sermon, week 2 of 7

On February 12 we heard the about evolution, the final chapter of the book about what you do not need to believe for integrity of Christian faith; namely, the minister dwelled on what he believes (faith as basis) about Evolution. His interest and trust in the theory is something that engages him, but as a theory it is forever subject to inspection and testing. Science does what it does well, but it does not challenge or overturn the creative force of the Almighty. In other words: you can subscribe to evolution to understand the natural word, or not. But your grip on Christianity is not contingent on this matter.

The other part of the sermon went back to the core commandments to Love God with all who you are; your being, both physical and conscious ("heart, soul, mind + body"), and to Love Your Neighbor as Yourself [stated in the reverse, as well: give the same deliberate care for others also to yourself; don't shortchange yourself as an object of love!].

This marks the opening of the main body of the sermon series: What is the least YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE to be a Christian. Probably the weekly sermons will be available as audio recording by request to the church office, fccsj at4wbi.net