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Making Christian History Exciting and Interesting

Posted on 04/08/2011 by Paul Pavao

This is a shameless, self-promotion of my ebook. It’s a reprint of my Christian History Newsletter. I’m allowing myself to do both because the general reaction to the ebook—It’s a full-fledged 440-page book on the Council of Nicea—has been surprise … Continue reading →

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My Book, Titles, and the Council of Nicea

Posted on 03/25/2011 by Paul Pavao

I’m really looking for help on the title of my book. I’ve got a little help so far, and I’ve learned that I’m not as bad at titles as I thought. Titling a book is just difficult! I have four … Continue reading →

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Behavior Is Better Than Belief

Posted on 03/24/2011 by Paul Pavao

Today, I just have some points for you to consider: After 300 years of church history, the Council of Nicea still found only a paragraph’s worth of doctrine important enough to encapsulate in a creed. The foundation of God, according … Continue reading →

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Free Chapters of My Book: The Council of Nicea

Posted on 03/22/2011 by Paul Pavao

I posted earlier today, too, with more content :-D. If you read my blog, you probably know that I’ve been working on a book about the Council of Nicea. My writing part is done. All I’m doing now is formatting. … Continue reading →

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Pleading for Sin and Pleading for Righteousness

Posted on 03/16/2011 by Paul Pavao

A friend mentioned I hadn’t posted in nearly a month. I’ve been working on my book about the Council of Nicea. 10 chapters done, 1 chapter to write, and 9 to edit. I also have to edit the glossaries. I … Continue reading →

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Book Teaser: The Council of Nicea and the Trinity

Posted on 02/11/2011 by Paul Pavao

In all the studies of the Trinity that have been published since the printing press has been invented, is it really true that no one has noticed that the Nicene Creed calls the Father the one God and we don’t? Did they really never run across Tertullian’s explanation of the reason for that? Continue reading →

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Early Christianity, Organic Christianity, and the Rise of the Catholic Church

Posted on 02/09/2011 by Paul Pavao

This post will probably only interest you if you’re a friend of mine and like listening to me already, or if you have an avid interest in early Christianity and how the church became the miserable mess that it became … 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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Did Jolly St. Nick Slap Arius at the Council of Nicea?

Posted on 12/19/2010 by Paul Pavao

Suddenly, all over the internet, I’m reading that St. Nicholas, the person from whom Santa Claus got his name, was at the Council of Nicea and that he was so fed up with the obstinance of the heretic Arius that … Continue reading →

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The Trinity, the Council of Nicea, and the Substance of God

Posted on 08/22/2010 by Paul Pavao

In A.D. 325, Eusebius, the first church historian and the bishop (link opens in new window) of the church in Caesarea, wrote a letter. To me, it is one of the most surprisingly ignored letters in the history of the … Continue reading →

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