What It Means to Be Human

By: Mike Mazzalongo     Posted: Tue. Feb 24th
Discussion Questions
  1. Which part of the Genesis 2 sequence do you most identify with today–formation, work, choice, or relationship? Why?
  2. How does seeing the whole pattern of creation change your view of what it means to be human?
  3. In what ways can Christ restore in us the original wholeness that God intended in the beginning?
Sources
  • "What It Means to Be Human," interactive collaboration with ChatGPT-5 Instant (December 2025).
  • Leon Kass, The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis (Free Press, 2003).
  • David Schrock, "The Hill of Eden: Seeing the Topography of Genesis 2:4," Biblical Theology Blog (2024).
  • Joseph B. Soloveitchik, The Lonely Man of Faith (Doubleday, 1992).
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