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What the Gospel Is Not: The Additions Tested Against Paul
Posted by Edward R. Cross on October 30, 2026
Paul states the gospel in four verses, and every verb is something Christ did. This article tests each addition (a prayer, a surrender, a commandment, a church, a feeling) against Paul and shows why none of them is part of what saves.
The God of All Comfort: What Paul Gives the Believer Who Is Suffering
Posted by Edward R. Cross on October 29, 2026
In these passages Paul does not promise the Body of Christ that trouble will pass us by. He shows who meets us in it, what that God gives, and what we are to do with it: comfort that stands while the trouble stands, a hope proved by trial, and a lot we were told of beforehand.
Him That Doeth Evil: What the Magistrate Is For
Posted by Edward R. Cross on October 24, 2026
If a nation is not to take its penal code from Sinai, by what standard do the powers that be act? God has named evils to peoples who never had Israel's law, and He named them specifically. But the sentence in those cases was always His own — and the office in Romans 13 stands in the space before it falls.
A World Before Adam? What Genesis 1:2 Says, and What Is Read Into It
Posted by Edward R. Cross on October 21, 2026
Many were taught that a world rose and fell between the first two verses of the Bible, ruined by Satan's fall and a flood, with a race before Adam. This study takes the ruin, the cause and the race to the King James text, verse by verse, and marks where the text stops and the argument goes on.
The Curse on Canaan: What Genesis 9 Says and What Has Been Read Into It
Posted by Edward R. Cross on October 21, 2026
Genesis 9 curses Canaan, blesses Shem and Japheth, and says nothing of skin, Africa or a race of servants. This article reads the passage word by word, traces the three lines through the rest of Genesis, and asks each popular claim for its verse.
The Sons of God of Genesis 6: What the Text Proves and What It Does Not
Posted by Edward R. Cross on October 21, 2026
The sons of God of Genesis 6 were angels, and Genesis, Job and Jude show it. This article sets out what the text proves one step at a time, then asks each speculation for its verse: the Book of Enoch, blood and DNA, a surviving bloodline, aliens, devils, and Daniel 2:43.
Made of No Reputation: What Philippians 2:7 Says and What It Does Not
Posted by Edward R. Cross on October 9, 2026
What did Christ do when He made himself of no reputation? The verse names one act, and the King James defines its words. This study shows what that act was, what belongs to His manhood, how Mark 13:32 reads, and what mind Paul tells the believer to have.
Do You Believe Jesus Is the Son of God? What a Yes Does Not Tell You
Posted by Edward R. Cross on October 8, 2026
A preacher told of a street evangelist who asked drivers at a red light whether they believed Jesus is the Son of God, and took a yes for a convert. The question is Scripture and the answer is true. This study sets out what the kingdom was told to believe, what Paul says to believe, and what a yes to that one question does not show.