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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

Article
Scripture Supports the Biblical Doctrine of the Trinity, with an open Bible and a stone tablet reading One God, Three Persons, Eternal Truth, Forever Relevant
  • Expository Studies, Teachings, The False Oneness Doctrine

Scripture Supports the Doctrine of the Trinity

The Trinity does not rest on one proof text but on the whole New Testament. Four truths Scripture holds together. A KJV study.
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Article
Banner reading I Am a Jesus Influencer, with a globe, a cross on a hill, and an open Bible, citing Matthew 28:18-20.
  • Christian Living, Expository Studies, Teachings

I Am a Jesus Influencer

The oldest kind of influencer points people to Christ, not self. What it means to be an ambassador for Christ. A KJV study.
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Article
Banner reading Be Not Conformed, Be Transformed, with a profile of a head filled with light and gears above an open Bible, quoting Romans 12:2 and Ephesians 4:23.
  • Christian Living, Expository Studies, Teachings

Renew the Mind, Change the Life

Change your thinking, not just your behavior. Why God works from the inside out by the renewing of the mind (Romans 12:2). A KJV study.
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Article
Father and son on a bench with an open Bible, banner reading The Isaiah 5:20 Syndrome, When Evil Is Called Good.
  • Christian Living, Expository Studies, Teachings

The Isaiah 5:20 Syndrome

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20). A 2,700-year-old diagnosis of the mind that wars against God. KJV.
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Article
Who Cares? Why False Doctrine Matters
  • Christian Living, Expository Studies, Teachings

Who Cares? Why False Doctrine Matters

“Who cares about doctrine?” The honest answer is souls. Why contending for the faith once delivered still matters. A KJV study.
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Article
The Church, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth, 1 Timothy 3:15-16, with stone columns and a church at sunset. PrevailingWord.net
  • Christian Living, Expository Studies, Teachings

Standing for the Truth Is the Church’s Responsibility

Defending doctrine is not picking fights: it is the job God gave His church, the pillar and ground of the truth (1 Timothy 3:15). KJV.
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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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Outline
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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Outline
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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Outline
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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Outline
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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