Defining the image - 11 January 2010 |
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These are the questions for week 10 of the Guided Reading Course.
Gordon J. Wenham, Genesis 1-15, pp. 29-32
1. What meanings have been suggested for ‘image’ and ‘likeness’ in Genesis 1:26-27? What do you think of the various options?
John Calvin, Institutes, I.xv
1. What is Calvin concerned to ‘guard against’ when seeking to understand our ‘originally upright nature’? (Section 1)
2. What does Calvin think ‘the soul’ is? Why? Do you agree? (Section 2)
3. What does Calvin think is meant by ‘image’ and ‘likeness’ in Genesis 1:26-27? How does he avoid the error he has highlighted in section 1? (Sections 3-4)
4. What is ‘the delusion of the Manichees’ concerning the soul? What is wrong with this view? (Section 5)
5. According to Calvin, what ‘faculties’ (i.e. capacities) does the soul possess? (Sections 6-7)
6. What kind of freedom does Calvin believe Adam had before the fall?
Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics 2, ch 10
1. What does Scripture say about man’s created nature, and where does it say it (pp. 531-533)?
2. What evidence does Bavinck adduce against the theory of naturalistic evolution, and again the ‘mediating’ position of the Pelagians (pp. 536-539)?
3. What are the key features of ‘Roman Catholic Supernaturalism’(pp. 539-542)? What are its shortcomings (pp. 542-548)?
4. Why did the Reformers reject the Roman Catholic view of the divine image? What alternative(s) did they propose (pp. 548-554)?
5. In what five ways does Bavinck flesh out his conviction that ‘the whole person is the image of God’ (p. 555; cf. pp. 556-562)?
Posted by Steve Jeffery · Topics: Guided Reading Course, Minister's Blog