Sunday, April 17, 10:15 a.m.
Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands.
from Acts 17:21-28
So the apostle Paul goes to Athens to spread the good news about Jesus. The Athenians, being an inquisitive bunch, are curious about this strange new teaching. They ask Paul to tell them more. And here’s where we get to the interesting part. Paul doesn’t begin by talking about Jesus. Instead, he kicks off his sermon by asking the question that was at the center of both ancient Greek theology and ancient Hebrew theology. It’s a big question, as relevant now as it was then. Where, Paul asks, is God? If God doesn’t live in “shrines made by human hands,” then where can we find God? Join us this Sunday for a special Earth Day service as Logan Bennett and our Care for Creation Ministry preach the God who is all around us on this big blue planet we call home.
