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I have no right to set myself up as a teacher or whistle-blower, and that is definitely not what I am about here. I merely see things and cannot stop myself from pointing them out; I try to do it with sincerity and thoughtfulness and purpose. I am well aware that my words are applicable not only to those things I speak out against but also to me. It's dangerous ground on which I tread when I write what I write. One can tell volumes about a man's worldview by listening to him speak-observing what words he uses and what words he does not use, and then, how he uses the chosen words. What we speak is very powerful. I'm unique, so I don't take offense at words like damn and ass and others that I won't share in the interest of not tickling your ears too much. I regard them as nicely colorful words and I like to use them in appropriate non-judgmental company (like my readers. Both of them). Going further though, I do take offense at phrases such as, "the unsaved," and words such as, "expectation," especially when they are spoken in regard to Christ. To lay expectations on the shoulders of our God places us on the throne and him in the seat of the jester. To have expectancy, however, as we relate to him, is far more biblical and open-handed, allowing him and us to remain free and living (thank you, William P. Young). Similarly, demarcating a barrier between those of his children who have said the sinner's prayer and those who have not by using phrases such as, "the unsaved," is choking the Tree of Life that Christ made new to us already. The sinner's prayer doesn't "save" sinners. Christ does. And we don't magically stop being sinners at that one point of history where we speak out that we believe Christ is who he says he is. Belonging to Christ is not simply throwing a switch on bad behavior. No. It's not a moment. It is a process. And we know this. We're all waiting and groaning for the completion of the redemption of creation (which is still a mystery, I don't care who tells you otherwise), and that makes us all sinners still. Yet those who need this revelation most are still sprinting on the treadmill of futility, attempting to teach us, telling us part of the truth, harping on isolated corners of the Gospel, the part they can control and conjure, trying to keep us inside the vessel, trying to retain what they define as order. And I have to say, I swear they don't know they're doing it, otherwise they'd be done yesterday. I really don't believe anyone could be

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