Practical questions, plain answers

Frequently Asked Questions

The practical questions about the book, the site, and what is coming. For the deeper questions of the soul, the Answers page keeps its own shelf.

The Book

What is the book about?
Coming out of religion without acquaintance into genuine fellowship with the living God. Its watchword: religion is transport; fellowship is acquaintance. Thirty-two short chapters walk seven movements, the ground, the Cornerstone, the radius, the plumb line, the load, the joints, and the city, from the first honest question to a life governed from the Center.
Who is it for?
For believers who serve and sing yet feel unsettled; for new believers laying first stones; for anyone standing thirsty over a deep well. No mask survives the journey, and no reader is left outside it.
Why is it called The Cross Radius?
The book draws life the way a compass draws a circle: a Center that holds, a radius that reaches, a circumference that is lived. The cross is the radius, the unbreakable reach between the Center and you. The whole book is the drawing of that circle.
Which Bible translation does it quote?
The King James Version, quoted exactly throughout, with every quotation checked word by word against the text.
Is it a book of rules or of works?
No. The book states plainly that no one earns the Center: grace opens the door, and the practices inside are wells on the way, not payments. Its most-leaned-on sentence is Jesus’ own: “him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:37).

Reading and Buying

Where can I buy it?
On Amazon, in paperback and Kindle editions.
Can I read it outside the United States, for example in Ethiopia?
The Kindle edition reads anywhere in the world on the free Kindle app, on any phone or computer. Paperback delivery depends on Amazon’s shipping options for your country.
Is the first chapter really free?
Yes. Leave your email at the First Chapter section and the whole of Chapter One opens on this site for on-screen reading. Your email simply joins the readers’ list, which hears news first and may leave at any time.
How should the book be read?
A chapter at a sitting, unhurried, with the Selah questions given their ten honest minutes. Fellowships and families can walk the twelve-session guide; a single reader with a month can take the thirty-day journey at the back of the book.

The Website

What is The Well?
A page where one question from the Scriptures is set each Monday and carried for a week; its answer opens the Monday after. The carrying is the point. Visit The Well.
How do the quizzes work?
Two tracks on the Quizzes page: one drawn from the verses the book leans on, one from the whole Bible in five levels. Pass a level with eight of ten and the next unlocks. Progress is remembered on your own device, and no score is sent anywhere.
Can I read the site at night?
Yes. Press the small moon beside the menu on any page and the whole site turns to a dark reading mode; it remembers your choice.
Is this site in Amharic?
The main page is: አማርኛ. The book’s own text remains in English while the Amharic rendering is prepared.

What Is Coming

Will there be an Amharic edition of the book?
The rendering has begun, starting with Chapter One. No date is promised yet; the readers’ list and the Amharic page hear first.
Is a second book coming?
Yes, one is taking shape, and it holds a story this first book deliberately kept: the night of the author’s calling.
Can I invite the author to speak or teach?
Write to hello@crossradiusbooks.com with the occasion and dates, and you will receive an answer.

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