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Chosen by God: Biblical Election and the Imago Dei
At the center of the theological and cultural controversy surrounding biological evolution stands the question: “How do human beings—creatures uniquely created in the image and likeness of God—fit into the scientific picture of life’s origins and development?” In this three-part series, Dr. Joshua Moritz endeavors to address this question by exploring what Scripture means—and does not mean—by the designation “image and likeness of God”.
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Chosen by God, Part 1: What the Image and Likeness of God (Imago Dei) IS NOT
To take the authority of Scripture seriously, we must engage Scripture in light of its original languages and its original cultural context.
Chosen by God, Part 2: What the Image and Likeness of God (Imago Dei) IS
As the elected high priests of creation, humans are called to intercede before God for the sake of the cosmos with the ultimate aim that all creatures should live in God’s presence.
Chosen by God, Part 3: Election, Evolution and Imago Dei
For many Christians, the most offensive aspect of Charles Darwin’s understanding of human origins is his contention that human beings are not biologically special or empirically distinct from animals.