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Who Bears the Image of God?
Jim Wallis

This is part two of an eight-part series exploring the eight
Jesus questions all of us must face, highlighted in Jim
Wallis's new book Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to
Reclaim Jesus (HarperOne), available now. These next eight weeks
will help us go deeper than the headlines, to find our way back
to Jesus in the midst of this intensive and exhausting news
cycle. 

Want to hear this in an audio format instead? We just launched an
eight-episode podcast series called Reclaiming Jesus
Now that features Allison Trowbridge and William Matthews
speaking with Jim Wallis about these questions and their
relevance today.

Who bears the image of God? According to Genesis 1:26-27, each
and every human being does.

"Then God said, 'Let us make humankind in our image,
according to our likeness; and let them have dominion [i.e.,
stewardship] over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of
the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of
the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the
earth.' So God created humankind in his image, in the image of
God he created them; male and female he created them."

The foundation of all human rights, equality, and dignity is all
of us being created in the image of God -- imago
Dei. Seeing all people, no matter their race or ethnicity,
gender, who they are, how they worship, or who they love, as full
image-bearers of God undermines any human attempt to build
barriers or divisions between groups.

This issue, about the image of God, is so morally foundational to
everything we say and do in both our personal lives and in our
politics that it must be raised again and again to remember and
remind others what is at stake when we see God's image being
denigrated, devalued, or discarded. This has sadly
become routine in American politics, with fresh
examples in the news every single day.

Learn more about Jim Wallis' book here. 

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