The image of God in man…means that God made human beings, both male and female, to be created and finite representations (images of God) of God’s own nature, that in relationship with Him and each other, they might be His representatives (imaging God) in carrying out the responsibilities He has given to them. In this sense, we are images of God in order to image God and His purposes in the ordering of our lives and carrying out of our God-given responsibilities.
— Bruce Ware (b. 1953), Theologe und Buchautor, Professor für Systematische Theologie
Related Bible passage: GEN.1.27
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Work & Vocation, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Occasions: For Reflection
Bruce Ware
Bruce Ware (* 1953) ist ein US-amerikanischer Theologe und langjähriger Professor für Systematische Theologie am Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. Er vertritt eine reformiert-baptistische Theologie und wurde besonders durch seine Verteidigung der göttlichen Vorsehung gegen den Offenen Theismus sowie durch seine komplementaristische Geschlechterethik bekannt. Für Bibelleser bietet er verständliche Systematisierungen reformierter Dogmatik, wobei seine These einer ewigen funktionalen Unterordnung des Sohnes unter den Vater auch im evangelikalen Raum theologische Kontroversen auslöste.
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Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson