Figure 2.5 Thus, sermon by sermon, as God’s people are aligned to the image of Christ displayed in each pericope, they become progressively more Christlike. Preaching, therefore, facilitates the conformation of the children of God into the image of the Son of God by the power of God. After all, that is God’s ultimate goal for his children, to be “conformed to the image [εἰκών, eikōn] of his Son” in his humanity (Rom. 8:29). I have, therefore, labeled this model of reading Scripture for preaching