Sermon online 2026-01-4 In the Beginning

“In the Beginning,” by Rev. Dr. Mark Caggiano, 1/4/26

Jeremiah 31:7-14; John 1:1-18
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
We hear a description of the Word. The Greek term is Logos, which can mean “word” or it can mean “reason” or it can mean “order.” God and the Word might be distinguished between that which creates and that which sets in place, that which organizes.
All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and life was the light of all people.
God is the creator of all things. This is not a surprising idea, I imagine, for many of you, but I can also imagine that it is not an idea that you bring to mind that terribly often. Why? Because it is hard to do so. It is hard to envision what creation means. How everything started. How everything got to this moment in time. We are reminded of this in this very passage…