Tag: image of God
The Imago Dei
Matt suggested that we talk about the image of God and our Very Special Guest, Andrew Wilson, decided to join us to do so.
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Joseph Minich on Work
Today I am joined by Joseph Minich, who has just written a very short booklet on the subject of work for the Davenant Institute (get a copy here).
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Image of God
In your video “Created in the Image of the Angels” you say that humans were supposed to grow into the Image of God, but don’t discuss how this relates to the verse you referenced in passing earlier in the video: “Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—” Can you expand on the meaning of this verse in the context of the passage (did the serpent speak part of the truth earlier in the passage, or is this just a verbal play on what the serpent had said?) and in the context of what you believe the Bible teaches about redeemed humanity and the image of God. (I realize I could have asked via a comment to the video, but this is an issue a wide range of Bible readers, with different levels of familiarity with the scriptures, find perplexing, and a video might be helpful.)
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Women and the Image of God
Today’s video follows up from yesterday’s on the image of God and the angels, particularly exploring how women fit into the picture.
Created in the Image of the Angels?
Today I discuss the meaning of the first person plurals in Genesis 1:26 and how this might give us a more developed understanding of the image of God.