{"id":4118,"date":"2008-08-26T00:10:22","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T00:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/08\/peter-kreeft.html"},"modified":"2008-08-26T00:10:22","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T00:10:22","slug":"peter-kreeft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/08\/peter-kreeft.html","title":{"rendered":"Peter Kreeft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Kreeft is a philosophy professor in Boston, which leads me to the unevidenced assumption that he&#8217;s a Boston Red Sox fan. Whether he is or not, though, this statement about the perichoretic relationship of humans with God is profound. What do you think?<br \/>\n&#8220;The self is like a baseball. Throw it back to the divine pitcher who pitched it to you in the first place, and the game of love goes on. Hold it, and the game is over. 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