I’ve written a new article on “Christian Beliefs” that the Bible Doesn’t Teach. Its purpose is to show that many old, traditional, and common “Christian beliefs” are not actually taught in the Bible, even though many people think they are. This…
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The Bible Doesn’t Say It!
Tagged with: biblical inerrancy, Christian beliefs, Christianity, faith, faith alone, fundamentalism, God, Jesus Christ, pay the penalty, the Bible, the Trinity, Trinity of Persons, Vicarious Atonement
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
To Train Up A Child, or: Spare the Rod? What Rod?
On October 29, 2013, Larry and Carri Williams of Sedro Woolley, Washington, were sentenced to 28 and 37 years in prison, respectively, for causing the death of their adopted daughter Hana Williams just after midnight on May 12, 2011. She…
Tagged with: behaviorism, corporal punishment, fundamentalism, Hana Alemu, Hana Alemu Williams, Hana Williams, Hanna Williams, Larry and Carri Williams, Lydia Schatz, Michael and Debi Pearl, Michael Pearl, punishment, Sean Paddock, spanking, spare the rod and spoil the child, To Train Up A Child, violence
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
How does Jesus Appear to Us? Can We See God Face to Face?
Last month a Swedenborg reader named Nevada Sample submitted a spiritual conundrum about how Jesus appears to human beings and to angels. Here is a shortened version of what he wrote, focusing on his questions: I have just read your…
Tagged with: angels, Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, God With Us, Jesus Christ, religion, spiritual sun, spirituality, sun of heaven, the Bible, the Transfiguration, vision of Christ
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Wrestling with Angels: When “Good Enough” is Not Good Enough
Huh? Wrestling with angels? Aren’t angels supposed to be the good guys? Don’t they go around spreading love and light and all that wonderful stuff? Yes, angels are beings of love and light. But as portrayed in the Bible, angels…
The Bible: Literal Inerrancy vs. Divine Depths of Meaning
Here is a comment that a reader named Ben made on my article, “Can We Really Believe the Bible?”: We can definitely believe the Bible. There is no denying that careful interpretation and context are important, but there is no…
What is the History and Importance of Bethel in the Bible?
Here is a spiritual conundrum posed by loganfields2: Could you please explain to me in one of your posts the history of, and the importance of Bethel in the Bible! I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks for the question, loganfields2.…
Tagged with: Abraham, Bethel, God, Holy Land, Israel, Jacob, Jacob's Ladder, spiritual journey, spiritual meaning, spirituality, stairway to heaven, the Bible, unconditional love
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
What is the Sin of Sodom?
The sin of Sodom? That’s obvious, isn’t it? No, it’s not. The Bible does tell us what the sin of Sodom was . . . and it’s not what you’re thinking! In the book of Ezekiel, God says: Now this…
Tagged with: Christianity, evil, fundamentalism, gang rape, homosexuality, rape, sex, sin of Sodom, Sodom, Sodom and Gomorrah, spirituality, the Bible, violence
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Why Didn’t Moses Lead God’s People into the Holy Land?
That’s right. Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, and all through the desert, but Moses did not lead God’s people into the Holy Land. Why not? That’s the subject of a spiritual conundrum posed by darcydee: My question to…
Tagged with: Christianity, Egypt, God, Holy Land, Joshua, Moses, religion, Sinai, spirituality, the Bible, The Law, The Ten Commandments, water from the rock
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Don’t Look Back! Press Onwards and Upwards!
Nostalgia never seems to go out of style. Twenty- and thirty-somethings relive their carefree days of high school and college. Forty- and fifty-somethings yearn for their years of young adulthood, before their shoulders were weighed down with heavy burdens of…
Tagged with: Abraham, Dead Sea, don't look back, Exodus, freedom, Lot, Lot's wife, onwards and upwards, pillar of salt, seven spirits, slavery, Sodom and Gomorrah, the Bible
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
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