Tag Archives: imago Dei

• All Is Gift: Embracing the Divine Generosity of Christmas

  December 20, 2016

  By Joseph Sunde Throughout the Christmas season, we are routinely reminded of our “gift nature,” whether through the transfer of presents, the confluence of family gatherings, the creative flurry of plays and performances, or, most importantly, the central story of the One who gives it all meaning in the first place. Christmas is the story of […]

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• The Crown of Creation: The Image of God and You

  November 14, 2016

  By Jordan Ballor Conversations about human dignity often, and rightly, refer to the biblical concept of the image of God. In the creation account in Genesis 1:27 we read that “God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” The third person pronouns […]

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  Adam and Eve, authority, C.S. Lewis, Calling, creative, dignity, dominion, glory, God, Herman Bavinck, human nautre, imago Dei, John Perkins, responsibility, Rudy Carrasco, Stewardship

• The Doom Delusion: Overcoming Pessimism in a Prosperous Age

  October 19, 2016

  By Joseph Sunde Global poverty is on the decline. Technological progress is pacing at break-neck speed. Freedom and opportunity are spreading across the world. And yet our political classes and popular masses continue to preach of impending doom. Why do we have so much pessimism in an age of such pronounced prosperity? In an essay for The Spectator on the “doom delusion,” Johan […]

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  Abundance, creativity, fear, globalization, hope, imago Dei, Julian Simon, nostalgia, optimism, pessimism, philosophy of life, prosperity, trade

• Children Are a Gift to Civilization

  September 20, 2016

  By Joseph Sunde With our newfound economic prosperity and the political liberalization of the West, we have transitioned into an era of hyper consumerism and choice. This brings all sorts of blessings, to be sure. But it also brings plenty of risks. Whether we’re drawn by raw materialism or a more basic idolatry of choice, such distortions will be […]

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  children, choice, Family, Gift, Happiness, hedonism, Herman Bavinck, idol, imago Dei, John Piper, Love, mirror, parenting, Relationship, service, Vocation

• Work Is Not a Punishment for the Fall

  July 08, 2016

  By Scott Rae Work has intrinsic value because it was ordained by God prior to the entrance of sin into the world. If you look at the Genesis account of creation closely, you’ll see that God commanded Adam and Eve to work the garden before sin entered the picture (Gen. 2:15). God did not condemn […]

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• The PovertyCure Zine: Celebrating the Human Factor

  June 24, 2016

  By Joseph Sunde In For the Life of the World, we explore the shape of healthy Christian engagement across cultural spheres, asking what it looks like to be in but not of the world. Looking more closely at the “human factor” that underlies all of this, the Acton Institute’s PovertyCure series offers a fitting complement. We are made […]

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  alleviation, dignity, Flourishing, human dignity, imago Dei, poverty, PovertyCure, prosperity