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Aug 19, 2013 · How do we reflect God's glory and display his image in the world? Pastor John Piper explains the biblical meaning of being made in God's image and how it is restored in Christ.
Jan 4, 2022 · The image of God (Latin, imago dei) refers to the immaterial part of humanity. It sets human beings apart from the animal world, fits them for the dominion God intended them to have over the earth (Genesis 1:28), and enables them to commune with their Maker.
Explore the biblical meaning and application of the image of God in humanity, distinct from animals and other creatures. Learn how the image of God is not our bodies, experience, or function, but our spiritual being that reflects the character of God.
- The human body is something that makes the human creaturely, and not necessarily something that constitutes a distinction. Animals and humans have...
- Neo-orthodox theologians Karl Barth and Emil Brunner both developed theories about the image of God based on human experience. Neither Barth nor Br...
- Genesis 1:26–28 seems to read as a series of sequential statements starting with the statement about God creating mankind (both male and female) in...
- Paul’s discussions of the new man and old man give us great insight into what it means to be created in the image and likeness of God (Ephesians 4:...
Jun 15, 2023 · How does Scripture define and develop the image of God in humans and how does Jesus restore it? Explore the meaning, importance, and implications of being made in God's image and likeness.
- David L. Turner
A uniquely Christian perspective on the image of God is that Jesus Christ is the fullest and most complete example of a human in God's image. Hebrews 1 refers to him as "the very image of his substance" and Colossians reveals Jesus as "the image of the invisible God".
Apr 29, 2024 · How does Genesis 1:26-27 reveal God's image in humanity? Explore the four categories of imago Dei: substance, function, relation, and community, and how Jesus is the ultimate imago Dei.
A biblical theology paper by John Piper that examines the Old Testament teaching on the image of God. It explores the meanings of the Hebrew words tselem and demuth, and the role of the prepositions in Genesis 1:26–27.
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