Category Archives: Miscellaneous

2 Peter 1:5-7: The Normal Christian Life in 3 Verses

Posted on 10/25/2013 by Paul Pavao

This will probably be my favorite blog post ever. Everything I am about to say about 2 Peter 1:5-7 assumes that you have already read verses 3-4 and understand them. We can do the things in verses 5-7 BECAUSE we … Continue reading →

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Warn the Unruly, Knock Out the Fainthearted: WHY?

Posted on 10/18/2013 by Paul Pavao

I am elevating a comment of mine to a post. There are other comments on that page, which you may want to read to put mine in context. Communication in the internet is important, but difficult. Part of the problem … Continue reading →

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News … and Evolution

Posted on 07/26/2013 by Paul Pavao

I post things about evolution because evolution happened whether we Christians like it or not. Better to hear it from me, who sees no relation between believing in evolution and believing in God, than from atheists who love the false Christian theology that makes rejecting evolution the only way to believe in the Bible. Continue reading →

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A Systematic Theology of Early Christianity

Posted on 06/25/2013 by Paul Pavao

So today I am going to give a quick overview of my view–no, the historical and apostolic view–of the Christian life. I am going to leave things out, not on purpose, because spiritual things don’t outline well. Continue reading →

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The New Law: The Fullness of the Old Law

Posted on 06/17/2013 by Paul Pavao

This video on the Law is based on the teaching of the early Christians but presented completely based on Scripture. Continue reading →

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The New Covenant Prophesied: Ezekiel 36

Posted on 06/12/2013 by Paul Pavao

Remember, what was promised to fleshly Israel under the Old Covenant is an earthly shadow of the heavenly things that are promised to spiritual Israel under the New Covenant. Continue reading →

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Abandonment

Posted on 05/30/2013 by Paul Pavao

Most of this post is from an email I sent today. All the personal information has been removed except what applies to me. I hope that it is personal enough to be moving to you spiritually. When I was young, … Continue reading →

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The Power of Almost True

Posted on 05/22/2013 by Paul Pavao

This post is in reference to this article, published in the Huffington post. Bernard Starr, the author, claims that the Catholics suppressed the reading of the Bible because they did not want individual members to see just how Jewish the … Continue reading →

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Mark 13: The End of the World, Part 3

Posted on 04/24/2013 by Paul Pavao

Okay, just one more thing I want to cover: In those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be. Unless … Continue reading →

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Mark 13: The End of the World, Part 2

Posted on 04/23/2013 by Paul Pavao

Well, I used up all my confident interpretations yesterday. Today, just some food for thought (I hope). In Mark 13, the apostles do not specifically ask about the end of the age. They asked about when the temple would be … Continue reading →

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