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A Psychological and Spiritual Review of Many Lives, Many Masters, by Brian Weiss

Recently a reader named Steve asked for my perspective on Dr. Brian Weiss’s book Many Lives, Many Masters. Specifically, he asked about the “past lives” of Dr. Weiss’s pseudonymous patient “Catherine.” This is my response after reading the book. (Note:…

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Can I Ask God to Extinguish My Consciousness?

We are created so that our inner self cannot die. We can believe in God and love God, which means we can have a relationship with God through faith and love. And having a relationship with God is living to…

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Can We Trust Anything Near-Death Experiencers Say?

Not long ago a reader named David submitted a Spiritual Conundrum to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life asking about near-death experiences (NDEs), why they’re so contradictory, and whether we can trust anything near-death experiencers (NDEers) say. He is also struggling…

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Will We Remember Loved Ones Who Go to Hell?

What if someone we love goes to hell? Will we still remember them? Won’t that kind of suck? That is the essence of some questions that a reader named Max asked in several recent comment threads here on Spiritual Insights…

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Will We Meet Christ In the Clouds?

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Olakunle Ilori: For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of…

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Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed

Mats “Ibelin” Steen: Heaven in a Video Game

On November 18, 2014, Mats “Ibelin” Steen ceased his daily thirty-minute run through the villages, fields, forests, hills, and valleys of a virtual world. From then on, he could do his daily run through the villages, fields, forests, hills, and…

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Posted in Current Events, Sports and Recreation, The Afterlife

What’s the Difference Between Time in Heaven and Time on Earth?

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Carl McGuire: What’s the difference between time in heaven and time on earth? Here on earth, the events of our lives unfold against a…

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Are Angels Sexless Beings?

In traditional Christian mythology, angels are sexless beings. The Bible disagrees with that mythology. In the Bible, angels are described as men. Not as generic, sexless human beings, but as men: male human beings. And if there are male angels,…

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Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife

What do “Biblically Accurate Angels” Look Like?

Oh yes, the memes are circulating! They show terrifying “biblically accurate angels” that look like four-headed, six-winged beasts, or like massive wheels inside of wheels, all covered with eyes. “Be not afraid!” the memes gleefully taunt! There’s only one problem.…

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The Ancestors in African Spirituality in Comparison with Swedenborg’s Experience of the Spiritual World

(Note: This post is a lightly edited version of a paper written in 2022 for an academic program at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. References for some quotations have been left in condensed academic format. For full publication…

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