BIB 222: Image Bearers
Read Scripture from Genesis to Revelation through what it says about being made in God's image.
Course Description
BIB 222 takes a single biblical thread — humanity made in the image of God — and follows it through the whole canon. The course traces what Scripture says about being an image-bearer from creation through fall, redemption, and new creation, treating the whole Bible as one connected story about God and the people He made.
Along the way, you'll work through the historical, cultural, theological, and personal contexts that shape each part of the narrative. Systematic theological truths, apologetic tools, and hermeneutical principles are built into the course rather than treated as separate topics. The goal isn't just to know what Scripture says about humanity — it's to see how that understanding speaks to questions of dignity, identity, and culture today.
BIB 222 is the second course in ACU's four-part thematic biblical theology sequence (after BIB 221 The Relational God, before BIB 321 Dwelling in God's Presence and BIB 322 The King and His Kingdom).
Prerequisites
- None
Learning Outcomes
Trace the Image-Bearer Theme
Follow what Scripture says about humanity from creation through new creation.
Apply Biblical Theology
Read Scripture as a single unfolding narrative about God and image-bearers.
Engage Systematic Truths
Connect the image-bearer theme to doctrines of anthropology, sin, and redemption.
Practice Hermeneutics and Apologetics
Defend and interpret the biblical view of humanity in conversation with contemporary alternatives.
Connect Theme to Life
Apply the image-bearer theme to current questions of dignity, identity, and culture.
Biblical Worldview Connection
A Biblical Worldview begins with what people are — image-bearers of God. BIB 222 makes that conviction the working lens for reading Scripture, then turns the same lens on contemporary debates about human worth, identity, and the cultural moment. The integration isn't a sidebar; it's the course.
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