Month: March 2011

There is much more we could say about the relational aspect of the image of God, but a second and no less important aspect is critical.  In his wonderful work called The Liberating Image, Richard Middleton suggests that royalty is a primary expression of the image.  He sees the image as “the royal function or … Continue reading Musculinity, Emasculation, and the Masculine Soul : Part 3 : Royalty

Picking up from last week's first blog in this series, at least one trajectory among biblical scholars in recent times is to understand the image as primarily relational.  Indeed, it is not the case that men are from Mars and women from Venus, one task-driven and the other relationally-driven.  If the image is bestowed to … Continue reading Musculinity, Emasculation, and the Masculine Soul : Part 2 : Relationship

God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Gen. 1:27 I received an email recently asking why I don’t quote or recommend the author John Eldredge more often.  Though I’ve enjoyed and benefited from much of what John has written, I’ve been hesitant … Continue reading Musculinity, Emasculation and the Masculine Soul: Part 1