Christ Can't Be Pictured: God is Not Like Art

By J. Virgil Dunbar

Pages

  • Home
  • J. Virgil Dunbar
  • Virgil's Writings
  • Virgil's Videos
  • Facebook

Virgil's Writings

Coauthored with Richard Bennett (.pdf)

  • “The Passion of Christ”: Mel Gibson’s Vivid Deception
  • Idolatry in the Evangelical Camp: Pictures of “Christ” or the Glory of God? (Audio)
  • Islam’s New Tactic Impacts Christianity

Miscellaneous (.pdf)

  • WHO IS THE GOD OF THE CULTS?
  • GOD AND THE WORLD: ONE REALITY OR TWO? On “Monism Vs. Monotheism”
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Home
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Search This Blog

Order from Amazon
BOOK CONTENTS
  • Review of Virgil Dunbar’s book: Why Christ Can’t Be Pictured: God Is Not Like Art
  • An Overview of This Book

PART ONE: POWER OF THE PICTURES

  • Chapter One: Everybody Uses Them (How, Who, Why)
  • Chapter Two: Psychological Power of Imprinted Pictures

PART TWO: THEOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF USING PICTURES TO REPRESENT CHRIST

  • Chapter Three: The Deity of Christ
  • Chapter Four: Is the Bible an adequate Revelation of Christ ...?
  • Chapter Five: Pictures To Represent Christ Communicate Monism

PART THREE: LAW AND GOSPEL AGAINST USING IMAGES MADE TO REPRESENT GOD

  • Chapter Six: Second Commandment Forbids Making Images to Represent God
  • Chapter Seven: The Golden Calves: False Pictures of Christ
  • Chapter Eight: The Holiness of Jesus Makes Him Unpictureable
  • Chapter Nine: Pictures to Represent Christ Are Idolatrous By Definition

PART FOUR: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS AND OBJECTIONS

  • Chapter Ten: “Don’t Biblical Anthropomorphisms Legitimize Making Images of God?”
  • Chapter Eleven: Man Was Created in the Image of God
  • Chapter Twelve: “But They Are Just Symbols!”

PART FIVE: CHURCH HISTORY: CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO VIEWS OF IMAGES

  • Chapter Thirteen: The Church’s First Tradition Rejected Images to Represent Jesus
  • Chapter Fourteen: The Early Church Leaders Opposed Deity Images
  • Chapter Fifteen: The Incarnation in Light of the Christological Councils
  • Chapter Sixteen: How the Catholic Church Adopted Deity Images
  • Chapter Seventeen: Reformed Worship Got Rid of Forbidden Images
  • Chapter Eighteen: Some Reasons Why the Modern Church Now Uses Deity Images
  • Chapter Nineteen: Revelation, Idolatry, and the Third Millennium
❦
Bible Options
Logos Bible Software
Bible Study Software
Christ Can't Be Pictured: God is Not Like Art © J. Virgil Dunbar. Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.