1. History is the painful realization that we aren’t the ones who can save the world but, rather, we’re the ones who get saved.
  2. Even for idolatrous sellouts like you and me, God’s position has not changed. Even though we may have forgotten him, he never forgets us.
  3. If you and I were to examine our own lives, we’d likely have to admit that we are frequent disciples of Jeroboam’s “bootleg religion.”