New Sermon Series: Genesis
Join us as we begin our study in the book of Genesis
Bellefield family,
In our recent study on the book of Acts, we looked at what happened some 2,000 years ago during the first generation of Christians. Our new sermon series is going to go even further back and look at what happened during the first generation of everything.
The book of Genesis records "the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created" (Genesis 2:4), and what took place "in the beginning". Throughout the month of June, we're going to explore the opening chapters of the first book of Scripture. These texts can help us develop and deepen biblical perspectives on things like
- creation and how we should relate to the created world
- human origins and how we should relate to one another
- why God's good world is now marked by struggle and strife, and why we have a sure and certain hope for the restoration of all things
These are fascinating topics, though they are also fraught with often contentious debate and disagreement. Learning how to view them through a biblical lens helps to better see how we can faithfully live as followers of Jesus Christ in the midst of God's world.
If you're willing to approach and engage the opening chapters of Genesis with open ears, an attentive mind, and a humble heart, then you'll likely encounter some things you've never noticed before, some things that challenge your pre-existing assumptions, and some things that confirm your pre-existing beliefs. Mostly, however, you'll find a deep and rich and beautiful account of the God whose glory and goodness are on display even before the dawn of all history.
I invite you to join us each Sunday at 10am or 5pm (or via livestream) for our new sermon series, "In the Beginning: Biblical Perspectives from Book of Genesis". We'll take some time to lift our gaze from the shiny screens in front of our nose to look at the biggest of the big pictures, and consider how our perspectives on the first generations of all things can reshape the way we live here and now.
Grace and peace,
Josh
