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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 • 17 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 • 33 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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New Series • Part 1 Published

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, beginning with Part 1: Be Strong in the Lord.

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Expository Studies

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Graphic of a young woman reading a Bible in a library, with the words: Wow, I've read the whole book of Hebrews, and there is not a single verse that says water baptism saves or is for the remission, the forgiveness of sin. PrevailingWord.net
  • Expository Studies, Salvation and the Blood, Water Baptism

The Book of Hebrews: Salvation Through Faith in Jesus Christ, His Shed Blood, and the Forgiveness of Sins

A KJV study of Hebrews 1-13 showing that the blood of Jesus Christ, not water baptism, is the ground of the remission of sins and eternal redemption.
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Part 1. The claim being answered: Peter preached repent and be baptized (Acts 2:38); Paul preached believe and be saved (Romans 3:28).
  • Expository Studies, Salvation and the Blood

One Gospel for Jews and Gentiles, Part 1: The Scriptures

A social media teaching claims there are two gospels of salvation, one for Jews and one for Gentiles. Part 1 lists more than fifty KJV passages that declare one Savior, one grace, one faith in Jesus Christ, and one body.
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Part 2. The claim being answered: Paul preached believe and be saved (Romans 3:28); Peter preached repent and be baptized (Acts 2:38).
  • Expository Studies, Salvation and the Blood

One Gospel for Jews and Gentiles, Part 2: The Argument

Part 2 walks through the New Testament as one connected argument: Peter and Paul preached the same gospel, Jesus Christ made Jew and Gentile one body by the same cross, and there is one way of receiving eternal life.
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Part 3. One Gospel for Jews and Gentiles: the objections answered.
  • Expository Studies, Salvation and the Blood

One Gospel for Jews and Gentiles, Part 3: The Objections Answered

Part 3 takes the two-gospels teaching's own arguments one at a time: Acts 2:38 against Romans 3:28, Paul's "my gospel," the mystery of Ephesians 3, kingdom and grace, Matthew 10, and Galatians 2:7. Each text, quoted in full from the KJV, answers for itself.
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Tattoo artist at work beside the words: many people mark their bodies with tattoos; God declares He has engraved His people on the palms of His hands (Isaiah 49:16) and promises to write His law upon our hearts (Jeremiah 31:33)
  • Christian Living, Expository Studies, Teachings

Graven on His Hands: What a Tattoo Can Illustrate

A tattoo is chosen, written in, and permanent. Isaiah 49:16, Jeremiah 31:33, and Ephesians 2:10 show a God who graves His people on His hands, writes His law in their hearts, and makes them His workmanship in Christ Jesus.
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wrong baptism examples
  • Expository Studies, Teachings, Water Baptism

Ten Bible Passages Wrongly Used to Say Water Baptism Is Necessary for Salvation

Ten passages used to argue that water baptism is required for forgiveness, salvation, or cleansing from sin, and what each one actually says. Forgiveness comes through faith in Jesus Christ and rests on His shed blood. A KJV study.
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Bible Outlines

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How Jesus Identified Himself: the Good Shepherd, the Bread, the Door, the True Vine, and the great I AM (John 8:58)
  • Bible Outlines

How Jesus Identified Himself: His Own Self-Descriptions

A KJV study outline of the eighteen ways Jesus Christ described Himself, from the seven I am statements in John to the first and the last in Revelation, with the Old Testament background behind each title.
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Outline
An Old Testament priest offering a lamb on the altar beside Jesus Christ crucified, illustrating that the sacrificial system pointed forward to Him
  • Bible Outlines, Salvation and the Blood

Jesus Christ, the Fulfillment of the Old Testament Sacrificial System (Study Outline)

A study outline tracing the Old Testament sacrificial system to its fulfillment in Jesus Christ: the Lamb of God, His shed blood for the remission of sins, His one offering made once for all, and eternal life received through faith in Him.
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Hope Renewed in the Faithfulness of the LORD: His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22–23)
  • Bible Outlines, Christian Living

Hope Renewed in the Faithfulness of the LORD: Lamentations 3:21-23 Sermon and Study Outline

A sermon and study outline on Lamentations 3:21-23 (KJV). Hope begins with remembering the LORD, His mercies keep His people from being consumed, and they are new every morning because great is His faithfulness. Seven-step study with Hebrew word notes, preaching points and a printable Word outline.
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Hebrews 7:25: Christ always lives to intercede for us. PrevailingWord.net
  • Bible Outlines, Salvation and the Blood

He Ever Liveth to Make Intercession: Hebrews 7:25 Sermon and Study Outline

Every priest Israel ever had was interrupted by a funeral. Ours has never had one. A plain language study outline of Hebrews 7:25 (KJV) on the High Priest who saves to the uttermost because He never stops living, and never stops praying.
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The Word of God is quick and powerful, sharper than any twoedged sword (Hebrews 4:12)
  • Bible Outlines, Christian Living

The Word of God Is Sharp: Hebrews 4:12 Sermon and Study Outline

Quick does not mean fast. It means alive. A plain language study outline of Hebrews 4:12 (KJV) on the living Word that reaches past everything we show other people, and on the High Priest who receives us once it has.
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Access to the Father through the blood of Jesus: the new and living way (Hebrews 10:19–20)
  • Bible Outlines, Salvation and the Blood

The Way In: Access to the Father Through the Blood of Jesus

For hundreds of years a curtain said stay out. When Jesus Christ died it tore from top to bottom. A plain language study outline of Hebrews 10:19-20 (KJV) on what opened the way to God, and why Hebrews 10:22 does not put water in its place.
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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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