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Why Should We Value Human Relationships?
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Why Should We Value Human Relationships?

What does it mean to bear the image of God? That is a question that I continually explore and one that I had the opportunity to address in August at The Gospel Projectblog.

Here is the introduction:

As God’s image bearers we are all equal. We are equal in dignity and worth. We are created equally in His image. We are also fallen equally (Romans 3:23). Genesis 1:26 explains that God created man in His image. Of all of God’s creation, we are the only ones created in His very image, we have dominion over the rest (Genesis 1:28). It is a profound mystery (God is spirit so we do not bear His physical image, John 4:24) and yet a great privilege. Understanding our equality as image bearers changes everything we think about as it relates to our human relationships.

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Diversity For the Sake of Diversity Isn’t What We Need
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Diversity For the Sake of Diversity Isn’t What We Need

As the Democratic National Convention has drawn to a close social media users continue to point out the obvious: the Democratic Party and its delegates are diverse. It truly is a beautiful sight to see God’s creation, diverse in color and ethnicity, all in one room. The Democratic Party is diverse. Yet I wonder; is diversity the end all be all? In other words, does diversity matter?

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Reformed African American Network: An Interview with Phillip Holmes and Jemar Tisby
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Reformed African American Network: An Interview with Phillip Holmes and Jemar Tisby

You’ve most likely heard the term “young, restless and reformed.” It was first coined by author and Editor Collin Hansen’s book of the same name: Young, Restless, and Reformed: A Journalist’s Journey with the New Calvinists. The crowd is known as the New Calvinist made up of young men zealous to revitalize Reformed Theology and restless for God. Hiding in the background, quietly working to encourage the faith of their brothers and sisters in-Christ, have been two young, restless, and reformed African American men who are eager to share resources with their community…

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Redefining “Sisters”
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Redefining “Sisters”

Black, White, Chinese. That’s what my friends and I use to jokingly call each other every time we met together to eat and chat about our lives. I am black, Amy is white and Lillian is Chinese. We met together for eight years pouring out our hearts, sharing the deepest parts of our souls and praying earnestly for our various needs. We were (and remain) the best of friends. We didn’t set out to meet because we were ethnically diverse- it didn’t cross our minds at first. But as we continued to meet we gloried in God’s creativity in making us as three people so very different yet so much the same because of the Cross of Christ. Our friendship was a sweet display to the world of the gospel…

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