Eikon: what does it even mean

I flipped through past posts and don't think I've ever explained what "Eikon" even means and why we, well Tony, chose it.

There is a verse in the Bible that says that once we turn our lives over to God, we begin the process of becoming "transformed into his image." What does that even mean?

It's a long-term project to be sure, but over time, Christ-followers should in fact begin to look less like themselves and more like Christ.

On an ever-increasing basis, Christ-followers should be abandoning their self-seeking viewpoints and taking on heaven's perspective. They should be loosening the grip on self-centerdness that plagues this culture and instead looking for ways to serve others. They should be resisting the temptation to judge and seizing more and more opportunities to give grace instead.

That is what Eikon literally means in Greek. "Made in the image, or likeness of God."

This flies in the face of what our culture subliminally communicates every day. In an image-driven culture, why not reflect the only true image, that of Christ.