We see that the engine of the Gospel message that drives it into the world--is His presence and glory. It is not a tantalizing self-induced experience that produces no fruit, but rather an illuminating light which leads the world to Jesus and becomes the pillar of fire that leads His Church into the world. Yet often in contemporary circles, we see the opposite in effect.

We want to privatize His glory and keep it shrouded in personal experience, assuming the world will simply "catch...

He is my Victor, the Captain of Hosts, Mighty in battle. He is my Banner, and He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Jesus is crowned with glory and honor; He is my Savior, Sanctifier, Redeemer, and the merciful and faithful High Priest.

He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. He was dead, but now He is ALIVE forevermore, and He is seated at the right hand of God -- it is finished!

He destroyed death and He led captivity captive....

There is no such thing as the "penalty for the sins of humankind." That is an ignorant, primitive, and very immature misinterpretation of our very first lesson in discriminating between Good and Evil behavior. There is no penalty owing for that nor for any of the other mistakes (missing the mark = sins) we made and continue to make in our entirely understandable human gnorance of what God actually wants from us.

He forgave our brutal and savage ancestors' horrendous scourging...