1. For God So Loved the World

2. Marriage rate was at lowest in 93 years in 2014

3. Marriage rate was at lowest in 93 years in 2014
41% of children born to parents who aren’t married

8. The Supremacy of Christ

9. “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,

10. whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

11. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

12. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things,

13. whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.” (Colossians 1:15–20 NIV11)

14. Jesus loves the world because he is its creator.

16. Reconciling All Things

17. Jesus came to untwist all things that had become corrupted.

18. Application: So What?

19. Followers of Jesus are called to engage the world, not withdraw from it.

20. Love in Action: Kathy Erickson