What does it mean to be created in the image of God? If Jesus Christ is the true Image of God, what does that mean for us? Michael Horton and Adam Smith sit down at Theo Global Southeast Asia with Dr. Edmund Fong (Singapore) to discuss a Christocentric approach to understanding the Image of God.
REV. DR. EDMUND FONG is a lecturer in Systematic Theology, Biblical Hermeneutics and Presbyterianism at Trinity Theological College, Singapore. He is also an ordained Presbyterian Minister with The Presbyterian Church in Singapore.
1:00 – Intro
3:20 – Image of God as the distinguishing feature of humanity
4:30 – 3 common approaches: Structural, Functional, and Relational
7:30 – Jesus Christ as the true Image of God
9:15 – A Christological Approach to the Image of God (Oliver Crisp)
12:45 – The multifaceted Image of God, which can be seen from different vantage points
15:15 – Islam and Transhumanism challenge what it means to be made in the Image of God
17:45 – The goodness of God, seen in his truth, leads to worship
20:45 – Is God’s relationality an attribute of God? (Horton)
22:30 – Jesus as the Image of God AND Mediator
23:50 – Bavinck, Augustine, Calvin on the Image of God & the Image of the Trinity
26:00 – The Image of God relates to the body, righteousness, and holiness
28:00 – Gregory of Nyssa – the collective aspects of the Image of God
29:30 – Human beings, the “Crown of Creation,” lost their ruling authority over creation with Adam
30:45 – Hebrews 2 – Asserts that all creation is in subjection to Christ
31:45 – Glorification: “As he is, we will be.” What were we made for?
