Image of God

“In the beginning God” implying that he was there before all things. God is not only a master in creating but I learned in this narrative that he is also a master in designing. What really strikes me is that I am able to recognize one of God’s attributes which is that he is omnipotent. He has power over nature. He is able to create things that are impossible to create with human bare hands. He is able to limit space of how far the water should stay. I am stoked on how powerful God is. 2. List…

humanity is merely a tool for the gods the handle their menial work. The book of Genesis gives the account to how the world was formed and the different promises God gives to his people. In Genesis 1 we also read about how man and woman were formed and get a glimpse at the relationship between the two. Towards the end of Chapter 1 we come to a point…

Vengeful God In the book Genesis translated by Robert Atler, God created human beings, and they are, therefore, his children. However, God lacks patience, gets angry, and is vengeful with his children. When Eve eats the fruit, she was forbidden to eat; God told Eve he would make women have pain when bearing children and that men will rule over women . God tells Adam that the soil will be cursed and man will have to sweat to eat . God doesn’t teach the humans how to live because he wants them to…

understand what is happening to him until he is beaten and rejected by his wife, Sarah Ruth. Throughout the story, Parker gets a tattoo of Christ on his back. Many who read this story believe Parker has defiled his body by placing a tattoo of a sacred image on his back. Parker displays what he wants to change and become religious; however, his wife does not give him a benefit of the doubt and denounces him. Although Parker displays numerous tattoos on his body, he shows his wife that he…

theology be able to explore the religious and spiritual meaning of the unbelief and atheism that accompany the political realization of the Marxist dream? Or will it continue the mindless demonization of Communism and ignore this loudest of questions God is posing to contemporary Christianity?” (Phan, 101). Phan’s question is calling us as Christians to use our theology to reflect upon the culture that is affecting such a great portion of the world population. I believe that it is important to…

progresses throughout time as they experience new life events and interact with the world around them. It can give purpose and meaning to our lives. A biblical worldview is believing that our existence is to love and serve God. As Christians, we believe that God has created us in his image and we must live our lives according to his words. Chapters 1-8 of Romans are an excellent source in setting up a Christian’s biblical worldview. In these chapters, Paul explains the fundamentals of the…

them by God; however, the willingness and commitment to understand shows a great commitment to Christianity. Another one of Origen’s great works is his Doctrine of the Soul, in which he focuses on soul division, embodiment, and dual souls. Origen believed the soul suffered “from a moral crisis, the confrontation of its transcendent spiritual vocation with its current fleshly condition.” This meant two things to Origen: the first was that internally; there is a conflict between the image of God…

said “To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name” (Merton). What was Merton’s main point of this statement? I believe he was trying to emphasize that God does in fact exist, because without God, we would cease to exist because we are made in the likeness of God. People ask the question of “Does God Exist?” for a long time. To one…

bringing together into a system, the study of revealed religious truths and the philosophical writers of the past as a way to know, worship and serve God. Education was moving outside the cathedral and priest’s home and into a formal setting cities like Paris. The establishment of theology as a topic to be debated rather than a pathway to the heart of God is arguable the greatest disservice of this time in history. Attempting to resolve the questions of faith with the logic and reason of the…

introduces a necessary depth to this truth. God created humans "male and female" (Genesis 1:27), which is still nothing new, but I had never before considered the implications of this specification. Unorthodox views have attributed this distinction to the possibility of God being male, female or characteristic of both, but according to orthodox belief (as defined by Guthrie), this is a demonstration of the relational nature of God and, by extension, of human beings. God created women as a…