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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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Recent Posts
- Righteousness, Self-Control, and Judgment (Acts 24:25)
- A Fair Summary of Paul’s Gospel? Salvation, Perseverance, and Judgment in His Own Words
- Jesus Is Building His Church on Peter’s Confession; Are We?
- King David’s Secret Sauce: Works Are the Prize, Not the Price
- Do You Like the Bible? Or Only an Imaginary One?
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- The Elementary (First) Teachings of Christ: Hebrews 6:1-2
- Righteousness, Self-Control, and Judgment (Acts 24:25)
- Past Tense Salvation by Faith and Future Tense Judgment by Works
- Contrasting John with the Rest of the New Testament
- "Faith Apart from Works" and "Not by Faith Alone"
- Don't Beat Dead Horses; Only the Father Reveals Truth
- The Primacy of the Roman Church
- The elementary principles of Christ
- The Danger of False Assurance: Can a Saved Person Go to Hell?
- Can We Be Good Enough to Go to Heaven?
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Tag Archives: Eternal Life
Leukemia: Humbled To Be Found Worthy
This post won’t go up until July 9. By then I should be in the hospital, just finishing chemo, with no bone marrow and no immune system, and starting a 4-6 week recovery. My 50th birthday is July 11. Happy … Continue reading
Posted in Holiness, Leukemia, Miscellaneous
Tagged discipleship, Eternal Life, leukemia, mercy, peace
1 Comment
Pleading for Sin and Pleading for Righteousness
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
Posted in Holiness
Tagged born again, council of nicea, Eternal Life, evildoers, george fox, good works, grace, pleading for sin, quakers, righteousness, well-doers
4 Comments
The 3 Things Paul Wants Us To Know
May God give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, so that you can really be a believer, and never underestimate that incredible, universe-changing word: *Believer*. Continue reading
Posted in Holiness
Tagged adoption, creation groaning, Eternal Life, god's inheritance, power, redemption, revelation, romans 8, spirituality, wisdom
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Judgment & Eternal Life
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
Posted in Gospel, History, Holiness, Modern Doctrines
Tagged apostle john, apostle paul, Eternal Life, judgment, salvation
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Enduring Forever: The Word of God and Eternal Life
A voice says, “Call out.” Then he answered, “What shall I call out?” …The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever ~Isaiah 40:5,8 (NASB) The exchange given above is part of a passage in … Continue reading
Your “immortal” soul
Note: all Scripture quotes on this post are from the NASB Updated version. A lot of traditions have crept in over the last 2,000 years. Some of them have become a basic part of our assumptions that we never question. One of … Continue reading