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Within each of us exists the image of
God, however disfigured and corrupted by sin it may presently be. God is able
to recover this image through grace as we are conformed to Christ. Just as the
figure of David lay hidden within the marble, discernible only to the eye of
its creator, so the image of God (however tarnished by sin) lies within us, see
and known by God Himself. Yet God loves us while we are still sinners. He
doesn't have to wait until we stop sinning. Acceptance of His love is a major
step along the road that leads to our liberation from the tyranny of sin. -
Alister McGrath
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Within each of us exists the
image of God, however disfigured and corrupted by sin it may presently be. God
is able to recover this image through grace as we are conformed to Christ. Just
as the figure of David lay hidden within the marble, discernible only to the
eye of its creator, so the image of God (however tarnished by sin) lies within
us, see and known by God Himself. Yet God loves us while we are still sinners.
He doesn't have to wait until we stop sinning. Acceptance of His love is a
major step along the road that leads to our liberation from the tyranny of sin.
- Alister McGrath
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How does humanity find God and enter into a
relationship with him - a relationship that delivers humanity once and for all
from fear of death, hell, or damnation? Luther is adamant: this relationship is
made possible through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and is
appropriated through faith. For — Alister
E. McGrath
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Alister Edgar McGrath (born 23 January 1953) is a Northern Irish theologian,
priest, intellectual historian, scientist, and Christian apologist. He currently holds the
Andreas Idreos Professorship in Science and Religion in the Faculty of Theology
and Religion at the University of Oxford, and is Professor of Divinity at Gresham
College. He was previously Professor of Theology, Ministry, and Education
at King's College London and Head of the Centre
for Theology, Religion and Culture, Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Oxford, and was principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, until 2005. He is an Anglican
priest.
Aside
from being a faculty member at Oxford, McGrath has also taught at Cambridge University and is a Teaching Fellow
at Regent
College. McGrath holds three doctorates from the University of Oxford: a DPhil in Molecular Biophysics, a Doctor of Divinity in Theology and a Doctor
of Letters in Intellectual History.
McGrath
is noted for his work in historical theology, systematic theology, and the relationship between science
and religion, as well as his writings on apologetics. He is also known for his
opposition to New Atheism and antireligionism
and his advocacy of theological critical realism. Among
his best-known books are The Twilight of Atheism, The Dawkins Delusion, Dawkins' God:
Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life, and A Scientific Theology. He is also the
author of a number of popular textbooks on theology.
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