In God’s Good Image
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In God’s Good Image

How Jesus Dignifies, Shapes, and Confronts Our Cultural Identities

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

In God’s Good Image

How Jesus Dignifies, Shapes, and Confronts Our Cultural Identities

About this book

Cultural identity matters—to us and to Jesus.

Culture is all around us. Nothing we think, do, or say exists outside of it. But the story of God is clear: We are all made in God’s good image, and God’s people are meant to be a diverse community. Looking to the example of Jesus, author J. W. Buck offers practical insights into how cultural identity fits into our walk as Christians. No matter where we come from and no matter how complex our cultural narratives, the Scriptures point to the One who embodied a particular identity—of a Jewish man in first-century Palestine—in order to shape our own. 

Jesus teaches those formed by majority culture to humbly embrace their identity as they foster space for others. And he empowers those from minority cultures to resist pressure to assimilate in unhealthy ways and instead live into their God-given identity. God dignifies our culture and wants us to shape it to look more like Jesus. We are meant to be like Jesus in our home culture, in our heart language, and throughout our collective journey to understand how our diversity points us to a better expression of God’s good image.
 

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction
  8. Part I: Jesus-Centered Identity
  9. Part II: Old Testament and Culture
  10. Part III: New Testament and Culture
  11. Part IV: Practical Takeaways
  12. Appendix: The Culture Spectrum
  13. Acknowledgments
  14. Notes
  15. The Author