E343: What Does It Mean to Be Made In God’s Image? with Dr. Carmen Joy Imes

Saddleback Church Content Development Pastor Jason Wieland is joined by Dr. Carmen Joy Imes to discuss her new book, Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters. What does it mean to be human? This question is something that everybody wrestles with at different points of life. In this conversation, Jason and Dr. Imes discuss what being God’s image means; the connection between creation and vocation; what Genesis, the Wisdom literature, and the New Testament say about this; the power of beloved community, and what we can do to live out a life made in God’s image. Dr. Carmen Joy Imes (PhD, Wheaton) is associate professor of Old Testament at Biola University. She is the author of Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters, Bearing YHWH’S Name at Sinai, and the editor of Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends. Doable Discipleship is a Saddleback Church podcast produced and hosted by the Saddleback Spiritual Growth Team. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 300 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on the Saddleback Church YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Doable Discipleship is a proud part of the Saddleback Family of Podcasts. To learn more about the Saddleback Family of Podcasts, visit saddleback.com/podcasts.Related Links: Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still MattersBearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still MattersJust Discipleship: Biblical Justice in an Unjust World by Michael J. RhodesBeing God’s Image – E-coursehttps://www.facebook.com/celebraterecoverysaddlebackchurchhttps://celebraterecovery.comRetreat information: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/retreat-ministry/lakeforest?Interested in joining or hosting a group? Visit https://saddleback.com/smallgroups.https://saddleback.thinkific.com/courses/foundationshttps://saddleback.com/coronaresponse for additional tools for a better response.To tell a friend about Doable Discipleship or share it on your social media, use saddleback.com/doable.For more resources to help you grow, visit saddleback.com/grow or email [email protected].