When I was a boy I went to Sunday School where I learned the chorus, "He's got the whole world in His hands." Somewhere along the way, as a young man, I learned about a sermon preached by Johnathan Edwards called "Sinners In the Hands of an Angry God." I took both ideas an adopted a mindset that God is waiting in heaven to unleash His wrath upon me for every sin and failure I commit. I lived in fear of failing God. I lived in fear of punishment. I lived with a perception of He was just waiting to show me what a worthless excuse for a Christian I actually was. This is the wrong way to embrace the Christian life. Make no mistake about it, God hates sin, however let me talk a moment about propitiation. Gotquestions.org defines this as " The word propitiation carries the basic idea of appeasement or satisfaction, specifically toward God. Propitiation is a two-part act that involves appeasing the wrath of an offended person and being r...