My 50 Points of Conviction

1. I believe that people are hurting.
2. I believe that people are hurting because they hurt each other.
3. I believe that people hurt each other because they want what’s best only for themselves.
4. I believe that people are hurting also because they hurt themselves.
5. I believe that people hurt themselves because they do not know what is best for themselves.
6. I believe that when we hurt ourselves we hurt other people.
7. I believe that there is a right, and there is a wrong.
8. I believe that, in any case, hurting other people is wrong.
9. I believe that perfection exists.
10. I believe that doing things that are wrong makes a person imperfect.
11. I believe that everyone has hurt someone else.
12. I believe that everyone is imperfect.
13. I believe that imperfection is unsatisfying.
14. I believe that people wish to be satisfied.
15. I believe that people seek perfection.
16. I believe that people cannot achieve perfection.
17. I believe that perfection must be embodied to exist.
18. I believe in God.
19. I believe that perfection is embodied by God.
20. I believe that God is a divine person.
21. I believe that our imperfection separates us from a perfect God.
22. I believe that we were created by God, not the other way around.
23. I believe that God’s creation of us implies that he is active and not passive.
24. I believe that God loves us.
25. I believe that love involves desire.
26. I believe that God desires to be close to us.
27. I believe that love also involves sacrifice.
28. I believe that God is willing to sacrifice for us.
29. I believe that love is an action.
30. I believe that an active God actively loves us, so he is willing to sacrifice for us, who he desires.
31. I believe that to be in God’s presence, our imperfection must be covered.
32. I believe that we are limited.
33. I believe that God is infinite.
34. I believe that we are unable to cover our imperfection, but God is able.
35. I believe that this covering is fueled by a desire for us and requires God to sacrifice.
36. I believe that this covering and this sacrifice are synonymous.
37. I believe that our infinite imperfection requires an infinite sacrifice.
38. I believe that God himself is the only thing great enough to act as this sacrifice.
39. I believe that there must be a mechanism through which this sacrifice can occur.
40. I believe that this mechanism is the death of the sacrifice.
41. I believe that God’s greatness implies that there is no power over him.
42. I believe that death has no power over God.
43. I believe that spiritual death may not be redeemed.
44. I believe that earthly death may be redeemed.
45. I believe that God allowed himself to live on earth.
46. I believe that God allowed his earthly body to be put to death.
47. I believe that this sacrifice was the covering we require.
48. I believe that an all-powerful God conquered death and physically rose from the dead.
49. I believe that our recognition of these events is the basis for our relationship with God.
50. I believe that to fully connect with God we must first acknowledge our imperfection, second acknowledge God’s perfection, third acknowledge God’s sacrifice, and fourth accept that sacrifice in our own lives.