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The Kingdom of Heaven is Near!

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Lee — 8 Comments

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!” (Matthew 4:17)

Tagged with: Christian sermons, Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Heaven and Hell, Parables of the Kingdom, Sermons, spiritual meaning, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, Swedenborgian sermons, the Bible
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed

Introduction: On Earth as it is In Heaven

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Lee — Leave a comment

Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10)

Tagged with: Christian sermons, Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Heaven and Hell, Jesus Christ, Sermons, spirituality, Swedenborg, Swedenborgian sermons, the Bible, the Lord's Prayer
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On Earth as it is In Heaven, by Lee Woofenden – Online Edition

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Lee — Leave a comment

Dear Readers, In 2005 I published a book containing a series of sermons that I had preached a couple of years earlier. Here is the description from the back cover (links added): On Earth as it is In Heaven Reflections…

Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, Gospel of Matthew, heaven, Heaven and Hell, Jesus Christ, parables, Parables of the Kingdom, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, Swedenborg
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed

The Extreme Weakness of Faith Alone and Penal Substitution

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Lee — 10 Comments

A recent comment on the article, “What is the biblical basis against Sola Fide (salvation by faith alone, apart from works)?” led to a multi-part question by a regular reader of this blog named Rami. You can read his comment…

Tagged with: Christianity, faith alone, flat earth theory, Jesus Christ, justification, Penal Substitution, Protestantism, R. C. Sproul, salvation, sola fide, the Bible, Thomas Schreiner
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Death and Rebirth: Conclusion

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Lee — 25 Comments

For Chapter 4, click here. As the rock group The Police say in their song of the same title, “We are spirits in the material world.” While the hope of an afterlife certainly fuels our fascination with near-death experiences, we…

Tagged with: death and dying, Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell, near-death experiences, rising from death, spiritual rebirth, Swedenborg, the spiritual world
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife

Death and Rebirth, Chapter 4: Our Third Stage After Death

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Lee — 19 Comments

For Chapter 3, click here. Near-death experiencers who meet the being of light say that this being emphasizes love and learning as the most important things in life. The love must come from within, but much of our learning comes…

Tagged with: angels, death, death and dying, Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell, near-death experiences, spiritual rebirth, Swedenborg, the spiritual world, the world of spirits
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife

Death and Rebirth, Chapter 3: Our Second Stage After Death

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Lee — 23 Comments

For Chapter 2, click here. After we die we initially go back to an outward lifestyle similar to the one we had before we died. But that doesn’t last long. Soon our outer layers start getting peeled away one by one,…

Tagged with: death, death and dying, Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell, near-death experiences, spiritual rebirth, Swedenborg, the spiritual world, the world of spirits
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Death and Rebirth, Chapter 2: Our First Stage After Death

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Lee — 38 Comments

For Chapter 1, click here. In his Forward to The Tibetan Book of the Dead John Woodroffe says: Life immediately after death is, according to this view, as Spiritists assert, similar to, and a continuation of, the life preceding it.…

Tagged with: death, death and dying, Emanuel Swedenborg, near-death experiences, spiritual growth, spiritual rebirth, Swedenborg, the spiritual world, the world of spirits
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Death and Rebirth, Chapter 1: The Experience of Dying

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Lee — 33 Comments

For the Introduction, click here. There is a difference between Swedenborg’s experience and the experiences of people who have come close to dying and have returned. When Swedenborg described the spiritual world and the process of dying in Heaven and…

Tagged with: angels, death, death and dying, Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell, near-death experiences, rising from death, spiritual growth, spiritual rebirth, Swedenborg, the spiritual world
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife

Can I be Saved if I Hate my Mother?

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Lee — 22 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Mary: Greetings, Lee. I have been an Eastern Orthodox Christian my entire life, despite brief forays into other denominations, even considering myself an agnostic…

Tagged with: Father, honor your father and your mother, love, mother, parenting, parents, relationships, The Ten Commandments
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth

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