Observations on life; particularly spiritual

Posts tagged “identity

How people are like God

In the image of GodThe Bible says that people are made in the image and likeness of God. The words “image” and “likeness” mean that humans are similar to God and or they can represent God, like a photo can represent a person. The phrase does not mean God has a physical body like ours. Rather, it means humans were created to resemble and represent God in the world. (more…)


God’s good news

Good news 5 400pxThe news in the daily news media is usually bad news. It’s often about disasters and tragedies like accidents, fires, floods, earthquakes and tsunamis. Fortunately in a world where bad news dominates, God has given us good news.

When Paul wrote to the Christians at Corinth, he addressed those who denied the possibility of the resurrection of the body after death. He corrected them by saying that Jesus died and was resurrected: “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor. 15:3-4). (more…)