Any culture at war with God is at war with man, because man images God. To hate God is to love death. As our culture's affinity for abortion demonstrates, we live in a culture of death. Man is the likeness of God (although sin has heavily distorted that likeness), and anyone who suppresses that truth distorts, murders, and deceives. This confusion coupled with anemic preaching on this doctrine has created anemic Christians, ill-equipped to combat this culture of death.

The purpose of this paper is not to outline fully the effects of a skewed understanding of man's origin, nor is it to "break new ground" on the biblical understanding of man as God's image-bearer. Instead, we will review the biblical treatment of man bearing the image of God in every facet, the Creator God who defines and determines all in all.