The story of Christianity doesn’t begin with Jesus in the manger or Jesus on the cross, but with God creating the heavens and the earth. In this series, we will go back to the beginning, to Genesis 1-3 specifically, and consider the origin of some of life’s most important features and what our response to them should be.
Over the course of this 10-week series we will consider a God-centered response to science & creation, the environment, work, rest & recreation, marriage, gender, family & procreation, and finally... the problem of evil and God’s response to it. The goal is that we will see Genesis as Scripture, not to be cast aside as fable and fairytale, but as a guide and gift that ultimately drives us to God and helps us make sense of the world and our part in it.
This sermon, based on Genesis 1:1, teaches that God, who exists in perfect power and communion, purposefully created a universe that points to His glory and a people who rebelled against Him. Ultimately, Jesus, the Word who was with God in the beginning, became flesh and died on the cross to bridge the gap and invite us into God's circle of perfect love and communion.
