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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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John 14:10, Jesus says: I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me. PrevailingWord.net
  • Bible Outlines

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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The Other Side of the Storm, Luke 8:22-39: a small boat on a stormy sea beneath a break of light. PrevailingWord.net
  • Bible Outlines, Christian Living

The Other Side of the Storm (Study Outline)

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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The Extreme Life Do-Over: a new creature in Christ, old things passed away (2 Corinthians 5:17)
  • Bible Outlines, Christian Living

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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Satan Blinds Minds to the Gospel, 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, with an open Bible and a pen. PrevailingWord.net
  • Bible Outlines, Salvation and the Blood

Blinded Minds: Why the Gospel Is Veiled (Study Outline)

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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Holy Ghost Empowerment Testifies of Jesus, Not Water Baptism, with a white dove above an open Bible. PrevailingWord.net
  • Bible Outlines, Christian Living

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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Jesus Christ is not God the Father incarnate. PrevailingWord.net
  • Bible Outlines

Jesus Christ Is Not God the Father Incarnate (Study Outline)

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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