Library of Articles
The Unreliability of Red Letter Bibles
Posted by Edward Cross on June 15, 2026
The red letters in your Bible are not an inspired marking but an 1899 printing decision. The format teaches a false hierarchy of Scripture, buries the words the risen Christ speaks through Paul, and presses Israel's kingdom instructions onto the Body of Christ. Right division, not the color of the ink, is the reliable guide.
The Will of God for the Body of Christ: Found in Paul, Not in Signs and Fleeces
Posted by Edward Cross on June 15, 2026
Believers leaving experiential Christianity are still taught to find God's will by signs, fleeces, open doors, and inner promptings. Paul knows none of it. This study lays out the grace believer's real path to God's will: largely revealed and plainly stated, the rest proved by a renewed mind walking in wisdom, the outcome trusted to providence.
Did Paul Write Hebrews, and Why It Doesn't Matter
Posted by Edward Cross on June 14, 2026
The epistle to the Hebrews names no human author, and faithful men have argued the point for two thousand years. This companion study lays out the full case for Pauline authorship and the full case against, weighs each, and shows why the answer changes no doctrine — a letter is governed by its audience, not its penman.
But Jesus Said… — Answering the Red-Letter Reflex
Posted by Edward Cross on June 13, 2026
When someone answers the gospel of grace with a verse in red, the real question is never whether Jesus said it, but to whom and under what program. This study gives one diagnostic question and applies it to the texts most often quoted — the rich young ruler, judge not, Lord Lord, endure to the end — showing each belongs to Israel's kingdom program,…
Progressive Revelation Within Each Program — Not Between Them
Posted by Edward Cross on June 13, 2026
There is real progressive revelation within each of God's programs, but none between them. The kingdom program does not ripen into the mystery, and the mystery does not collapse back into the kingdom — as Christ's command to keep the law, given after the cross in the Great Commission, makes plain.
Sanctification Under Grace: How the New Creature Actually Grows
Posted by Edward Cross on June 13, 2026
Grace teaching clears the believer off the law's treadmill — but then what do you actually do? This study builds Paul's constructive mechanism of sanctification: know the finished fact, reckon it, yield your members, and let the mind be renewed — distinguished from both law-keeping and let-go-and-let-God passivity.
The Judgment Seat of Christ: Rewards, Not Condemnation
Posted by Edward Cross on June 13, 2026
For the believer, the judgment seat of Christ is no courtroom of condemnation but the place where a faithful Master rewards His servants. Rightly divided, it weighs our service, never our salvation, and the crown of righteousness it gives is our glorification in Christ, all of grace, to all who love His appearing.
Who Was the Book of Hebrews Written To?
Posted by Edward Cross on June 13, 2026
The book of Hebrews was written to believing Israel — the scattered remnant tempted to return to the temple — not to the Body of Christ. Seeing the audience rightly settles its covenant, its priesthood, its warnings about falling away, and its earthly hope, and leaves the grace believer's assurance untouched.
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