Friends, please hear the good news of the gospel. God does not require you to be brave in order to be saved, and God will not condemn you, even for being afraid. I only aspire to the bravery of Nicodemus because I recognize how my fear of being wrong, my fear of being thought a fool, my fear that no one would love me, not even God, if they really knew me … I need this rabbi’s bravery because I know all too well how these familiar human fears send us back down the slide, into this world of condemnation and away from God’s unconditional love. The one love that will never back away from you.