A Stupid Message from a Self-Professed Kindergartner Many in the supernatural stream try to downplay the concept of the cross as an "elementary teaching" for beginner Christianity. In this mp3 teaching, John Crowder points to the centrality of Christ's cross as the source of our joy and the miraculous. The Wand translation of the New Testament says that the "stupidity" of the cross is a scandal to some and foolishness to others.