{"id":6282,"date":"2014-06-02T12:40:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T16:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=6282"},"modified":"2016-03-17T19:01:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T23:01:39","slug":"podcast-43-dr-stephen-r-holmes-on-god-and-humankind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-43-dr-stephen-r-holmes-on-god-and-humankind\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 43 \u2013 Dr. Stephen R. Holmes on God and humankind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3544\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6282-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities043.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities043.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities043.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities043.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=6282-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities043.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities043.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6284\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-1.png\" alt=\"Picture 1\" width=\"396\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-1.png 396w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-1-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-1-90x69.png 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><strong>Is God a self<\/strong> &#8211; a being capable of consciousness, knowledge, and choice, like us, but infinitely greater? Or is God a <strong>community<\/strong>, or a <strong>something<\/strong>-we-know-not-what?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Holmes&#8217;s language in his\u00a0book<\/strong>\u00a0 <a title=\"episode 42\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/archives\/6272\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Quest for the Trinity<\/em><\/a> made me think that he would answer: yes, God is a self, and not a community, or a mysterious Something. I took him to be a <strong>one-self trinitarian<\/strong>, and I ask him about that issue here. Is he? Well, it&#8217;s complicated!<\/p>\n<p>We also discuss\u00a0 the idea that humans are made in God&#8217;s <strong>image<\/strong> and likeness, pro-Nicene trinitarianism, Proverbs 8 and John 17:3.<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to<strong> <a title=\"episode 43 on youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3DHMd1VSa_M&amp;list=PLMCt15e8gG-g7t7wo9MCq9KSDSsvGNcsm&amp;feature=share&amp;index=42\" target=\"_blank\">this episode on youtube<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This and the last interviews are interesting contrasted with my two episodes with Dr. William Hasker, episodes <a title=\"episode 27\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/archives\/5962\" target=\"_blank\">27<\/a> and <a title=\"episode 28\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/archives\/5978\" target=\"_blank\">28<\/a>. There is also <a title=\"Is God a self?\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?s=is+god+a+self\" target=\"_blank\">a relevant series of posts<\/a> here at trinities from 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Dr. Holmes for a couple of really substantial discussions!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is God a self &#8211; a being capable of consciousness, knowledge, and choice, like us, but infinitely greater? Or is God a community, or a something-we-know-not-what? Dr. Holmes&#8217;s language in his\u00a0book\u00a0 The Quest for the Trinity made me think that he would answer: yes, God is a self, and not a community, or a mysterious&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-43-dr-stephen-r-holmes-on-god-and-humankind\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">podcast 43 \u2013 Dr. Stephen R. 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