{"id":44413,"date":"2023-09-04T17:04:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T22:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=44413"},"modified":"2023-09-04T17:04:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T22:04:14","slug":"podcast-369-anna-shoffner-brown-nothing-mere-about-a-man-in-the-image-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-369-anna-shoffner-brown-nothing-mere-about-a-man-in-the-image-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 369 &#8211; Anna Shoffner Brown &#8211; Nothing &#8216;Mere&#8217; about a Man in the Image of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4271\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-44413-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities369.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities369.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities369.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities369.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=44413-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities369.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities369.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/anna-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44417\" style=\"width:453px;height:320px\" width=\"453\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/anna-1.png 809w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/anna-1-450x318.png 450w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/anna-1-768x542.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Biblical unitarians often face the stock objection that according to us Jesus is a &#8220;mere man&#8221;<\/strong>&#8211;that is, a human who is not also divine, disparagingly described as &#8220;mere.&#8221; This objection assumes that a human only Jesus <em>couldn&#8217;t possibly<\/em> do all that is ascribed to him in the New Testament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as Anna Shoffner Brown shows in this<strong> insightful original presentation from the 2022 UCA Conference in Ohio<\/strong>, the biblical teaching that humankind is made in God&#8217;s image means that we, and so the human Jesus, <em>can <\/em>represent God and work on his behalf on the earth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We mustn&#8217;t think too highly of human beings, but also, we mustn&#8217;t think too lowly of a race of beings who are <strong>made in God&#8217;s image<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links for this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anna-3-cr.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44419\" style=\"width:320px;height:438px\" width=\"320\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anna-3-cr.png 366w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anna-3-cr-329x450.png 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"the original video (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F86zYRcfQvc&amp;t=53s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">the original video<\/a> <strong>(<a aria-label=\"other videos from the 2022 UCA Conference (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLr38agbhEado2o0kvq99cgulVCGzKfgmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">other videos from the 2022 UCA Conference<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UCA Podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/6-working-at-the-colson-center-anna-brown\">6. Working at the Colson Center &#8211; Anna Brown<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"all UCA Podcast episodes (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">all UCA Podcast episodes<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"The 2023 UCA Conference in Springfield, Ohio (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">The 2023 UCA Conference in Springfield, Ohio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compasslou.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Compass Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Compass Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"LHIM - Living Hope International Ministries (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/lhim.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">LHIM &#8211; Living Hope International Ministries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EccLoLWDN9I\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Christ Before Creeds - Dale Tuggy, Sean Finnegan, Anna Brown &amp; Jeff Deuble (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>Christ Before Creeds &#8211; Dale Tuggy, Sean Finnegan, Anna Brown &amp; Jeff Deuble<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-335-pastor-jeff-deubles-christ-before-creeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"podcast 335 \u2013 Pastor Jeff Deuble\u2019s Christ Before Creeds (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">podcast 335 \u2013 Pastor Jeff Deuble\u2019s Christ Before Creeds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/restitutio.org\/2021\/09\/09\/408-christ-before-creeds-book-jeff-deuble\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Restitutio Podcast 408 Christ before Creeds Book (Jeff Deuble) (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Restitutio Podcast 408 Christ before Creeds Book (Jeff Deuble)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week&#8217;s thinking music is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Marco_Trovatello\/Not_At_All\/01_-_Southfolk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Southfolk 1st Division (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Southfolk 1st Division<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Marco_Trovatello\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Marco Trovatello (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Marco Trovatello<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can a &#8220;mere&#8221; human being represent God on the earth? 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