1. Human solutions to problems, important as they are, are inadequate to meet our deepest needs
  2. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.
  3. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  4. If we just say to God, “We don’t get it, please explain,” he will. He will send us a preacher to point us to his words for more clarification.
  5. When we cry to the Lord in our trouble, he will send us a preacher with words that deliver us from destruction.
  6. We bring nothing with us that contributes to the preaching or the hearing of God’s promise to us.
  7. At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.
  8. The world hates Jesus because he comes to lead us to love and forgive all, including our enemies.
  9. It’s God’s love that sets us free to love in the first place.
  10. For God to shine his face upon us is the same as saying, “Christ Jesus is with us.”
  11. The good news of Jesus Christ guides us into godly worship, not self-worship.
  12. We must also remember that our enemy is a creature of God. He is someone for whom Christ Jesus died. He is a sinner just like any other, no more or less selfish than us.
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