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  • 4 Modes of Imago Dei

    Though all of humanity bears the image of God (James 3:9), it is not full and perfect due to sin (Rom 3:23). The image of God in man consists of similarity to God and is a representation of Him (Dan 3; Luke 20). We represent God in basically four different modes. First, we represent God…

  • On Being Human

    When I reflect on the nature of humanity, I must consider such concepts as imago Dei, immateriality/materiality, and personhood. What is a human? Basically, a human being is a created/finite personal being who is a conditional unity, a psychosomatic agent, composed of both an immaterial and a material substance, not inextricably bound together yet designed by God to function in unity. The immaterial aspect of our being…