Hebrews 1:1-3 “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and…
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IMAGO DEI – ROGUE IMAGES
The human being is one fascinating creature. We are capable of the greatest good and the most heinous acts. A close look at human history reveals something fundamentally wrong with us. As the famed English journalist and satirist, Malcom Muggridge put it; “The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact”. But if as we concluded in our first episode, humans are the walking talking representatives of God in His good world, why are we so messed up? How did we blow this privilege? Join us as we explore these thoughts in episode two of our Imago Dei series dubbed; ROGUE IMAGES.
IMAGO DEI – WALKING TALKING IDOLS
Imagine yourself in front of a full sized mirror. Picture the world in the mirror, as your reflection looks you in the eye. Now imagine your reflection coming to life; moving and talking independent of you. Picture the endless possibilities you could achieve with this detached animated reflection of yours to represent you in this “mirror world”.
LOST IN TRANSLATION? PART 1
When was the last time you bought a new Bible? What informed your choice of translation? Do translations even matter in the first place? In the final installment of the Holy Writ series we are going to explore the issue of translations and answer the big question on most minds; Is the message of the…
Justify Your Inclusion 2
So in our last post we looked at how the Old Testament came together. We realized it was a slow and organic process, contrary to the conspiracy theories we’ve encountered in the media. Today in Justify your Inclusion Pt 2 we are going to look at the formation and canonization of the 27 books of…
Justify Your Inclusion 1
The average person today has a skeptical view of how the Bible was put together. We have people like Dan Brown and his best-selling book; The Davinci Code to thank for that. In it he portrays the Bible as a document put together by some sinister religio-political figures who are bent on world domination through religion. However, Dan himself asserts that his book is purely fictional. So how did we end up with the volume we know today as the Old Testament or as I prefer to refer to it the Hebrew Bible?
The Heart of A Disciple – Paul: Indebted, Ready and Unashamed.
Paul cuts a very interesting character in the biblical narrative. From his relentless pursuit and persecution of the early Christian movement to his passionate promotion of the same faith, his story is nothing short of epic. To attempt to properly contextualize Paul would require a series on its own but for the purposes of today’s post we would attempt to give a summary.