Assertion #3 (kind of...)
I have been talking about my assertions.  That said, this article is a break in the middle of my assertions.  It is foundational.  These are the things I know for certain.  There are only a few them:

God Created the world:
I don’t exactly know how God did it, and it quite frankly doesn’t matter to me.  I just believe that the purpose of the book of Genesis is to let us know that God created the world and to let us know why God created the world and placed us in it.

God created us to love (and we blew it):
How do we love a God we cannot see or touch? By loving each other and by being stewards of God’s creation, both of which we pretty much suck at doing.   We've done everything we can possibly do to destroy God's earth and destroy each other. 

Jesus is God's Word of Love and Forgiveness (not "a" word, but "THE" Word)
Jesus is not just a messenger of God’s love. He is God’s LOVE and forgiveness and restoration of relationship for those of us who can’t perform a simple task of loving (in other words, for ALL OF US: Christians and Muslims and Atheists and Agnostics and Jews and Straight People and Gays and Lesbians and Good Citizens and Murderers and Rich and Poor and Americans and Arabs, and Latinos and even Canadians!).

We Killed God's LOVE
We can't even accept a gift of LOVE, let alone love each other. We aren't happy with LOVE parading around in the world, loose for all to receive.  We can't control it.  LOVE is unmanageable.  Therefore, we kill LOVE whenever we get the opportunity because LOVE is a threat to our lifestyle.  It cramps our style and demands a change.  Therefore, we killed LOVE, Jesus.  

LOVE has the last laugh. 
We can kill a lover.  We can destroy evidence of love.  However, we can’t destroy LOVE.  LOVE (Jesus) came back to life and forgave us and loved us despite our treachery. 

We only have ONE responsibility in life!  (...and we can't get that one right)
We are responsible to tell people about the LOVE of God gifted to the world through Jesus Christ.  That’s it. "You are loved by the almighty God.  Jesus is the source of this love and IS LOVE."  Unfortunately, we get our hands in there and want to change people and convict them of every dogma and doctrine of our belief.  Once again, we try to kill the LOVE of the world.

Changing people is Not in My Department
God is the one who changes people.  I am a messenger of LOVE (Jesus), and God is the one who changes people. All I am responsible to do is announce LOVE, and get out of the way of God's Spirit and let the Spirit change people as the Spirit wills.

Unfortunately, we want to pound our fist and let people know how we think they should change.  How arrogant.  I can’t even get out of bed in the morning without the blessing of God, let alone get the mess of my life straightened out, and I have the audacity to think that I can tell you how to get your life together?  Forgive my stupidity.   

Maybe you are struggling with sin “E” and the Spirit needs to straighten out the sins “A, B, C and D” before you can even get to “E”.  How limited my knowlege.  I want you to go straight to E, when the Spirit knows that you are not even ready to change E, and may not even be aware that it needs to be changed.  Thank God that God is merciful, though we are not.

That's the sum of what I know to be true.  It's not alot, but it's enough.  Everything else is just an assertion.