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Oct 20, 2017 · John Kilner’s book Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God includes a discussion of the ethical treatment of disabled persons based on his view of the image of God in human beings. Kilner contends that we need to revisit historic views of the image as having been “damaged,” “destroyed,” or “diminished” by sin.
- Brad F Mellon
- 2017
John F. Kilner (born August 12, 1952) is a bioethicist who held the Franklin and Dorothy Forman endowed chair in ethics and theology at Trinity International University, where he was also Professor of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture and Director of Bioethics Degree Programs.
John Kilner. John Kilner (1792-1859) invented the Kilner jar along with his associates. He set up a business that was the forerunner of Kilner Brothers. 1792 Born at Wooldale the son of Jonas Kilner and his wife Mary Buckley. 1815 Married at Wakefield to Alice Horne and they had four sons and four daughters. 1818 Birth of son Caleb Kilner.
Walter John Kilner MRCP (1847–1920) was a British medical electrician at St. Thomas Hospital, London. There, from 1879 to 1893, he was in charge of electrotherapy. He was also in private medical practice, in Ladbroke Grove, London. He wrote papers on a range of subjects but is today best remembered for his late study The Human Atmosphere.
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The church does have something to say. It’s called imago Dei, or “the image of God,” and it originates in Genesis 1:27: “God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” And it proved essential to the Civil Rights Movement of a previous generation, according to Dr. Carl Ellis, Jr., 69. Ellis is...
If we are going to reclaim and celebrate imago Dei, we must follow the lead of the key biblical texts. After the recent post-shooting protests in Tulsa and Charlotte, I called Dr. John F. Kilner for his help. Kilner serves as professor of bioethics and contemporary culture and is the director of Trinity International University’s Bioethics Programs...
Christians often speak about how humans are “image-bearers,” but this is a misleading way to say it, Kilner told me. The image of God is not found in the interior of our bodies, and it’s not located in our rational or creative powers. Instead, he said, referencing 2 Corinthians 4:4 and Colossians 1:15, “The image of God isJesus Christ.” General man...
This insight makes sense of why the Bible never says that sin erase, distorts, warps, or lessens the fact that we are made according to God’s image. Kilner repeats this point over and over so we will not miss it. “If Christ is God’s image, then God’s image isn’t damaged by sin or the fall. And even people’s status as being created according to that...
In the meantime, Psalm 8 remains a beautiful coronation song to celebrate the dignity of humanity. But even it is not a celebration of the great capacities and abilities of fallen humanity. Quite the opposite. Psalm 8 is a royal song with a chorus that asks us to consider, in comparison to God himself, “What is man that you are mindful of him, and ...
But this also means that Adam and Eve, made according to God’s image, and still living in an unfallen creation, also had a glorious destiny. Even sinless Adam and sinless Eve were not created as the image of God. No, they had a destiny, to move toward a spiritual body that was imperishable according to the archetype of the glorified Christ (to come...
The church must celebrate the nobility of mankind as a settled principle, but we cannot stop there. Speaking of the dignity of mankind does not replace the gospel; it opens the door wide for it. As Paul writes, in calling forth our honesty, “Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the ...
Every human being is made according to God’s image. “Human dignity — respect and protection for all people — depends on every person having that status,” he says. “And where this is celebrated, the church’s platform becomes powerful. It’s why Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said, ‘There are no gradations in the image of God. Every man from a trebl...
To sum it up, Christ is the image. We are not the image. We are made according to the imageof God (Christ). The image of God is not damaged or distorted, but our humanity is distorted by sin. In Christ, our humanity is restored by his grace, aimed at his glory, and resurrected by his power. And under this point, we are free to proclaim that every h...
Dignity and Destiny is a masterful treatment of the imago Dei doctrine. John Kilner, in this magnum opus, advances the discussion through careful historical and biblical research on one of the most significant and complicated areas in the history of theology. While not a particularly constructive work, the reader will benefit from Kilner’s comprehensive treatment of the subject. In the ...
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John F. Kilner. Emeritus Professor of Bioethics. John F. Kilner, PhD was formerly the Franklin Forman Chair of Ethics, Professor of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture, and the Director of Bioethics Degree Programs. From the 1994 founding of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity until 2005, Dr. Kilner served as the Center’s President and CEO.
