This episode is the supplemental material referenced in Part 2 of the "Images of Christ and the Second Commandment" series. In this Sunday school recording, Pastor Adam Parker traces the history of images in the church from the early fathers through the Iconoclast controversy of the 8th century. He examines how the church's original opposition to images gradually gave way as paganism entered the church, and walks through the theological arguments on both sides leading up to the Second Council of Nicaea in 787 AD.

This podcast is a ministry of Evergreen Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Beaverton, Oregon. For more information on Evergreen Presbyterian Church visit our website at evergreenpca.com. If you are in the Beaverton area, join us for worship on Sunday mornings at 9:30am.

Pastors Adam Parker and Matthew Poole continue a two-part series on making images of Jesus. In this second episode, they approach the topic theologically and historically. Drawing on Deuteronomy 4 and the 754 AD Council of Hieria, they argue that any depiction of Christ forces the artist into one of two ancient heresies: Nestorianism or monophysitism. They also address The Chosen and why the Reformed opposition to images is not a Reformation novelty, but a recovery of the position held by the early church fathers.

This podcast is a ministry of Evergreen Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Beaverton, Oregon. For more information on Evergreen Presbyterian Church visit our website at evergreenpca.com. If you are in the Beaverton area, join us for worship on Sunday mornings at 9:30am.

Pastors Adam Parker and Matthew Poole begin a two-part series on making images of Jesus. In this first episode, they approach the topic pastorally, sharing their own backgrounds with images of Christ in film, art, and church settings, and exploring why even well-intentioned depictions fall short. They discuss what the Westminster Larger Catechism teaches about the sins forbidden in the Second Commandment and make the case that images of Christ offer little practical benefit while training the mind on something invented rather than revealed. The next episode will take a deeper theological dive into why an image of Christ is an image of God and why making one leads inevitably into heresy.

This podcast is a ministry of Evergreen Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Beaverton, Oregon. For more information on Evergreen Presbyterian Church visit our website at evergreenpca.com. If you are in the Beaverton area, join us for worship on Sunday mornings at 9:30am.