Who Wrote Genesis?

I’m really excited to bring you this new series of sermons on the Book of Genesis beginning January 5. The Book of Genesis is foundational to understanding the Bible, understanding who we are, and understanding who God is. We’ll be diving into the text each Sunday through Lent, but there’s so much to explore that it will be hard to confine it to the length of a weekly sermon. To supplement that teaching, I’m going to put together some additional teaching videos to fill in some of the gaps and add to your knowledge base. This first one looks at the basic question of who wrote Genesis and when.

This week’s sermon (January 5, 2025)

We celebrate Epiphany Sunday this week, which marks the visit of the Magi bearing gifts for the child Jesus, but we're also beginning a new sermon series titled "Origins: The Book of Genesis." What do Epiphany and the opening verses of Genesis have to do with one another? Well, the word "epiphany" means a "a manifestation of divinity," or a revelation of the divine, while "genesis" means "beginning." In effect, these two stories both reveal the character and nature of God as the one who comes to dwell with his people in his good creation. As the brightness of a star illuminated the way for the Magi, revealing to these Gentiles the true character of God in Israel's Messiah, so the opening verses of Genesis illumine the way to understanding God and God's purpose for his people and his creation. In this first sermon, we’ll explore how the opening verse of Genesis is the key to understanding not only the Book of Genesis, but to knowing God and knowing who we are in in relationship to him.

See you Sunday at Aldersgate Church!