Series: Origin Story

Good morning. So good to see everyone here on such a nice day. Just another cool summer day in Texas. I am glad you appreciate the irony in that statement. I am not going to talk about irony in today’s message. But I do want to touch on a different literary topic. And that’s authorial intent- the message an author intended to communicate.

It is important for us to consider authorial intent when we watch or hear or read something. Because the actual message intended by the author is often deeper than the surface meaning of the particular words. Let me illustrate with an example from the movie “Frozen.” Many of you have probably heard of the song from the movie, “Do you want to build a snowman?”

We are a people who are already living in uncertainty.  We are a people who are already in the midst of grief / transition.  Therefore, now more than ever we need to see that God’s Word speaks into all realities of life, and we are going to get to see that in Genesis 1 this morning. One time, Richard Goldsmith said to me, “Sometimes I like to come to church just to see how you are going to apply that passage to everyday life!”  So, let’s find out! 

We are a people who are already living in uncertainty.  We are a people who are already in the midst of grief / transition.  Therefore, now more than ever we need to see that God’s Word speaks into all realities of life, and we are going to get to see that in Genesis 1 this morning. One time, Richard Goldsmith said to me, “Sometimes I like to come to church just to see how you are going to apply that passage to everyday life!”  So, let’s find out! 

This is a new sermon seires Called “Origin Story”, In the Begining, Genesis 1:1-25, June 14,   You can watch more here. This last week I… read more