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Genesis 1:1-2:3

Children's Sermon

Shirley Jennings

Object: None Lesson: God gives us light. When do we sleep? At night. Do either your mom or dad or some other member of your family sleep in the daytime because of working at night? Do you ever take a nap when it’s daytime? What’s the difference between daytime and nighttime? It’s dark at night and light in the daytime. The Bible tells us that once upon a time, long, long ago, everything was da...

27. Creating

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

Object: A miscellaneous collection of items that might be used for craft projects. These items do not necessarily have to relate to one another. Lesson: Do any of you take art as one of your classes in school? When I was in school, art was one of the things I really enjoyed, because it gave me the chance to be creative and make some things that I could say were my own creation. Can you tell me so...

28. How Old is God?

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A clock that ticks very loudly, a calendar, and a cane Good morning (evening), boys and girls, and how are you on this beautiful day? It is really nice to come to church and be together. Sometimes we begin to think that worship in God’s house is only open to big people like our moms and dads and that we just kind of come along. It is really good to know differently, isn’t it? I have been ...

29. Presents

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Children's Sermon

Shirley Jennings

Object: None or some ridiculous food to eat while your giving the lesson. Don't draw attention to it. Just eat it and make enjoyable food eating noises while you eat it and give the lesson. Lesson: We receive presents of food every day. This is the first Sunday after Christmas. All the presents have been unwrapped. Maybe your Christmas tree has been taken down. Here at church our big Advent wrea...

30. LOST? Finding Meaning

Genesis 1:1-5, John 1:1-5

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

I heard a comedian the other day ask: "What if the Hokey Pokey IS what's it all about." Someone saw this sign on a subway wall: "Life is one contradiction after another." Underneath it someone else had scribbled: "No it's not." And on a bulletin board someone found this cryptic message: "This life is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual life You would have received Further instructio...

31. I Believe In God The Father Almighty

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

The most radical words in the Apostles Creed are the first four- “I believe in God.” But you might respond, “Wait a minute, brother Bill. I thought that all cultures, past and present, have believed in some kind of god. So, what’s so radical about that?” Well, that’s true. But in those first four words of the Creed, we are saying much more than just that we believe God exists. We are declaring tha...

32. The Witness of Being

Genesis 1:1—2:4a

Sermon

James L. Killen

Things are. The world is. The universe, whatever that is, is. I am. You are. That didn't just happen. Some people believe that is the result of an awesome succession of accidents but I just can't believe that. All of this didn't just happen. It must have been the result of some kind of a miracle. And if there was a miracle, there must be some miracle worker. Nothing that Darwin or anyone else has ...

33. In The Beginning And The End...God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

"A fire mist and a planet –a crystal and a cell a jellyfish and a saurian,and caves where the cave men dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty and a face turned from the clod Some call it Evolution,And others call it God. A haze on the far horizon,The infinite tender sky.The ripe, rich tint of the cornfields, and the wild geese sailing high;. And all over upland and lowland, the charm of the golden...

34. Morning Has Broken

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

Some years ago, popular singer Cat Stevens (who has become a convert to Islam and now spends his time in meditation) popularized Eleanor Farjeon's hymn, "Morning Has Broken." Pop stations played Steven's rendition all over the United States. People found themselves fascinated by the tune and also by the words. The hymn aptly depicts Genesis 1:1-5. Farjeon wrote: Morning has broken Like the first ...

35. Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

The creation story in Genesis 1 has been variously identified as history, science, myth, theology and cult liturgy. We have grown accustomed to seeing this text well-guarded by sharply defined and separate camps - its borders closed to any mediating scouts. In the old model "creationist" war against "evolutionists," "creation science" rams into archaeological research and biblical literalists hold...

36. Let's Take This from the Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

James Merritt

The world of information is now connected through the Internet, but in 1860 the fastest way to send a message was by a newly developed innovation called “The Pony Express.” Young men who loved adventure were hired to ride 8 hours and 80 miles a day on horseback. The 1,946 miles between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California were linked together by 190 stations so that mail delivery could...

37. I Wonder if God Exists

Genesis 1:1-5

Sermon

Charley Reeb

Recently, the Barna Research Group conducted an important poll to get the pulse of inquiring hearts about religion. They asked a cross section of American adults: “If you could ask God any question about your life, what is the single most important question you would want to ask him?” In addition, USA Today conducted a similar poll by asking readers, “If you could get in contact with God directly,...

