Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) rejected the traditional Christian doctrine of a Trinity of Persons in God (see: “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”). But, traditional Christians commonly ask, if Jesus and the Father are not different persons of God, then why do…
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If Jesus Christ is the One God, Why Did He Talk and Pray to the Father?
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, glorification, God, Immaculate Conception, Jesus Christ, Mary, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Trinity, Virgin Birth
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Was Jesus Christ Human from Mary, or Human from God?
(Note: This is an edited version of a response I recently wrote to some questions on an LDS (Mormon) discussion site here.) God is human. In fact, God is the only truly and fully human being. Genesis 1:26-27 says: Then God said, “Let us…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, Mary, redemption, Swedenborg, the Divine Humanity, the Father, the Incarnation
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
What about Violent Religions? Is God Really Bloodthirsty and Vengeful?
A reader named Jen left this comment on the recent article, What is the Wrath of God? So here is my question: You believe the parts in the Bible about God’s love and God is Love, and all the feel…
Tagged with: angry God, bloodthirsty God, God, Heaven and Hell, religion, religious violence, spirituality, the Bible, violence, violent God, war
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
What is the Wrath of God? Why was the Old Testament God so Angry, yet Jesus was so Peaceful?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Garret: One question that I don’t think you addressed sufficiently in the articles I have seen so far is this: How do you explain…
Tagged with: anger, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, love, punishment, spirituality, the Bible, the wrath of God, WPLongform, wrath
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
What is the Biblical basis for disbelief in the doctrine of the Trinity?
The theological basis for this article This answer is based on the Bible interpretations and Christian theology put forth by Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). This theology is not unitarian as that is usually defined, because Swedenborg stated that the Father, Son, and…
Tagged with: Arianism, Athanasian Creed, Christianity, doctrine of the Trinity, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, modalism, the Bible, the Trinity, trinitarianism, Trinity of Persons, unitarianism
Posted in All About God
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What is the difference between the Swedenborgian and Oneness Pentecostal doctrines of God?
Most Christian churches today, encompassing the vast majority of Christians, teach that God consists of a Trinity of three Persons called the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This doctrine emerged with the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, and…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, Father, Father Son and Holy Spirit, God, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, modalism, Oneness Pentecostalism, Sabellianism, Son
Posted in All About God
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According to Emanuel Swedenborg, will a good person who rejects Jesus go to Heaven?
From the perspective of Swedenborg’s theology, this is a trick question. Technically, according to Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), anyone who rejects Jesus (“the Lord,” as Swedenborg refers to him) cannot go to heaven. However, Swedenborg’s definition of “rejecting the Lord” is…
Tagged with: Christianity, Christus Victor, Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Jesus Christ, Penal Substitution, religion, salvation, Satisfaction Theory, the Bible, Trinity of Persons
Posted in All About God, The Afterlife
Posted in All About God, The Afterlife
The Logic of Love: Why God became Jesus
I want to talk to you about a subject that is near and dear to my heart. It is also at the heart Christian belief. Though it is delivered in the form of an article, you can think of it…
Tagged with: atheism, Christian belief, Christianity, God, Jesus Christ, love, materialism, religion, skepticism, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
What Kind of a King is That???
The King. For most people these days, it has an old-fashioned sound. Yes, there is still some royalty left in the world. But few of today’s royals have any real power. Today, the powerful people of the earth are called…
Tagged with: Christ, Christianity, Jesus Christ, judgment, justice, Messiah, Palm Sunday, Pilate, Pontius Pilate, spiritual kingdom, the Bible, the Triumphal Entry
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
God is Love . . . And That Makes All the Difference in the World
God is love. A nice sentiment. It’s the sort of thing those dreamy-eyed Christians say. But it’s not very practical. Or is it? Consider this: God created the universe. Now does the idea that God is love sound a little…
Tagged with: angry God, Christian doctrine, Christianity, Creation, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, God is love, God loves you, love, the Bible, the universe, wrathful God
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
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