The concept of being made in God's image implies attributes such as rationality, morality, and the ability to have a relationship with God. This sets the foundation for the inherent dignity and worth of every human being. Theologically, this reflects the idea of humans as representatives of ...
Humans alone are created as rational beings in the image of God, capable of a relationship with God and given by him the capacity to understand the universe in which they live. — John Lennox 58 God is not without sins: He created the world. — Bulgarian Proverbs 73 God creates out ...
The designation "the LORD God" combines the personal name of God, "Yahweh" (יהוה), with "Elohim" (אֱלֹהִים), a more general term for God. This combination is significant, as it introduces the covenantal aspect of God's relationship with creation. "Yahweh...
I say all of this because I do believe emotions are important in worship. I am moved by God’s Spirit when Scripture is read or when we worship Him through singing. Even when I see a beautiful painting or am awestruck by nature, I praise God for He truly is glorious. Everywhere, I ...
Undoubtedly, his relationship with God has guided him in ways that no person ever could. When I reflect on myself at Levi’s age, I am all the more amazed at the man he is today. He is so far ahead of where I was. So grounded, so confident, so focused. The world might look ...
one friends asks how she can pray for the rest of us. We have been in one another’s weddings, visited at the loss of parents, seen the births of children, encouraged through job changes and life changes. That is a relationship of duration. Time, emotion, years of commitment. For nearl...
Allegory is a term that often gets thrown around quite a bit, especially when one is considering certain pieces of art or literature, however, this can sometimes get mixed with ‘Analogy’, which is something else entirely. In order to understand the difference, it is useful for us to defin...
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away a class-based society in favour of one where everyone is equal (however, some are more equal than others as history shows) and was heavily influenced by Karl Marx’s 1848 work The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital which called into question the relationship between labour and capitalism...
was stuck with it. Opening the gate allowed Jesus and His light in, but it also let all that pain I had barricaded within begin to pour out. I was overwhelmed. It was hard for me to cling to the Scripture Father had given me that year to go with the dreaded word “change”...