38. Baptism: The Light Shatters the Darkness

Genesis 1:1-5

Sermon

Richard Gribble

Winston Churchill, the famous British statesman who led England as prime minister through the horrors of World War II, was a man who prepared the people for future joy. He was born in 1874 to a British Lord and an American heiress. His heroics during the infamous Boer War in the last days of the nineteenth century made him a national hero and greatly aided his election to Parliament in 1900. In on...

39. To Say Elohim

Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Sermon

Stan Purdum

Since we are gathered here in a church, I suspect that there are not many of you present who do not believe in God, at least to some degree. In fact, some of you may not be able to recall a time at all when you didn't believe in God. Others may remember a time — or perhaps several different times — when you questioned or even outright doubted the reality of this whole idea of God (and I'd have to ...

40. The Revolution Against Evolution

Genesis 1:1

Sermon

James Merritt

It is the ultimate question of all questions - Where did the universe come from? Why does it exist? Genesis 1:1 simply states, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1, NASB) So the very beginning of God's word to man says man had a beginning, a divine beginning, a supernatural beginning. Believe it or not, the Christian message does not begin with "Accept Jesus Chr...

41. Finding Our Place in All Creation

Genesis 1:1, 26-31

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

A surgeon, an architect, and a politician found themselves in a friendly debate about which of their honored professions happened to be the oldest. “The Lord removed a rib from Adam’s side,” said the surgeon, “in order to create Eve. That was obviously a surgical procedure.” “Yes,” replied the architect, “but the world was formless and void before the Spirit of the Lord moved upon it. The precisio...

42. The Apostles' Creed: Maker of Heaven and Earth

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

David E. Leininger

"I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth..." No surprise. Most church folks would have little difficulty acknowledging God as creator of all that is. There may be some disagreement on HOW creation took place - some want to say it happened in six 24-hour days, others want to say the "days" of which we read in the Genesis account should be understood as meaning thousands or ...

43. Green, The Color of Life

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

H. Michael Nehls

These two sections of Scripture portray for us, in a panoramic way, the story of creation. Genesis teaches that in the beginning there was God who created all things. There was nothing in the beginning until God caused it to happen. He spoke, and creation became a reality. God created everything from nothing. And behold, it was very good! In much the same way, John’s Gospel also teaches us about ...

44. Adam And Eve And God

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 3:1-24

Drama

Jerry Eckert

Comment: Narrative depends on imagination. Imagination can be triggered by vivid words, by the conversational tone that frees it to flow naturally, by dramatic intonations lending emotion to the intellectual content being offered, and by specific directions to the listeners. The following sermon was done using the device of directing the congregation to imagine a specific setting, a stage with sce...

45. Point Of Origin

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Harold Warlick

The beginning of the world's story is our story. This magisterial word "create" suggests no point of origin other than God. This creation is an absolute new beginning which carries profound implications for what it means to be a human being. For the universe and humankind to be created by God demonstrates the surprising and uncontrollable power of God. For humankind to be created in the image of G...

46. The Essence of Spirituality

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

Our scripture for today comes from the first words of the first book of the Bible. We probably best know it as the seven-day account of creation. By way of orientation, let us remember that this is Holy Writ and not an article from The Journal Of The American Academy Of Science. As such it embodies a statement of our faith. While science has its place in our lives, this is not it. Frankly, science...

47. In The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Drama

Jerry Eckert

June 20, 1982 Comment: "Why don't you do sermons as stories?" my wife suggested. "You tell stories well and people seem to like them. Besides, you won't end up criticizing us as often!" My wife has a way about her. That was all I needed to try it out. Who wants to be preached at? I surely didn't! The first time I tried the following sermon in its current format, I served a church which had a lay ...

48. Humankind: The Climax of Creation

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

We live in a culture in which many things are disposable. Do you remember when basketball games were routinely interrupted because a player had lost a contact lens. Not any more! Now most players wear disposable contact lenses. If one is lost, just go to the bench and pop in another. Nowadays we don't have to worry about our cameras. Just take 24 pictures, remove the film, and throw the camera awa...

49. In The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Robert Allen

Walter de la Mare wrote a fascinating little poem titled, "The Listeners." He wrote: "Is anybody there?" asked the Traveler, Knocking on the moonlight door; And his horse in the silence chomped the grasses Of the forest’s ferny floor; And a bird flew up out of the turret, Above the traveler’s head: And he smote upon the door again a second time; "Is anybody there?" he said. But no one descended...

50. Mary Ann Was Born Again

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Richard L. Eslinger

In the early church, three Sundays were reserved for the baptism of new Christians. Except in an emergency, these candidates for initiation into the church were baptized on one of these three days. The Easter vigil was the primary occasion, with its drama of darkness and new light, death, and new life. As our Lord made his Passover from death to new life, so the candidates were baptized into Chris...

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