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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…
Preserved, Not Re-Inspired: Why We Hold the King James
Posted by Edward Cross on June 15, 2026
Someone tells you a reading is not in the Greek — how should you answer? This is a full defense of the King James as the providentially preserved word of God in English: that God promised to keep His words, that preservation runs through the received stream rather than the narrow Alexandrian text behind the modern versions, and that the King James …
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.
Can Anyone Make You Believe?
Posted by Edward Cross on June 9, 2026
Can belief be forced? This article examines the nature of belief itself — how it forms, what sustains it, and why it cannot be manufactured by pressure or technique. Beginning with general principles and moving through Paul's methods of reasoning, the evidence for man's guilt and God's grace, the role of illumination, and the believer's ongoing war…
The Bible as Source, Not Support
Posted by Edward Cross on June 8, 2026
The Bible is meant to be the source of doctrine, not merely its support. This article examines the difference between honest and deceitful handling of the word of God — the self-reinforcing nature of proof-texting, the 'I've got a verse!' mentality, and how many traditions depend on imprecision to survive. With concrete examples from James 2, Acts …
Borrowed Words, Borrowed Doctrine
Posted by Edward Cross on June 5, 2026
Religious vocabulary borrowed from the wrong program imports the wrong doctrine along with it. This article examines how words like worship, disciple, born again, tithing, and church carry their original program into the Body of Christ when applied incorrectly, and why Paul commanded holding fast the form of sound words.
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