Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Jesus Never Claimed To Be God

Posted on 02/05/2011 by Paul Pavao

I guess they’re also like many (most?) Christians, who say glowing, worshipful things about the Bible, but who don’t actually read it, do what it says, or even believe the things it teaches. Continue reading →

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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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Really Important Things a Christian Should Know

Posted on 01/14/2011 by Paul Pavao

I’ve been promising myself and friends I would upload this list for a few weeks. These are just a random assortment of issues. I’m sure there’s some important ones I’m missing. Feel free to add those in the comments. In … Continue reading →

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A Little Politics: Sarah Palin, Targets, and Assassinations

Posted on 01/13/2011 by Paul Pavao

Actually, I want to repent for using "politics" in the title of this post. This post is not about politics; it’s about common sense and not pretending like things are the way they are. We can work on problems, but not if we pretend they’re not there and mandate certain ways of speaking in order to maintain our illusions. Continue reading →

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Talkin’ to the Devil

Posted on 12/31/2010 by Paul Pavao

There’s something about respect, even when it’s given to a terrible and evil opponent like the devil. Continue reading →

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The Other Birth Story

Posted on 12/30/2010 by Paul Pavao

So let’s pretend that we’re early Christians, in the apostles’ churches, who don’t know yet that we’re not allowed to believe that Proverbs 8 is about Jesus, and let’s get all the joy out of it we can … Continue reading →

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Too Lazy to Reason, Part III: Liars

Posted on 12/29/2010 by Paul Pavao

There are many thousands of self-appointed apologists for these doctrines that pretend to be researching the subject. The problem is, they’re lying.
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Getting Ready for Xmas, 2011

Posted on 12/26/2010 by Paul Pavao

I know Christians usually don’t like the use of Xmas. They feel like Jesus is being x’d out of the holiday. For the record, the use of Xmas was an attempt to abbreviate Christmas that I find interesting. X represents … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas!

Posted on 12/25/2010 by Paul Pavao

It’s an unanswerable miracle that we even know that day happened; never mind whether we know the exact day of the year it happened on–or even that we don’t know the exact year. Continue reading →

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The Cleansing Flood and Some Really Bad Christian Images

Posted on 12/09/2010 by Paul Pavao

I was raised Roman Catholic, so when I first attended an Assembly of God after being gloriously and astonishingly saved by the name of Jesus Christ, all the Protestant hymns were new to me. There were several I loved, but … Continue reading →

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