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S2 Ep1078: What Does It Mean to Be God's Image? Dr. Carmen Imes

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🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Carmen Imes earned her Ph.D. in Old Testament from Wheaton College and currently serves as an Associate Professor of Old Testament at Biola University. She's the author of two books: Bearing God's Name and Being God's Image--both published by IVP. Imes has appeared on more than 50 podcasts and radio shows and launched her own YouTube channel where she releases weekly "Torah Tuesday" videos. She is a guest blogger for Christianity Today, The Political Theology Network, and The Well (InterVarsity's blog for women in the academy and professions). Imes is also a frequent speaker at churches, conferences, and retreats. Before earning her Ph.D. from Wheaton College, Carmen and her husband served as missionaries in the Philippines with SIM International, reaching out to ethnic minorities. Imes loves introducing students to the rich insights of the global church. In this podcast conversation, Dr. Imes talks about what it means to be--not bear--God's image and why it matters. 

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0:00.0

Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of theology in the ROM.

0:03.4

I guess today is Dr. Carmen Eims, who is an associate professor of Old Testament at

0:08.0

Violet University and Talbot School of Theology.

0:10.8

She has an NMA from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, PhD from Wheaton College.

0:15.4

She's the author of two books.

0:17.6

The first one is Baring God's name and the most recent one that's about to be released

0:21.4

is Bean, not Baring, but you'll see what I mean.

0:25.1

Why?

0:26.1

I have to correct myself.

0:27.1

Bean God's image.

0:28.1

And that's the focus of our conversation.

0:29.1

We look at what it means to be God's image, not just bear God's image, but be God's image

0:33.6

and some of the ethical implications of that.

0:36.3

So please welcome to the show for the first time.

0:38.5

Be one and only, Carmen Eims.

0:40.6

Carmen, thank you so much for coming on the podcast.

0:51.7

I'm really excited.

0:52.7

Well, as I set off line, I've not read your book.

0:55.4

It's not...

0:56.4

Well, it actually might be out by the time people are listening to this podcast.

0:58.8

But I'm so excited about the direction you're going in the book, what I think, just

1:03.7

in talking to you about how not only understanding God's image, but also how do we use that

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