Announcing "In Living Color: Images of Christ and the Means of Grace"
Danny Hyde
6 Comments
Click here to read the Foreward by Joel Beeke, Table of Contents, and Introduction.
Endorsements
Danny Hyde has written an excellent piece on a very misunderstood subject. Through effective combination of biblical, theological, and confessional discussions, he has presented the Reformed view of the second commandment winsomely and attractively. He helpfully emphasizes not the negative prohibition of making images of God but the positive facts that God has revealed himself now so generously in Word and Sacrament and will one day reveal himself visibly in the most perfect and authentic way.
—David VanDrunen, Robert B. Strimple Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics, Westminster Seminary California
In these pages, Danny Hyde argues with great clarity against all images of Jesus as man-made media. He shows that all such images are abominated in Scripture and roundly rejected by the Reformed confessional heritage without exception. Hyde goes on to argue, however, that God does provide us with His “media”—the preaching of His Word and the administration of His sacraments.
—Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
Reader Comments (6)
Of course I jest. :-)
Any idea when it should be available in the UK?
If you contact the publisher, Reformed Fellowship, directly, they will ship one to you. Here is the contact info:
(616) 532-8510
reformedfellowship@yahoo.com
I finished it this morning, very good stuff. Whenever I am able to talk to people about this important issue I always try to make the point that we should be using God's appointed means but I hadn't read Gal 3:1 in that way before so that was great. I also draw their attention to the fact that Jesus is the image of the invisible God and we who are united to Jesus by faith become re-created into his image, an image of knowledge, righteousness and true holiness (Eph 4:24 & Col. 3:10) so in effect we are the living images of God having become "partakers of the divine nature".