3. • A faithful community converts the faithless, supports the
weak, and produces the strong
• Is our community a place where God can be found?
• Rediscovering God is a humbling process
• True faith is personal, not cultural
• God exceeds expectations
• It’s never too late

6. • Our spiritual life will never improve if we merely wait for
God to improve it
• God is always listening to us; are we listening to Him?
• Rediscovering God is a daunting process
• Are we too focused on ourselves?
• God calls us to rediscovery
• We are never alone

9. Job 9:3 Job 33:13
Man cannot strive with God So why do you fight Him?
Job 9:11 Job 35:14
I cannot see God in my life You say do not perceive Him
Job 9:22-23 Job 34:11
The innocent are mocked God repays us for our works
Job 10:9 Job 34:14-15
God can return me to dust God can return us all to dust
Job 13:18 Job 34:5
I know that I am right! Job says, ‘I am innocent!’
Job 21:17-18 Job 34:26
The wicked escape punishment The wicked are punished

10. • Life is neither fair nor unfair—life just is —what matters is
how we respond to it
• Our challenge is to endure suffering without blaming God
• Rediscovering God is a healing process
• Bad things happen to good people
• Others learn from our response
• Trial hurts God too

13. • We cannot blame our environment for our own lack of
commitment
• Jesus prepared himself before entering God’s house
• Rediscovering God is a cleansing process
• Actions must be consistent with words
• Works without faith are dead
• We are the temple of God

21. • The ecclesia rediscovers God by reaffirming its spiritual
obligations
• The ecclesia is called to confess, proclaim and reflect God
• Rediscovering God is a communal process
• Unity does not preclude diversity
• Legalism is self-justification
• Liberty is not license

22. • Rediscovering God requires personal initiative
• Christians have responsibilities, not rights
• Cure legalism with honest introspection
• Faith is a verb, not just a noun
• Your community needs you
• Keep the door open