There were three things I read this week that I immediately linked in old Theological Term of the Week posts.
- Added a link to Kim Riddlebarger’s Divine Image Bearers. Quoting:
[T]he biblical account tells us that Adam was created in God’s image (Genesis 1:26), which indicates that Adam is neither divine, nor the product of some unspecified primordial process. Adam was created by a direct act of God in which Adam’s body was created by God from the dust of the earth, while his soul was created when God breathed life into the first man (Genesis 2:7). The divine image extends to Eve as well (Genesis 2:4-24). To be human then, is to be male or female and to bear God’s image in both body and soul, which exist as a unity of both spiritual (the soul) and material (the body) elements. To be a divine image bearer is to be an ectype (copy) of which God is archetype (original).
- Added a link to Aaron Armstrong’s Your Work Is Your Calling.
To work in ministry and survive, you need to have a sense of calling. It doesn’t matter if it’s church or para-church ministry—if you are there running on your own steam, it will kill you. And, let’s be honest, your coworkers won’t want to work with you either.
But the same is true for “normal” work, too. As a Christian, you can’t do it and excel under your own power, not indefinitely.
- Added a link to Matt Kirkland’s Westminster Shorter Catechism (A Designer’s Exploration). Check it out; I can’t quote this one.