Being God's Image Quotes

“Until the body of Christ is truly one body, we have not fully embraced the gospel message.”
― Carmen Joy Imes, Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters

“Church is not a spectator sport. We are a family.”
― Carmen Joy Imes, Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters

“The incarnation reverses Eden, where a woman came forth from a man. Both participated equally in sin, and both were found guilty.c Now, the ultimate man is born of woman, and both of them model obedient surrender to God.”
― Carmen Joy Imes, Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters

“Being human on this side of the garden entails frailty, weakness, and dependence. Jesus experienced these things in his aging body without losing an inch of his status or dignity.”
― Carmen Joy Imes, Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters

“God physically removes them from the garden paradise to prevent them from eating from the tree of life (apparently to ensure that they would not live forever in this fractured state).”
― Carmen Joy Imes, Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters

“Perhaps one reason so many North Americans feel a sense of angst about life is that many of us go through periods of aimlessness. We’re not fulfilling our vocation. Look around you. How are things in your corner of the world? Are you reflecting the creator’s desire to bring order that promotes the flourishing of creation? Most of the time our fulfillment of that task is not flashy, […] but when we are diligent to bring order to our corner of the world, those around us have space in which to flourish.”
― Carmen Joy Imes, Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters