The Beginning of Love

Origins
Engage Newark
Engage Newark
The Beginning of Love
Loading
/

God created humanity with not just the capacity, but the need to give and receive love because we are made in the image of God who is Love.  But along with the capacity to love, God gave the freedom to choose.  As we all know, our choices sometimes result in un-loving acts. But we see in Jesus that even while we choose to not love, He loves us unconditionally.

Sermons in this Series

Origins: Permission to Rest

By Dave Warner May 13, 2018

On Mother’s Day we celebrate moms and honor the blessing they are to all of us. But today, we especially give moms the gift that God gave the first humans on their first full day on earth: Rest. God designed us to work from our rest rather than rest from our work and Jesus taught…

The Importance of Generosity

By Dave Warner May 6, 2018

We can see from the Cain and Abel story how important generosity is in God’s eyes.  But God isn’t counting how many dollars we give or what percentage we are giving because God cares less about what is in your hand and more about what is in your heart.  And Jesus confirms this position with…

Identity Crisis

By Dave Warner April 29, 2018

  Humans have an identity crisis and it all originated back in Genesis with Adam and Eve. When they took of the forbidden fruit, they assumed they were doomed and had destroyed their relationship with God.  But God loved them and accepted them as children despite their sin and can do the same for you!…

Created for Community

By Dave Warner April 22, 2018

God created humanity in his likeness and God exists in plural form – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Built within us is the desire to be connected to others in community.  To the first humans, God gave the direction to be fruitful and multiply.  Through Jesus we learn that together we are to be fruitful…

The End of Fear

By Dave Warner April 15, 2018

The first humans exercised their freedom to choose and they took of the one things God told them not to take.  Once they did, there was no turning back and they suddenly realized they were naked and afraid.  But God provided for them as God provides for us now to cover our sin as if…

The Beginning of Love

By Dave Warner April 8, 2018

God created humanity with not just the capacity, but the need to give and receive love because we are made in the image of God who is Love.  But along with the capacity to love, God gave the freedom to choose.  As we all know, our choices sometimes result in un-loving acts. But we see…