Creation and Imago Dei
Doctrine and Devotion
Joe Thorn & Jimmy Fowler
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Jimmy and Joe talk through God’s work of creation, the doctrine of the imago dei, and why it matters to us today. Plus, Jimmy uses a big word and ruins a good Calvin quote.
Baptist Catechism Question 12
Q. What is the work of creation?
A. The work of creation is God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good.
Baptist Catechism Question 13
Q. How did God create man?
A. God created man, male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
RESOURCES
A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism by Benjamin Beddome
Read Beddome’s Exposition online for free here.
What Does “Ex Nihilo” Mean? (@ Ligonier)
God, Creation Ex Nihilo, and Immutability (@ Credo Magazine)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome. Welcome to Dr Nan Devotion. The podcast exploring Christian faith and practice from a |
| 0:18.6 | Reformed Baptist perspective. My name is Joe Thorne. I'm the lead |
| 0:21.6 | pastor of Ademar Fellowship in St Charles, Illinois. |
| 0:24.0 | And I'm Jeremy Fowler, Executive Pastor at Redeemer Fellowship. |
| 0:27.0 | What's up, man? |
| 0:28.0 | Nothing, what's up with you? |
| 0:30.0 | You know, chilling. |
| 0:32.0 | You look tired. |
| 0:34.0 | You just give a yawn. |
| 0:35.0 | Yeah, it's Sunday if we, I know. |
| 0:37.2 | We had services. |
| 0:38.6 | So I'm just a little, I'm a little tired. |
| 0:40.6 | It's fine. |
| 0:42.4 | So yeah, but we're finding time making time to do the |
| 0:45.6 | podcast thing and I've been looking forward to this. Yeah. Your son had a |
| 0:50.0 | birthday party yesterday? Yes he did. How did it go it go it went fantastic everybody had a good time |
| 0:54.4 | everyone had a great time awesome really good time and how old is he now eight |
| 0:58.9 | years old yes I know the age of my children we'll ask you yesterday you no no no that's that's that's exactly what happened yes okay partially yes okay |
| 1:06.7 | yeah the part you not knowing exactly I think I said I was like nine eight you have three |
| 1:12.2 | kids I know I feel like if you have more than two you're allowed to get one certain about their age I feel like if you have more than one |
| 1:19.2 | no yeah yeah because the other what if they're close together? Still, too, I can manage too. |
| 1:24.0 | You can manage two. |
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