Reformation Month 2024: Imaging God (feat. Dr. Mark Garcia)

What does it mean to be human? The answers are to be found in what Scripture teaches, that God made us in His image and to image Him. DZFE's Tiffany and Daniel discuss the rich implications of this fundamental gospel truth on DZFE’s special Reformation month feature, IMAGING GOD, with Greystone Theological Institute founding president, professor and pastor, Dr. Mark Garcia.

00:00:29 Made beings, unmade God

00:06:06 The fundamental ways we image God

00:08:57 Image-bearing as communal

00:13:38 Importance of the church in image-bearing

00:15:44 Protestant vs. Roman Catholic view of the image of God in man

00:18:44 Gender references to God in Scripture

00:23:24 How do men and women in their maleness and femaleness image God?

00:29:04 Eternal purpose of our maleness and femaleness

00:34:30 Clarity for those who struggle with embodied existence

00:38:16 ... cognitive and physical disabilities

00:44:30 A positive view of our embodied limitations

00:51:24 Looking for a God-glorifying spouse

00:58:40 The significance of singlehood

01:05:13 Acedia: Refusal to live out our calling

01:13:00 A Christian approach to marital intimacy