Dave’s Monday Blast – October 13, 2025
I was reading an article from Josh McDowell, A CRU Ministry, recently entitled “The Consequences of Making God in Our Image”. The timing was interesting because my almost 4 year old granddaughter recently started Awanas at a local church, and her memory verse for last week was Genesis 1:31. Of course this defining passage, Genesis 1:26-31 speaks to the purpose of humankind. We are the only part of God’s creation that was designed to be a reflection of the Triune God throughout all of creation.
The author of the article is an apologist named Brock Anderson and begins with these comments: “A dangerous trend is accelerating in our culture among Christians and non-Christians alike. We are streaming hours of content that fill our screens and our minds with messages that celebrate the decay of truth, approve of all lifestyle decisions, and prescribe self-affirmation as the best medication for any metal or spiritual struggles. We bathe our minds in these messages for up to seven hours per day. The result is cultural influence on a scale never seen before. It’s not only rewiring our brains and impacting our view of the world around us, it is redefining and distorting our view of God. This is a problem worth understanding so we both realize the implications and know how to move forward.”
This problem of Making God in Our Image is classic Humanism and has been prevalent for generations. Throughout Psalm 50, God contrasts the righteous with the wicked in Israel and states how the behavior and worship of the wicked is horribly skewed because they willingly put themselves under the influence of ungodly nations. As a result, they’re worshipping God as they want Him to be instead of how He is. They are reciting His name and claiming His covenant promises while living in rebellion against Him. The way God calls out this problem is by stating in v. 21, “…you thought I was exactly like you…” This was the heart of their problem, and it’s at the heart of our problem too. The implications are disastrous!
The author goes on to describe what happens when we get God wrong. “Our infinite God has dozens of eternal and glorious attributes. The depths of each one could not be mined in a thousand lifetimes. However, the god created in our image has only one attribute worth considering. It is the anti-attribute of the God who is.”
The author continues: “The god presented in culture today is limited in power, knowledge, freedom, love, and ability. He conveniently conforms to you. His desires are limited to your desires. His plans are limited to your plans. His will is limited to your will. Ultimately, you are his god. This is fully alien to the God we find in Scripture. He shares His sovereignty with none (Isaiah 44:8), He is all powerful (Psalm 62:11), is Himself love (1 John 4:8), knows all (Hebrews 4:13), acts freely according to His pleasure (Isaiah 46:10), and works all things according to His will (Ephesians 1:11b).
A god who is limited can have exactly none of these attributes. This god is also a god who is unnecessary, especially for salvation. That kind of god fits nicely in our culture today because the prevailing conclusion from culture’s most streamed voices is that there is nothing from which we need to be saved. Everyone is a good person. Every worldview is correct. Every belief, as long as it’s sincere, is true. This is diametrically opposed to the truth we find in Scripture. We are in desperate need of salvation (Romans 3:23) (the very first verse my grandbaby memorized from Awanas); God alone is Savior (Isaiah 43:11); He has offered this salvation through Christ alone (John 6:44 & (John 14:6), and He saves us in the midst of our sin when we call upon Him (Romans 5:8) (this is second verse she memorized) and saves us to the uttermost (Hebrews 7:25).
Next week let’s chat about just how much our culture, and every culture around the world needs redirection from this sinful and disastrous Humanistic Worldview. Our author will suggest what step can we take to redirect culture to the truth of who God is.
