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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 • 32 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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Verse by Verse

Expository Studies

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An Old Testament priest offering a lamb on the altar beside Jesus Christ crucified, illustrating that the sacrificial system pointed forward to Him
  • Expository Studies, Salvation and the Blood, Teachings

Jesus Christ, the Fulfillment of the Old Testament Sacrificial System

Every lamb, goat, and drop of blood on the altar pointed to one Man: Jesus Christ, the fulfillment of the sacrifices. A KJV study.
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Article
The Blood, Not the Water: Does Baptism Save?
  • Expository Studies, Salvation and the Blood, Water Baptism

The Blood, Not the Water: Does Baptism Save?

Does water baptism save? The question your soul hangs on, answered from Scripture: the blood of Christ washes away sin, not the water. KJV.
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The Ten Baptism Texts Answered
  • Expository Studies, Teachings, Water Baptism

The Ten Baptism Texts Answered

The ten passages used to teach baptismal salvation, Acts 2:38, Mark 16:16, 1 Peter 3:21 and more, answered one by one from the KJV.
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From the Old Testament to the New Testament: how Abraham and believers in Christ are counted righteous, and water baptism is not how
  • Expository Studies, Teachings, The False Oneness Doctrine, Water Baptism

Why I Reject Baptismal Regeneration and Oneness Doctrine

Two errors that matter eternally: how a man is saved, and who God is. Why I reject baptismal regeneration and Oneness. A KJV study.
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There is no such thing as the sinner's prayer, but there is the prayer of the sinner, and God honors that prayer. Luke 18:9-14
  • Expository Studies, Salvation and the Blood, Teachings

Is the Sinner’s Prayer Biblical?

The phrase “sinner’s prayer” is not in the Bible, but a sinner praying for mercy is. What actually saves a soul, from the KJV.
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Article
For God so loved the world, John 3:16, with people of many nations gathered before the globe and the risen Jesus Christ
  • Expository Studies, Salvation and the Blood, Teachings

The Gospel Is Not an American Gospel

The gospel is not American, Western, or modern: it belongs to God (Romans 1:1). Why its Owner is not a country. 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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Outline
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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