Category Archives: Modern Doctrines

The Letter of Ignatius to the Ephesians: Chapter One

Posted on 06/29/2010 by Paul Pavao

I started this series yesterday with an introduction to the early Christian writings. This is Ignatius’ epistle to the Ephesians, written in A.D. 107 or 116, about 50 or 60 years after Paul wrote his epistle to the Ephesians and … Continue reading →

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Can the Gates of Hell Prevail Against the Church

Posted on 06/23/2010 by Paul Pavao

So the idea of Matthew 16:18 is not that the church won’t fall. The idea is that when and where the church exists, she will assail the gates of Hades and bring back the dead.
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Brand Loyalty to Christ

Posted on 06/03/2010 by Paul Pavao

The problem is, Roman Catholic tradition and Orthodoxy do produce a brand you can recognize. They reliably produce worldliness, carnality, idolatry, and an indifference to the commands of Christ. Continue reading →

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Born-Again Bible Reading: A Thought for Discussion

Posted on 05/13/2010 by Paul Pavao

Parsimony destroys the entire fundamentalist system. It rips their most important doctrines to shreds. Continue reading →

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The Righteousness of God

Posted on 05/01/2010 by Paul Pavao

I’ve named several posts the Righteousness of God (I think). How could I describe the righteousness of God in one post? In fact, how could I describe the righteousness of God at all? In the end, the righteousness of God … Continue reading →

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1 Corinthians 3 and Works Burned Up By Fire

Posted on 04/28/2010 by Paul Pavao

If you practice drunkenness, adultery, division, envy, greed, selfish ambitions and such things, then you will not be saved so as through fire, you will be told by Christ that he does not know you. Continue reading →

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A Quick Overview of Salvation

Posted on 04/25/2010 by Paul Pavao

Describing salvation in this way terrifies Evangelicals. I was going to say it stumbles them, but that’s not true. Their own doctrine stumbles them and causes the majority of them to be unsaved. Continue reading →

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Judgment & Eternal Life

Posted on 04/25/2010 by Paul Pavao

A comment was left on my last post about the judgment. A decent answer is far too long to leave as a comment, so here’s my response. Please note that rather than quote long sections of her comment and whole … Continue reading →

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Judgment

Posted on 04/17/2010 by Paul Pavao

There are not many of Evangelicals who believe the Bible, even though we say we do, so I get a lot of objections to these verses. Continue reading →

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Who Really Goes to Hell?

Posted on 04/14/2010 by Paul Pavao

I was stunned today to run across a book today called The Gospel You’ve Never Heard on a web site called Who Really Goes to Hell. I was stunned because he wrote about things I have been teaching for 18 … Continue reading →

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