinking … Continue reading →

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