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Marriage in Heaven: A Response to Jack Wellman

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Lee — 31 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Deeply Wounded: It’s me again. I came across this article by a man named Jack Wellman who appeals to the story to bluntly claim…

Tagged with: eternal marriage, heaven, Jack Wellman, lasting marriage, marriage, marriage in heaven, Marriage Love, relationships, Sadducees, the Bible
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife

What is an Angel of Death?

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Lee — 2 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Mpho Montsho: Let me share a question I was asked. It will be good to have you answer it on my behalf in depth:…

Tagged with: abaddon, angel of death, angels, apollyon, death, evil spirits, Satan, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Devil, the spiritual world
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed

Marriage in Heaven: A Response to Randy Alcorn and John Piper

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Lee — 67 Comments

In a comment posted here, a reader named Eric Breaux asked for my response to a couple of articles by two well-known Christian writers and preachers, Randy Alcorn and John Piper. You can read the articles here: Do You Think…

Tagged with: eternal marriage, heaven, John Piper, love, marriage, marriage in heaven, Randy Alcorn, relationships, Sadducees, the Bible
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife

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

Response to a Christian Universalist: Is There an Eternal Hell? Wouldn’t an All-Powerful God Save All People?

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Lee — 43 Comments

Christian universalism is the belief that all people will eventually be reconciled to God and be saved, and that there is therefore no eternal hell. It is not the belief that salvation is available to all people if they choose…

Tagged with: angels, Catholicism, Christian universalism, Christianity, God, heaven, hell, salvation, the Bible, The Catholic Church, the spiritual world, universalism
Posted in All About God, The Afterlife

Death and Rebirth: Conclusion

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Lee — 22 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 — 4 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 — 4 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
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife

Death and Rebirth, Chapter 2: Our First Stage After Death

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Lee — 6 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
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife

Death and Rebirth, Chapter 1: The Experience of Dying

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Lee — 12 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

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