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EBC 3, 2, 1! – On Location in 2025! 

Leading to Worship Sunday January 4, 2026

 Reading: John 1:1,10-18 

EBC focuses on bringing the Bible into our Everyday Lives, emphasizing God’s Everyday presence by finding connections in our physical world! This week, we pull back from the Christmas story, to remind ourselves that Jesus is so much more than a baby in a manger! Click here: Week 01 2026 Welcome to this week’s EBC 3,2,1! Three points, two questions, and one action step! 

Three Points

  “In the beginning,” these verses from John start, “was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1)

  “He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.” (John 1:11-12)

  And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) 

Two Questions

  Where have all the narratives of Christmas gone? In John, there is no Christmas story at all! Why does John – who clearly is talking about (at least) Jesus – start his Gospel with such a seemingly vague allusion to Jesus as “the Word?” Do you see an emphasis on both Jesus as a human, and Jesus as so much more than human, in John’s introduction?

  Both the Lutheran Study Bible, and commentators, note that John’s use of “the Word,” might be translated with more layers than as an allusion to Jesus – it can be interpreted as an ordering plan of the universe. When did God’s plan for the universe start? Would it be hard to imagine it started only about 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem? John tells us it started “in the beginning.” So what does that tell you about God’s sending Jesus to the world, that Jesus was with God, and was God, from the beginning? 

Action Step

  Celebrate a new year in faith! Jesus is with us, and has been with us, since the beginning!

Don’t like these questions? Do these verses say something different to you? Great! What is it?  

And as always, you are encouraged to find a friend (or two or many) and take an EBC coffee break! Find 15-25 minutes somewhere in the week and share your faith. Have fun finding God this week in your Everyday Life!