Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Progressive Christian

2025-01-13T10:41:01-08:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Demons and UAP in the Pentagon?

Last updated on: January 13, 2025 at 10:41 am By Ted Peters

The talk of the UAP town is the new book by Luis Elizondo, "Imminent." Elizondo briefly alludes to evangelical apocalypticism within the Pentagon and those who believe that UFOs are demonic. Just how should we evaluate apocalyptic thinking in both the Pentagon and conservative Christianity? Read more

Politics and Religion

progressive Christian

2025-01-03T13:51:11-08:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

UAP in the Nation of Islam?

Last updated on: January 3, 2025 at 1:51 pm By Ted Peters

A heavenly voice speaking within a UFO abduction experience tells Louis Farrakhan to become the prime minister of the Nation of Islam. It is science in its more highly evolved extraterrestrial manifestation that consecrates and redeems here on Earth. On this count, the Nation of Islam shares something in common with the UFO contactees who brought us a heavenly message of peace on earth. Interesting, eh! Read more

Muslim

Technology and Religion

History and Religion

progressive Christian

2024-12-27T16:58:27-08:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

A UFO for Christmas?

Last updated on: December 27, 2024 at 4:58 pm By Ted Peters

Are space aliens more scientifically and technologically advanced than we on Earth? If so, and if they are visiting Earth in flying saucers or various other UAP, might they bring to our planet spcial gifts? Might aliens bring what we need most: world peace and a solution to our ecological problems? If so, then ETI might look a lot like Santa Claus? Are aliens really our celestial saviors? Read more

Technology and Religion

progressive Christian

2024-12-17T08:33:19-08:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Abundant Life and Death at School

Last updated on: December 17, 2024 at 8:33 am By Ted Peters

The Abundant Life Christian School witnessed one more devastating event in the history of human sin. Murder is a sin. Suicide might be. But certainly America suffers from a gargantuan social sin, namely, protecting gun sale profits at the cost of the life of precious children. Read more

Religious Events

Evangelical

Existential Questions

General Christian

progressive Christian

Abundant Life Christian School

2024-12-23T11:50:29-08:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Can AI become demon-possessed?

Last updated on: December 23, 2024 at 11:50 am By Ted Peters

When we ask whether AI can become possessed by a spirit sent by Satan, we might unnecessarily beflummox our minds with an detour into puzzlement over the relationship between disembodied spirits and machine intelligence. The straight path is to follow Leona’s Law of Evil: You know it’s the voice of Satan when you hear the call to shed innocent blood. Read more

Technology and Religion

Artificial Intelligence

General Christian

Interreligious

progressive Christian

Artificial Intelligence

demon

Devil

Satan

2024-11-12T17:45:53-08:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Faith Alone Belongs to the Gospel

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 5:45 pm By Ted Peters

I argue against Patheos columnist Dennis Knapp who contends that "justification by faith alone" is unbiblical and that Martin Luther was wrong for holding this view. In contrast I argue that faith alone justifies. But genuine faith is never alone. Love and hope keep faith company. Read more

History and Religion

progressive Christian

2024-11-10T20:56:44-08:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

We’re All Gonna Die, Right?

Last updated on: November 10, 2024 at 8:56 pm By Ted Peters

We're all gonna die, right? Millenial singer Jesse Welles terrorizes us with the prospect of death and the meaninglessness that haunts death. The gospel message of Jesus' Easter resurrection folowed by God's promise of our resurrection comes as good news. But it's so very hard to believe such news. It requires trust in spite of. Read more

Religious Music and Entertainment

Afterlife

Death

Existential Questions

General Christian

progressive Christian

William Cullen Bryant

2024-12-27T16:59:04-08:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

UAP, ETI, and David Bohm’s Physics

Last updated on: December 27, 2024 at 4:59 pm By Ted Peters

Scholar ufologist Jensine Andresen makes a coherent case that David Bohm's dialectic between the implicate and explicate order provides an explanation for both UAP and everything else as well. Read more

Technology and Religion

ETI

ontology

progressive Christian

2024-10-26T15:14:05-07:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

End Christian Nationalism

Last updated on: October 26, 2024 at 3:14 pm By Ted Peters

If Amanda Tyler's ideal pluralistic society would be governed by religious freedom, then Christian nationalists along with MAGA Republican evangelicals should be included. Not excluded. How should we go about that? Read more

Politics and Religion

Evangelical

General Christian

progressive Christian

anti-Christian nationalism

Christians Against Christian Nationalism

evangelicals

MAGA

Ted Peters

2024-11-12T20:28:15-08:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

The Public in Public Theology

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 8:28 pm By Ted Peters

Who is the 'public' in 'public theology'? We have a nice dialogue to report between Torsten Meireis at the Berlin Institute for Public Theology and Paul S. Chung, founder of the Putlic Theology in Forum Center. Both scholars agree that outside the Church Christians need to address the common good of many publics. Further, the public theologian must address directlu within each public stratification, discrimmination, and injustice. Read more

Politics and Religion

Christian Nationalism

General Christian

progressive Christian

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

I lift my eyes to the _________, where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD.

Select your answer to see how you score.

Sky Hills Heavens Seas

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Afterlife America in Crisis Ancient Alien Apocalypse Art Artificial Intelligence Astrobiology Astrotheology Atheism Big History Buddhist Catholic Christian Nationalism Christmas Comparative Theology Death Ecology Ethics ETI Evangelical Evolution Existential Questions Free Will General Christian Hermeneutics Hindu https://www.patheos.com/blogs/allsetfree/2020/12/sins-we-need-to-talk-about/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Christians+For+a+Better+Christianity&utm_content=43&lct Interreligious Islam Jewish Justice Latter-Day Saints Literature Literature and Theology Lutheran Methodism Mormonism Nonreligious ontology Orthodox Pagam Prayer progressive Christian PT 6 Dignity Public Theology Race racial justice Religious Liberty Romance Satan Scapegoat Science & Religion Science and Religion social justice Spirituality SR 8 Transhumanism Systematic Theology Taoism Ted Peters UAP UFO Uncategorized War

Select a Month September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Progressive Christian