In Pastor Bert's sermon, he explores how fear and heartbreak are natural human experiences, using the Biblical story of Zechariah and Elizabeth living "in the days of King Herod" and a modern testimony of infertility and adoption. While our natural responses to fear—fight, flight, freeze, or fawn—don't disqualify us from God's grace, Pastor Bert encourages us to name our fears, balance them with gratitude, and remember that Jesus enters our fearful world to walk alongside us, just as Diogenes lit his lamp daily to search for goodness despite his cynicism.