The Hunger for Significance: Seeing the Image of God in Man
Overview
Every human being wants to be treated with dignity and worth. When we aren’t respected, we suffer. Though it can be taken to a sinful extreme, this desire for respect isn’t wrong. In fact, it reflects a deep-down awareness that we are made in the image of God. We ought to be treated with honor and compassion—and, even more importantly, we ought to treat others the same way.
Dr. Sproul’s reflections on dignity, image bearing, and respect get to the heart of our search for personal worth. What would it mean for us to truly love and honor one another, forsaking apathy, prejudice, and even hatred? By shedding light on the many obstacles to dignity—in the home, school, hospital, prison, church, and workplace—Sproul points us to new ways of loving and serving one another. As we value one another in these key fronts, the whole of human dignity is elevated.
- Examines the obstacles to dignity—in the home, school, hospital, prison, church, and the workplace
- Points us to new ways of loving and serving one another
- Reflects on dignity, image bearing, and respect
- Title: The Hunger for Significance: Seeing the Image of God in Man
- Author: R. C. Sproul
- Publisher: P&R
- Publication Date: 2020
- Pages: 264
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Topic: Theology
R. C. Sproul (1939– 2017) was a respected teacher, theologian, pastor. He was the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries where he served as executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Sproul held degrees from Westminster College, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary, Free University of Amsterdam, and Whitefield Theological Seminary. He taught at several colleges and seminaries including Reformed Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary. He served as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, in Sanford, Florida. Sproul’s teaching can be heard daily on the ‘Renewing Your Mind’ radio broadcast which plays in over 40 countries.
Sproul wrote over 70 books and articles including the classic The Holiness of God and several theological articles in Tabletalk magazine.