The engagement of the heart in worship is the coming alive of the feelings and emotions and affections of the heart. Where feelings for God are dead, worship is dead.

God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worshiped.

Put your ear to the ground of God's word and listen to the rumble of His faithfulness coming.

Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy.

It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure to be had in Him.

Servanthood does not nullify leadership; it defines it. Jesus does not cease to be the Lion of Judah when He becomes the lamblike servant of the church.

So the main question is not, Which humans brought about the death of Jesus but, What did the death of Jesus bring about for humans - including Jews and Muslims and Buddhists and Hindus and nonreligious secularists - and all people everywhere?When it is all said and done, the most crucial question is: Why? Why did Christ suffer and die? Not why in the sense of cause, but why in the sense of purpose?