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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.
Prove All Things: Answering the Objections to Mid-Acts
Posted by Edward Cross on June 26, 2026
When a believer first hears that the Body of Christ began with Paul, the objections come fast. This study takes the strongest arguments against Mid-Acts right division — Pentecost, one body, two gospels, the Great Commission, novelty, and more — and answers each from the Scriptures rightly divided.
What Is Wrong With Reformed Theology: The Failure to Rightly Divide
Posted by Edward Cross on June 26, 2026
The deepest problem with Reformed theology is not any one of its five points but the method beneath them: a Bible read flat, without rightly dividing the word. Sort the texts — Israel's national election from the Body's election in Christ, predestination from selection, sovereignty without the caricature — and the system dissolves, leaving a God mo…
Where Two or Three are Gathered: A Courtroom, Not a Prayer Meeting
Posted by Edward Cross on June 26, 2026
Matthew 18:20 is read as a prayer-meeting promise, and binding and loosing as a tool for spiritual warfare. In its paragraph it is kingdom discipline — witnesses, a verdict bound in heaven, the King presiding over Israel's assembly. The Body of Christ holds no such keys; its discipline corrects the walk and never touches the sealed standing.
Fallen from Grace: A Fall Toward Law, Not Into Sin
Posted by Edward Cross on June 25, 2026
Paul's words fallen from grace are taken as proof the saved can be lost. In their setting they mean almost the opposite of misbehavior: a fall toward law, not into sin. Rightly divided, the standing in grace cannot be lost — what falls is the walk, when a believer trades grace as his operating principle for the law.
Rightly Dividing the Righteous Man
Posted by Edward Cross on June 25, 2026
Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, not a base it is rebuilt on. The righteous man under the law kept it; the man under grace has righteousness imputed without works. Paul withstood Peter at Antioch over a walk that put the Body back under Israel's law, and to rebuild that law is to make yourself a transgressor.
Rightly Dividing Church Leadership: The Bishop, the Elder, and the Pastor
Posted by Edward Cross on June 24, 2026
Tradition stacks archbishop over bishop and a clergy over the laity. Paul is simpler: two offices, bishop and deacon; bishop, elder, overseer, and pastor are one man and one work; the qualifications are for entering the office, not a standing audit; and ordination is the recognition of a proven man, never a sacrament.
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