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Category Archives: Image of God
God in Trinity
Is the eternal God both One and yet Three at the same time? Continue reading
Posted in Deity of Jesus, Doctrine, God, Image of God, Imago Dei, Seeking God, Theology, Trinity
Tagged god in trinity, Trinity, Triune God, understanding the trinity
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God’s Image (three views)
Three ways of understanding the image of God. Probing questions included. Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Image of God, Imago Dei, New Creation, Wisdom
Tagged Image of God, Imago Dei
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The God you didn’t expect
I still remember how intrigued I was to see God portrayed by Morgan Freeman as a janitor at the end of the 2003 movie, Bruce Almighty. Something resonated with me. Continue reading
Posted in God's Heart, God's power, Honor, Humility, Image of God, Jesus Christ, Questioning God, Seeing God, Seeking God, Walking with God
Tagged God, God as servant, understanding God, who is God
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7 resources for spiritual maturity
Spiritual growth requires looking ahead and looking back. Continue reading
Posted in Change, Character, Christian life, Church growth, Counseling, Following Christ, Gospel-centered, Grace, Holy Spirit, Hope?, Image of God, Judgment seat of Christ, Mission statement, New Christian, New Creation, Parenting, Pastors, Personal devotions, Purity, Quiet Time, Salvation, Sanctification, Scripture, Spirit filled, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual disciplines, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Trials, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God
Tagged how to grow as a christian, Maturity, Resources for spiritual growth, spiritual growth
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Four reactions to culture
Wisdom calls us to engage in truth-based dialogue and persuasion in settings like family, work, community and government… Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Christian worldview, Church and State, Church Leadership, Culture, Culture of Honor, Emerging Leaders, Evil in the world, Image of God, Leadership, Mission statement, Missions, Separation of Church and State, Social work, sociology, Wisdom, Witness, Worldview
Tagged Christian influence, political activity and the church, salt and light, social calling of christians
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Why? – a question we all ask
Why do we exist? We cannot escape this question. Continue reading
Do we really need “Do not….” commands?
Are we humans really that bad that we need to be told not to spread false reports and accept bribes and twist the words of the innocent?
Perhaps we’d like to believe in some upward version or utopian vision of humanity, but the fact is that we cannot survive without a set of “Do not” laws and a significant means to enforce them. Continue reading
Agents of common grace needed
Take some time to think through four shared contexts of life for common grace ministry. Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Common grace, Culture, Culture of Honor, Image of God, Imago Dei, Walking with God, Witness
Tagged Church ministry, Common Grace
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Total Depravity?
Caution is needed about articulating a doctrine of human depravity from the wrong starting point. Can a misguided understanding of this important truth lead to over-renunciation? Continue reading
Posted in Christian life, Christianity, Depravity, Dysfunctional, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Hamartiology, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Image of God, Imago Dei, Problem of evil, Reformed Theology, Sin, Wisdom
Tagged how to understand SIN, human beings, Reformed Theology, total depravity
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