Thank-you to Carl Shank for his earlier Devotional series on Wisdom. I look forward to this Devotional series on Bearing the image of God, a topic which the Emerging Scholars Network will give focused attention to in the coming months as we frame A Theology of Higher Education. To God be the glory! ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of the Emerging Scholars Network
“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness†(Genesis 1:26) The most Hebraic understanding of this Bible verse is that humankind was created to be “like†God, not identical to God but similar to God and representing God. This is borne out in the usage of the terms in Genesis 5:3 where Seth was in the “image†and “likeness†of his father, Adam. Seth was “like†his father, Adam, not identical but similar to Adam. Perhaps he had the same color of hair or eyes or was built like his father, or had the same temperament or disposition. What does it mean to be “like†God? How should we bear the image of God? This series of devotionals seeks to capture some of that majesty and mystery. [Read more…] about Devotions: Bearing the image of God (1)