I. Man and woman were Formed in God’s Image at Creation (See Part 1) II. The Image of God was Deformed at the Fall of Man into Sin As Ryrie states it, the image of God “was defaced though not erased” (Basic Theology, first edition, p. 192). The image of God was not totally erased [...]
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Man in The Image of God, Part 2
Posted: November 6, 2010 in ManTags: Charles Ryrie's Basic Theology, The Fall, Total Depravity
Man in the Image of God, Part 1
Posted: November 5, 2010 in ManTags: 2010 election, Dr. Robert Reymond, John Piper, Mark Driscoll, President Obama in 2012, Wayne Grudem
Does the image of God have anything to do with the current 2010 election and the 2012 election? John Piper makes a connection. Here is John Piper’s comment after President Obama’s inauguration: As everyone knows, our new President, over whom we have rejoiced, does not share this reverence for the beginning of human life. He [...]
Is Man a Dichotomy or Trichotomy or Quadchotomy or Sexchotomy? Part Two
Posted: March 28, 2009 in ManTags: C. I. Scofield, Charles Ryrie, Dichotomy, Franz Delitzsch, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Louis Berkhof, monism, quadchotomy, sexchotomy, trichotomy, Wayne Grudem
Here are the most commonly used verses used to support trichotomy. 1st Thessalonians 5:23 “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Instead of teaching that man has three parts, A. H. [...]
Is Man a Dichotomy or Trichotomy or Quadchotomy or Sexchotomy? Part One
Posted: March 28, 2009 in ManTags: C. I. Scofield, Charles Ryrie, Dichotomy, Franz Delitzsch, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Louis Berkhof, quadchotomy, sexchotomy monism, trichotomy, Wayne Grudem
“I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14).With the these words David worships of his great Creator/God. Our study of the nature of man should also move us to worship our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. As Ryrie brought out in his introduction to chapter 32 (Basic Theology), man has a material part with [...]
