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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

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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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elephant in the room
  • Expository Studies, Teachings, The False Oneness Doctrine

The Elephant in the Room: What Jesus Actually Said in John 10:30

The Greek of John 10:30 reads "I and the Father are one," with a plural verb and two subjects. It is not "I am the Father." A short study of what Jesus actually said, from the King James Bible.
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oneness
  • Expository Studies, The False Oneness Doctrine

Does John 10:30 Prove Oneness? Let Us Think Biblically and Logically

Oneness teachers say John 10:30 proves Jesus is the Father because He and the Father are one. Jesus uses the same word three more times in John 17. Let us test the argument by His own words, from the King James Bible.
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The Renewed Mind: Colossians 2:8 KJV, Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, with Romans 12:2. PrevailingWord.net
  • Christian Living, Expository Studies, Teachings

The Renewed Mind: Colossians 2:8 and Romans 12:2

Colossians 2:8 warns believers against the philosophy and vain deceit of an unredeemed world. God renews the mind through His Word and by His Spirit (Romans 12:2).
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His Word Cannot Fail graphic from The Prevailing Word of God
  • Expository Studies, Teachings

The Foundational Spiritual Principle: God’s Word Cannot Fail

Isaiah 34:16, Joshua 1:8, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 55:8-11, and Matthew 5:17-18 show one principle: God’s Word cannot fail because the God who speaks it cannot fail.
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Even the demons recognized Jesus as the Son of the Most High God and fell before Him (Mark 5:1–9)
  • Expository Studies, Teachings

Mark 5:1-9: Even the Demons Recognized Jesus

In Mark 5:1–9 the demons bow before Jesus and call Him the Son of the Most High God. Why their terror dismantles the claim that He was merely a man.
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John 14:10, Jesus says: I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me. PrevailingWord.net
  • Expository Studies, Teachings

“I Am in the Father” (John 14:10)

“I am in the Father, and the Father in me” (John 14:10) does not make Jesus the Father. What He actually meant, from the KJV.
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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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