Mrs. Smith: “But Jesus truly came in the flesh. Doesn’t forbidding images make Him seem less human?”

Dr. Perkins: Not at all. For the disciples, seeing Jesus wasn’t sinful—it was God’s gift in history. But for us to recreate Him is presumption. The Second Commandment doesn’t forbid sight of God when He gives it; it forbids us from demanding sight on our own terms. Christ’s humanity is not diminished when we obey Him—it’s honored, because we wait for the day when “they shall see his face” (Rev. 22:4). Read more»

Harrison Perkins | “Images of Christ: A Coffeehouse Conversation With Harrison Perkins” | December, 2025 (HT: Anthony Faggiano)

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  Harrison Perkins (PhD, Queen’s University Belfast; MDiv, Westminster Seminary California) is pastor of Oakland Hills Community Church (OPC), a member of the of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, a Senior Research Fellow at the Craig Center for the Study of the Westminster Standards,  online instructor in church history at Westminster Theological Seminary, a visiting lecturer in systematic theology at Edinburgh Theological Seminary, and author of Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction. You can read more from him at Pastor Perks.

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