The disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Jesus called a little child, and had the child stand in front of them. He said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change…
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God’s Children
Tagged with: children, children of God, fighting, parenting, parents, sibling rivalry, war
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth
Facing our Demons of Darkness, Depression, and Mental Illness – Part 2
In Part 1 we looked at the issue of mental illness through the lens of the story of Jesus healing a demon-possessed man in Mark 5:1–20. One of the points made in that article was that mental illness is not some…
Tagged with: Christianity, demon possession, Jesus Christ, mental health, mental illness, pain, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, Swedenborg, the Bible
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Facing our Demons of Darkness, Depression, and Mental Illness – Part 1
These days we don’t talk much about demon possession. Yes, popular horror films such as The Exorcist, with their graphic portrayals of demonic possession, do make the rounds in our culture. But most respected health professionals think that a belief…
Tagged with: demon possession, demonic possession, exorcism, Jesus Christ, mental health, mental illness, spiritual meaning, spirituality, Swedenborg, the Bible
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Is There a Common Theme in All Religions?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Mike: I believe in God. But I don’t really know why. How can this be reconciled? I was saved as a Christian but I…
Tagged with: Buddhism, Christianity, God, Hinduism, interfaith, love, neighbor, religion, spirituality, world religions
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Marriage in the Resurrection: The Deeper Meaning
Are you in a happy marriage that you hope will continue forever in heaven? Has your beloved husband or wife died, and you hope and pray that you will be able to rejoin him or her when it comes your…
Tagged with: angels, Emanuel Swedenborg, eternal marriage, heaven, love, marriage, marriage in heaven, relationships, spiritual marriage, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
The Myth of Ownership: A Thanksgiving Reflection
One of the most powerful and enduring fictions of human society is the idea that we can own things. A large part of our legal, civil, and social system is based on property ownership and the right to possess what…
Tagged with: Creation, God, human law, nature, ownership, property, property ownership, spirituality, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, the human body, wealth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Dani Mathers, Body-Shaming, and How to Develop Beauty
Dani Mathers, the 2015 Playboy Playmate of the Year, is in trouble. She is facing possible jail time. In July, 2016, she accidentally posted publicly on Snapchat a selfie in which she feigns shock next to a surreptitiously taken photo…
Tagged with: beautiful people, beauty, body-shaming, Dani Mathers, Dani Mathers Snapchat, inner beauty, physical beauty, spiritual beauty, spiritual rebirth, spirituality
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
The Meaning and Power of Baptism
Two Spiritual Conundrums have been submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life on the subject of baptism. First by a reader named Harshit Anjalika Murmu: Hello sir, I liked your website very much. I want to ask a question about…
Tagged with: baptism, born again, Christianity, circumcision, Emanuel Swedenborg, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, Jordan River, regeneration, religion, salvation, the Bible
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Serving the Neighbor: Simple yet Profound
Here at Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life we are constantly preaching about serving the neighbor. But what does that mean? It means many things. But it also means serving someone when you least expect it. Here’s an example that recently…
Tagged with: Aaran Daniels, autism, Gem Salter, love, neighbor, random acts of kindness, River Salter, service, spirituality
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
How Imagination and Fantasy Help our Spiritual Growth
This post is an edited version of part of a reply I wrote to a comment by a reader named Boluwade Kujero on the article, “Is Masturbation Always Sinful? Does it Always Come from Lust?” My full comment responds to…
Tagged with: coveting, fantasy, imagination, lust, religion, sin, spiritual growth, spiritual rebirth, spirituality
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Posted in Spiritual Growth
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