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“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine.”

2 Timothy 3:16 (KJV)

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Series • 15 Articles

The False Oneness Doctrine

Biblical answers to Oneness theology: Jesus is fully God, God the Son, but He is not the Father. One God, three distinct divine Persons.

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Series • 11 Articles Published

Water Baptism

A command of Jesus and an act of obedience, but it does not save, wash away sin, or apply His blood. What Scripture actually teaches.

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Bible Outlines

Full sermon and study outlines: primary texts, Greek word studies, historical background, and application, prepared for deeper study.

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Ephesians: The Armor of God

Standing firm in spiritual warfare: the whole armor of God from Ephesians 6:10–18, piece by piece. A verse-by-verse series in preparation.

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Expository Studies

Article
Father and son on a bench with an open Bible, banner reading The Isaiah 5:20 Syndrome, When Evil Is Called Good.
  • Expository Studies

The Isaiah 5:20 Syndrome: The Mind That Wars Against God

Isaiah 5:20 pronounces a woe on calling evil good and good evil. Romans 8 explains why the carnal mind does it and why it cannot do otherwise, and Scripture gives the cure: a new nature and a renewed mind through faith in Jesus Christ.
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Article
Why spend time contesting false doctrine? A man studies his Bible beside books on truth, Scripture, and discernment while another shrugs under the words Your Truth, Your Rules
  • Expository Studies

Who Cares? Why Spend Time Contesting False Doctrine

Who cares? Whatever you believe, that is your truth. Why I spend time contesting false doctrine: Scripture warns of another Jesus and another gospel, and the child of God is commanded to earnestly contend for the faith once delivered unto the saints.
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The church, the pillar and ground of the truth. 1 Timothy 3:15-16.
  • Expository Studies

Standing for the Truth Is the Church’s Responsibility

The church is the pillar and ground of the truth. Why contending for sound doctrine is not divisiveness or a social-media gimmick, but a duty every believer in Christ carries before God.
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Article
Are you existing, or are you living? Based on John 6:63.
  • Expository Studies

Stop Existing. Start Living.

All those physically alive exist, but not everyone that exists is living. A short word on the difference, and how a person passes from spiritual death to eternal life by faith in Jesus Christ.
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Article
An open notebook and pen beside a cup, representing written Bible study
  • Expository Studies

The Word of God: A Study of Hebrews 4:12

Hebrews 4:12 is everywhere: bookmarks, banners, sermon slides. But it is not a motto about Bible study. It is a warning nested inside a larger warning, aimed squarely at the reader. A study through seven lenses.
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Title card for the study on what actually saves a person
  • Expository Studies, Water Baptism

What Really Saves You

Faith in Jesus Christ saves you. A short study of what Scripture actually says about believing, the blood of Christ, and where water baptism fits.
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Bible Outlines

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Light breaking through a dark blue background with the words: John 14:10 Jesus says, I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me, PrevailingWord.net
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I Am in the Father: Why John 14:10 Does Not Make Jesus the Father

Jesus could have said "I am the Father." He said something else. A study outline of John 14:8-11 on the Greek of "I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me," and why John 17 settles what that language means.
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A wooden boat on a storm-tossed sea with lightning and a break of sunlight through dark clouds, with the words: Luke 8:22-39, The Other Side of the Storm, PrevailingWord.net
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The Other Side of the Storm

Jesus told His disciples they were going to the other side before the storm ever rose. A study outline of Luke 8:22-39 (KJV) on the storm, the man delivered on the far shore, and what Scripture does and does not promise about suffering.
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A sunlit country road through green hills at sunrise, with the words: 2 Corinthians 5:17, The Extreme Life Do-Over, PrevailingWord.net
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The Extreme Life Do-Over: A New Creature in Christ

Many people want a life do-over. Scripture offers something greater than a fresh start on the old life. A study outline of 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV): what it means to be in Christ, what the believer now is, what is settled, and how this new life is received.
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2 Corinthians 4:3-4 - the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so they will not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ
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Blinded Minds: Why the Gospel Is Veiled

A study outline on 2 Corinthians 4:3–4: why the gospel is veiled to those who are perishing, how the god of this world blinds unbelieving minds, and how God Himself opens a blinded heart through His Word and His Spirit.
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Outline
Acts 1:8 - you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses
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You Shall Be My Witnesses: Acts 1:8 and Water Baptism

A study outline on Acts 1:8: the power of the Holy Spirit given so that believers would bear witness to Jesus Christ, what Pentecost and Acts 10 demonstrate, and why water baptism testifies to the Savior rather than accomplishing salvation.
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Outline
Jesus Christ is not God the Father: the Word was with God, and the Word was God
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Jesus Christ Is Not God the Father Incarnate

A study outline on the biblical distinction between the Father and the Son: the eternal Word who was with God and was God, the Son (not the Father) who became flesh, the baptism of Jesus, the prayer of John 17, and the Father who sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
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Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

Habakkuk 2:2

The Prevailing Word of God notebook standing beside a coffee mug with a pen resting on the desk, with the words: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. Habakkuk 2:2
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