Library of Articles
The False Gods Worshipped in Churches: The Idols Behind the Worldly Church
Posted by Edward Cross on August 12, 2026
The golden calf was never announced as a rival god. Aaron called it a feast to the LORD. The idols in the modern church do the same thing: they wear the name of Jesus while the congregation worships its own appetites. This companion to The Worldly Church names the idols the heart actually serves, and the one god standing behind them all.
Reviving the Wrong Program: The Campus Revival and the Gospel It Masquerades
Posted by Edward Cross on August 12, 2026
A revival is being proclaimed across the nation's campuses — crowds, conversions, and a call to reclaim the nation for God. But the renewal of a nation is not the gospel of grace, a faith with no shared creed is not the faith once delivered, and a summons back to Sinai revives the wrong program. A look at what the campus revival actually revives.
That Is Just Your Interpretation — The Fallacy That Makes Truth Uncertain
Posted by Edward Cross on August 12, 2026
That is just your interpretation is not humility about a hard book — it is a weapon that makes truth unreachable, and a truth you cannot reach is a truth you cannot obey. Here is why the objection collapses, and why there is no such thing as your truth.
Salvation and Rewards: Two Different Things
Posted by Edward Cross on August 11, 2026
Salvation and reward are not two names for one thing. One is a free gift that cannot be earned or lost; the other is a wage for service that can be gained or forfeited, yet never touches the gift. Rightly divide the two and the trembling conscience and the careless heart are answered at once.
Thou Shalt Know Hereafter: What Peter Would Learn from the Foot Washing
Posted by Edward Cross on August 11, 2026
When Jesus told Peter he would know hereafter, what would Peter come to understand? Rightly divided, the foot washing belongs to Israel's kingdom program — leadership training for the twelve, grasped after Pentecost, not the Pauline mystery. It also shows why foot washing is no ordinance for the Body, and why we take our humility from Paul.
Rightly Dividing Bible Application: Which Scripture Applies to You, and How
Posted by Edward Cross on July 29, 2026
Before you preach a verse it asks you two questions — how may I use this, and what kind of truth is this. Here is a grid for applying Scripture honestly, and a fence against spiritualizing.
Grace Giving: What Replaces the Tithe in Practice
Posted by Edward Cross on June 30, 2026
The tithe was Israel's law, never laid on the body of Christ — so what replaces it? Paul gives something freer than a percentage: cheerful, purposed, proportionate giving that flows from grace already received. This study shows where grace giving comes from, what governs it, and where the gift goes.
No Such Thing as a Biblical Diet: A Contradiction in Terms
Posted by Edward Cross on June 30, 2026
Daniel's fast, the clean and unclean of Leviticus, the back-to-Eden vegan plan — every so-called biblical diet borrows food rules God gave to other people under other programs. Rightly divided, none of them binds the Body of Christ, to whom God gave liberty at the table with thanksgiving.
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