Genesis 3 tells the tragic story of the famous (or infamous) fall of the first humans into sin and corruption. Because of a choice that took them out of their assigned place in creation, under God but like God, their insistence on being “gods†distorted the image of God in them. Instead of derivative, yet creative knowledge, they disobeyed their “prime directive.†The penalty was not merely final physical death, but painful, hard-won work, struggling with creation instead of working with God’s created order. Their created image was not destroyed, but it was marred and distorted. James 3:9 affirms that humans are still “made in the likeness of God.†What have been the consequences of a distorted, yet not lost, image of God? [Read more…] about Devotions: Bearing the Image of God (2)
Systematic Theology
American Scientific Affiliation Posts 2010 Annual Meeting Audios
The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) has just begun to post audio podcasts of the talks from their 65th Annual Meeting: Science, Faith, and Public Policy (Catholic University in America, Washington, D.C.). I’d encourage you to check out their library.
Three presentations which I found of particular value and commend to you are …
- Experiences of a Scientist-Christian in the Washington Fishbowl
- An Introduction to a Systematic Theology of Medicine
- Seeking Other Earths: Exoplanets and the Significance of Life
If you have comments on any of these presentations, please post them here. If you’d prefer a private on-line discussion group on one of these presentations, let me know.
Note 1: Files of many of the presentation slides will also be posted on the ASA site. We’ll keep you up-to-date. In addition, interviews of several ASA presenters are in process for posting on the ESN blog. As you may remember, we already have posted
- Interview: Ted Davis, the Story of a Historian of Science (21.208) and History of Science Recommendations from Ted Davis
- Interview: Jimmy Lin, Medical and Scientific Doxologist
Note 2: If you’re a student in the sciences (or interested in the sciences), don’t miss the ASA’s special student rate of $20 a year. To learn more about the benefits of membership click here. Might make a good item to request as a birthday or Christmas gift. Just an idea 😉
Note 3:Â ESN’s looking forward to more conversations on the relationship of science-faith on the blog AND at next year’s ASA mtgs, which will be hosted by North Central College, in the Chicago area, July 29 – Aug 1, 2011. Mark your calendars!