If you’ve been in church long enough, you’ve probably heard a sermon or discussion at some point about what constitutes the image of God in humans. Over time, arguments have been made that being made in the image of God refers to our creativity, our ability to reason, our ability to rule the animals, orContinue reading “The Ethics of the Image: 2. The Value of a Human Life”
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The Ethics of the Image: 1. Imitate God
As I’ve argued recently, God holds an incredibly (and perhaps uncomfortably) high view of humanity. Like most any point of theology, being created in God’s image is not merely a doctrinal position we hold in our minds. Rather, it carries significant implications for the ethics by which we live our lives. Our theological beliefs areContinue reading “The Ethics of the Image: 1. Imitate God”
Humanity: Loathsome Insects, or Royal Family? Part 1 of 4
In his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” the revivalist preacher Jonathan Edwards famously compared mankind to repulsive creatures in the hands of a repulsed God. The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, andContinue reading “Humanity: Loathsome Insects, or Royal Family? Part 1 of 4”
Epic Gospel 