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2022-12-22T15:46:45-08:00

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O Come Emmanuel

Last updated on: December 22, 2022 at 3:46 pm By Ted Peters

The Advent hymn, O Come O Come Emmanuel, unites today's Christians by giving them ancient Israel's history. Giving histories, rather than taking histories away, fuses horizons of understanding and a new sense of church unity emerges. Read more

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2023-01-21T10:41:37-08:00

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Did I lose my Self to Christian Freedom?

Last updated on: January 21, 2023 at 10:41 am By Ted Peters

Christian freedom, paradoxically, enhances libertarian freedom for loving the neighbor. Read more

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SR 44 Did I lose my Self to Christian Freedom?

2023-06-16T09:50:32-07:00

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Creating an AI Co-Creator? Philip Hefner’s Mind

Last updated on: June 16, 2023 at 9:50 am By Ted Peters

Could God's Created Co-Creator create an AI Co-Creator, thereby making humans into gods? What does Philip Hefner think? Read more

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2023-05-13T14:37:10-07:00

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Did I lose my Self to my Brain?

Last updated on: May 13, 2023 at 2:37 pm By Ted Peters

Brain and self. What's the relation? Can a neuroscientist rightly say that the self can be reduced to brain processes? Here we look at 5 models of the self to consider. Read more

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2022-12-06T11:25:56-08:00

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Did I lose my Self to Determinism?

Last updated on: December 6, 2022 at 11:25 am By Ted Peters

Consciousness and Neuroscience in a Physical World Did I lose my self to determinism? Not if we adopt a 3-Part Determinism ! Did I lose my self to determinism?[1] No. Not if we adopt 3-Part Determinism. Not if we affirm that the self itself is a determiner. In a previous post, “Did I lose my self to my brain?“, we listed five current models of the self: the self as (1) ego continuity; (2) confused higher self; (3) delusion; (4)... Read more

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2023-05-13T14:05:09-07:00

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Did I lose my inborn sense of God to Atheism?

Last updated on: May 13, 2023 at 2:05 pm By Ted Peters

Our inborn sensus divinitatis touted by John Calvin and Friedrich Schleiermacher seems to be threatened by neuroscience or, more precisely, by materialistic determinism. Atheists like this. Yet, the reality is that it takes a herculean effort to to expunge our hard-core common sense openness to divine transcendence. Read more

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2023-05-07T18:15:06-07:00

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A Picture of God

Last updated on: May 7, 2023 at 6:15 pm By Ted Peters

Alice Rose, age 6, drew a picture of God smiling. Why? Because God loves the world. Read more

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2023-07-04T21:08:57-07:00

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Anthea Butler, Public Theology, and Social Media

Last updated on: July 4, 2023 at 9:08 pm By Ted Peters

Anthea Butler, known for her work in racial justice, reminds public theologians to get with social media. Read more

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2022-11-23T16:35:27-08:00

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Thanksgiving Food Theology

Last updated on: November 23, 2022 at 4:35 pm By Ted Peters

Food theologian Norman Wirzba raises our consciousness: we live with animals! Brian Brosovic raises our thanksgiving. Read more

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2023-12-19T15:11:05-08:00

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Jack London 7: The Red One

Last updated on: December 19, 2023 at 3:11 pm By Ted Peters

Jack London's short story of 1916, "The Red One," looks uncannily like Ancient Astronaut TV programs today. Are space aliens coming to jump start human evolution so that we can evolve from wolves into saints? Read more

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