Library of Articles
Recovering from Religious Indoctrination
Posted by Edward Cross on June 19, 2026
Recognizing indoctrination is the first work; recovering from it is the road. Written for two who walk it — the one who was indoctrinated and the one who also taught from that position — it rebuilds on the rightly divided word: the security that frees you to examine, making Paul the measure, the renewing of the mind, and where you will be fed.
Does the Bible Teach Total Abstinence from Wine and Strong Drink — Alcohol?
Posted by Edward Cross on June 18, 2026
Does the Bible command total abstinence from alcohol? The favorite prooftexts — the grape juice at Cana, the kings of Proverbs 31, the woe of Habakkuk 2 — are examined in context, alongside God's own command of a strong drink offering, and the liberty the Body of Christ has under grace, rightly divided.
Did Any Remnant Believer Cross Into the Body of Christ?
Posted by Edward Cross on June 16, 2026
During the Acts transition, could a believer of Israel's kingdom remnant cross into the Body of Christ? Scripture answers yes, and names the proof: Barnabas, Silas, and Apollos among the Body's own apostles and prophets, a whole assembly at Antioch, and the Israel of God. Yet the programs never merge and the twelve stay fixed.
Speculation and Sound Doctrine: Where the Line Must Be Drawn
Posted by Edward Cross on June 16, 2026
Soundness on the text is no guarantee of soundness everywhere. Some in the grace movement press the rightly divided word past what it states into speculation — such as the claim that the Body of Christ replaces fallen angels. This piece draws the line between what God has plainly said and what men build on top of it.
The Defenders of the King James: The Question Beneath the Manuscripts
Posted by Edward Cross on June 16, 2026
A companion to Preserved, Not Re-Inspired, and a different kind of defense. The King James question is not finally settled in the manuscript debate; beneath it lies a question about God — would He hold His people accountable to His word and yet leave them unable to know which words are His? This piece answers there, on God's promise to keep what He…
The Kingdom of God: Two Realms, Two Hopes, Two Inheritances
Posted by Edward Cross on June 16, 2026
Scripture flattens 'the kingdom of God' into one destiny, but rightly divided it embraces two realms — one earthly, one heavenly — with two peoples, two hopes, and two inheritances. This article shows why flesh and blood inherits Israel's earthly kingdom, why only the incorruptible can enter the heavenly realm of the Body of Christ, and how keeping…
The Seal of the Holy Spirit: Sealed Unto the Day of Redemption
Posted by Edward Cross on June 16, 2026
Paul states it twice and assumes it everywhere: the believer is sealed with the Holy Spirit the moment he believes, unto the day of redemption. This study traces what the seal is, what the earnest guarantees, and what it means to grieve a Spirit who can never leave the one He has sealed.
Where Does Acts End and the Mystery Begin? The Dispensational Boundary
Posted by Edward Cross on June 16, 2026
The dispensational boundary is not a single line but a corridor with two walls. The mystery and the Body of Christ began at Acts nine, with Paul; the transitional overlap of Israel's program and the mystery closed at Acts twenty-eight. Not Acts 2 and not Acts 28 — Acts is the record of the transition between the two walls.
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