People: Image and Sin

God created both man and woman in his own image. This has great implications for us today, even though we all are corrupted by sin.

People Foundations of Faith [5 pages]
A one page summary of what every Christian should believe about being made in the image of God and being tainted by sin, followed by four pages of elaboration and biblical support which every teacher and leader in the church should understand and believe

Sermon on Representation [8 pages]
The theme of representation that runs through the whole Bible! Designed to be an introduction to the sermons on Psalm 2 & Psalm 110.

Genesis in Genesis 1.26-31 Sermon [7 pages]
The second foundational truth in Genesis is about who we are. What does it mean for you that people were created in God's image?

Genesis in Genesis 2.4-17 Sermon [7 pages]
What was Adam's relationship with God on his first day of life? What moral philosophy did God give to Adam, and how can that help us today?

Philippians 1.1-2 Sermon [7 pages]
The greeting of this letter is packed with theology about the author, the original readers, and what God will reveal in this letter.

Pyne on Anthropology [3 pages]
An interaction with Pyne's Humanity & Sin about the creation of humanity in God's image

Sheep in Israel; sacrifices of sheep began because of humanity's fall into sin.

Genesis 1.26-28 NET: Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth." God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."

Christmas in Newtown [2 pages]
These are my reflections on our need for what Christians celebrate at Christmas, as I tried to understand the Newtown tragedy.

Pyne on Sin [2 pages]
An interaction with Pyne's Humanity & Sin about mankind's sin