On being lost and found

Dr. Bob quotes Davie,

because "it is man's power of self-determination that constitutes both his likeness to God and his unlikeness," the local self "must be capable of orienting itself... either towards self in forgetfulness of God, or towards God in forgetfulness of self..." This sets up an interesting dynamic, i.e., self-love (or narcissism) = forgotten by God, versus self-abandonment (or -forgetfulness) = remembered by God.

But what does God want from us? Bob reminds,

"you shall have no other gods before me," and that one oughtta "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" -- i.e., with emotion, will, and intellect, respectively.

Christianity is about

being lost, or fallen, or enslaved, or confused; and being found, redeemed, freed, or enlightened, respectively.