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In Greek philosophy, the soul is primarily self-consciousness.

That's really what separates us from the animals, self-consciousness.

But what's evident in the Bible is that what separates us from the animals is God-consciousness. But what's evident in the Bible is that what separates us from

the animals is God consciousness. Yes. We can talk about God and we can talk to God. We have a

relationship with God, a covenantal relationship. We're not just creatures of God, created by God,

doing what God made us to do.

We are creatures in relation to God, in a relationship with God.

The first inkling of life for Adam, when he was created from the dust of the ground, and God breathed in him the breath of life, was not self-consciousness, but consciousness of God. He was looking up at

his father who made him. And the first thing, beloved, those of you who die in Christ,

the first thing you'll see when you die

is the face of your father.

And so that God consciousness is what separates us from the animals.

Applying the riches of the Reformation to the modern church.

This is White Horse Zinn, a weekly roundtable discussion about theology and culture.

You know, I've been feeling much too chipper lately, so I began to listen to a series from the great courses called Death Dying in the Afterlife, just to pick up my spirits a little bit.

The teacher, Mark Berkson, teaches how we engage death from the perspective of a variety of cultures.

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