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Paul Pavao
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Author of books on early Christianity, apostolic faith, and church history. Official site:
https://christian-history.org
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- Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (PPPPPP version): Paul Pavao’s Potentially Prejudiced Personal Paraphrase
- Paul’s Potentially Prejudiced Personal Paraphrase: 1 John 3:7 and 1 John 5:13
- Why the Earliest Churches Never Debated Faith vs. Works
- Just Do It! No, Wait, Just Think It!
- Bible Warnings and Why I Don’t Believe Eternal Security
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- Divorce and Remarriage: Taking a Stance Against the Anabaptists
- The Elementary (First) Teachings of Christ: Hebrews 6:1-2
- Teachings That Should Not Be Lost: The Bible
- Obstacles to Christian Unity 2
- The Promise by Megan Cupit
- Judgment & Eternal Life
- Getting Ready for Xmas, 2011
- The Sufferings of Christ
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Straight Outta the Tomb
It is these kind of arguments that make the most sense to me.
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Some Beginning Articles on the Church
For some reason, I ended up on the subject of church life on my new site. It took a while to pull all three of these posts together, even though one was once previously written on this blog. That article, … Continue reading
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Tagged elders, Evangelism, evangelist, missions, Pastor, preaching, Teaching, what is a church
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Ancient-Faith Blog moved to PaulFPavao.com
I made a new web site at http://www.paulfpavao.com to replace my blog. I got frustrated with writing blog posts that just slipped away into the past so that I couldn’t even find them. So all my new “blog posts” will … Continue reading
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Romans 5:17-18: The Gift of Righteousness
I have been having a great discussion about the definition of “grace” in the Bible. In the midst of it I ran across Romans 5:17-18 and was really touched by it. I am pretty sure I have read those two … Continue reading
Posted in Holiness, Modern Doctrines, Uncategorized
Tagged gift of righteousness, last Adam, new man, Romans 5:17-18
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The Top 10 Posts of 2014
As many of you know, I am going through chemo for lymphoma. The chemo has been kicking my butt, excuse the terminology, the last few days. It sure makes it hard to blog. I’m reblogging a couple posts from “Not … Continue reading
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Questioning Our Protestant Tradition of Sola Scriptura
I had to reblog this. So well said!
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How to Establish a Culture that is Consistent with Your Vision
I had set this post aside for later reading. Round 2 of lymphoma chemotherapy turned out to be just that opportunity. This inspired me and convicted me: 1. About my lack of organization 2. About my unwillingness to repeat, repeat, … Continue reading
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Is the Casual Approach to Church Producing Casual Christians?
While our solutions won’t match, this blogger excellently portrays the problem inherent in post-Constantine churches, Protestant and Catholic alike. It is more accomodating than I would be, which may help those who disagree to be willing to consider the message.
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Worship: Why Your Church Is Failing And What You Can Do About It
I’ve never reblogged before. I hope this is just normal and okay because I used a WordPress reblog button at the bottom of his page to do it. Simply extraordinary, straightforward, important truth. Don’t read it if you’re allergic to … Continue reading
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