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Devotions: Bearing the Image of God (2)

May 18, 2014 by Carl Shank Leave a Comment

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 … [Read more...] about Devotions: Bearing the Image of God (2)

Filed Under: Bearing the Image of God, Christ and the Academy, Devotional Tagged With: death, image of God, redemption, sin, Systematic Theology, the fall, Wayne Grudem

What about Adam and Eve? Part 1

April 9, 2014 by Tom Ingebritsen Leave a Comment

Introduction This is the fourth in a series of blog posts concerned with Christian questions about evolution. One of the biggest dilemmas  is what to do about Adam and Eve. Were they real people? How were they created? Was Adam the father of all mankind? What about the story in Genesis 3 of the fall of Adam and Eve and consequently all of mankind into sin? Do the creation stories in Genesis communicate real, historical events or are they myths that God is using to communicate timeless truths? These are … [Read more...] about What about Adam and Eve? Part 1

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science and Faith Tagged With: Adam, Christian questions about evolution, Christianity and science, Christianity and science series, Creator, Eve, evolution, Genesis 1-3, Genographic Project, the fall, transition forms

Government even without the fall?

November 10, 2008 by Tom Grosh IV 2 Comments

InterVarsity's  Undergraduate Ministry at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) sponsored an Election Day panel on Religious and Secular Authority at Election Times.   What an excellent idea!   Why?   Because  the panel, which included  myself and a CMU History faculty,  provided an opportunity to publicly present and wrestle with difficult culture-making concerns in real time.    I  came away with the  impression that  some students, who  wouldn't let us go,  couldn't wait  to field test some of the material in the midst of … [Read more...] about Government even without the fall?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Vocation Tagged With: politics, the fall

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