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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.
Why Did God Create Man, Knowing He Would Sin — and Would It Have Been Better Not to Create at All?
Posted by Edward R. Cross on June 23, 2026
Why would God create man, knowing he would fall — and would it not have been kinder never to create at all? Answered on the only ground where it can be answered, the revelation given to Paul: God made the world to display the exceeding riches of His grace, and grace must have something to redeem.
Paul's Obedience to Suffer for Christ's Name Sake
Posted by Edward R. Cross on April 19, 2026
Paul did not stumble into suffering by ignoring the Holy Spirit's warnings at Tyre and Caesarea. Those were prophetic predictions of what would happen, not prohibitions against going. Acts 23:11 records the Lord's own commendation of Paul's Jerusalem testimony, settling the question of obedience.
