Christ is the way, the truth and the life, and no one knows the Father except through him. I'd like to talk about Christ a bit, here. I'm Colonel Dillon Carey of the Christian Church. You may ask how that can be, and who appointed me. I appointed myself, with assistance. The Christian Church is the body of all Christ's followers across the globe, without possession by any particular denomination or requiring any overt act rather than profession and enactment of Jesus. I know Jesus well, can quote Scripture better than most people, perhaps almost everyone, and enact his teachings in dynamic situations with stability. This makes me a pretty robust individual, so I thought Colonel would be a good term. In Matthew 10:34 Christ tells us he came to bring not peace, but a sword; making us all his soldiers, so the term is fitting.

And, speaking of which, Jesus did come to offer both peace and justice, even if that means being direct and sharp. I offer, here, my own interpretation of the Gospel. I make no claim to have any special authority in doing so, and these claims should not be inferred in any manner to indicate I am trying to tell others what to do; I'm not. I'm only explaining what I do, what I believe, and what I know, and why. Indeed, I make no claim to have any divine right or privilege in doing so. Just as the Lord whispers to me, he may very well, and does, whisper to others differently. Yet I will offer my own interpretation of the Gospel, so that we can advance with the fullness of the opinions of mankind intact.

Even if I say something like, "this indicate this," or "because of this principle, this next thing must be so," I'm not trying to proclaim anything to be manifestly truthful. I'm just using that as a turn of phrase. I'm only explaining what I believe, and why. The only real exception to that rule is when I say: be original. That is manifestly truthful.

I believe, of course, as Protestants should, in the priesthood of all individuals. This is why the Christian Church includes all Christians. It is not a building, but a community that we are all everywhere a part of.

One of the tenets of my understanding of the Gospel is the necessity of all believers to not just profess belief. This comes from the parable of the two sons. A father commands his sons to till the garden. One declines, one accepts. The one who declines comes to his senses and tills the garden, bearing fruit. The other who accepted later decides not to. The first son, Christ says, is the one who carries out the father's will. Consequently, it's not enough, in my view, to profess believe in justice and compassion but to not enact it. We must, I stand convinced, engage in this and carry out our Father's will.

Now, there are those who will argue that if your belief is true and core, that will automatically encompass the conviction to enact it. I think that's a valid interpretation. And of course, the fruits of conviction are well-known.

I also firmly profess that only the individual can know Christ. That's why I'm called a Protestant. You can't rely on priests or any other person, no matter how wise, to explain the Gospel to you. Only the individual can, on their own terms, come to understand it.

This is indeed the Christian Church. Christ tells us in Scripture that his church includes all members of his followers. It is a universal community, indeed not a building. When Jesus tells Simon Peter that the rock on which he builds his Church is with him, he means rock to indicate all believers of Jesus, not just Peter specifically. The various texts throughout Scripture where he indicates that all his members are one, are together, are united, make it abundantly clear that we are all his Church, provided we have both faith and we enact justice.