God's Gender

How can God be male if both men and women are described as being made in God's image? Spoiler alert, I don't think God is male! Austin and I talk about what that means about God and what that has to do with us.

Want to learn more about it? Here are the sources I used as I researched this episode:

DiMattei, Steven. Genesis 1 and the Creationism Debate: Being Honest to the Text, its Author, and His Beliefs. 1st ed. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2016. EBSCOhost.

Kime, Joel. “Why We Need to See God as Both Father and Mother – Our Identity: In God, Part 2.” Engaging Scripture, 7 Jan. 2020, https://joelkime.com/2020/01/07/god-is-both-father-and-mother-our-identity-in-god-part-2/.

Peeler, Amy. Women and the Gender of God. Reprint, Eerdmans, 2022. https://www.perlego.com/book/3471978.

Where in the Bible are we looking?

Genesis 1 and 2

Isaiah 66:12-13

Matthew 23:37

NSRVUE Translation (guests may use other translations)