In a recent post titled, “Do the Teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg take Precedence over the Bible?” I wrote: If any truth were to come to us direct from God, we wouldn’t be able to understand it. Pure truth as it…
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How God Speaks in the Bible to Us Boneheads
Tagged with: Christianity, God, golden calf, Judaism, Moses, Mount Sinai, religion, spiritual meaning, stone tablets, the Bible, The Ten Commandments, the voice of God
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Do the Teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg take Precedence over the Bible?
Here is a question that a reader named Lara asked in a comment on the article, “Did Jesus Really Die to Pay the Penalty for our Sins?”: I was wondering why so much of your site and the large majority…
A Christian Movie Review of Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah”
(Warning: major movie plot spoilers below) First, the disclaimer: Darren Aronofsky’s movie Noah is not faithful to the Bible story. If your primary interest is to see a dramatization of the Bible narrative of Noah and the Ark as told…
The Bible Says It, and I Believe It!
I’ve written a new article on Christian Beliefs that the Bible Does Teach. It is a companion piece to my previous article, “Christian Beliefs” that the Bible Doesn’t Teach. This new article is meant to show that the basic beliefs…
Tagged with: cease to do evil, Christian beliefs, Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, evil, faith, faith and works, God, Jesus Christ, learn to do good, spirituality, the Bible, there is one God
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Bible Study Notes, by Anita S. Dole
Practical and spiritual Bible lessons for all ages In the early 1950s, Anita S. Dole completed a graded set of Bible Study Notes intended for use in Swedenborgian Sunday Schools. Since then, they have become popular with Bible students all…
Did Jesus Really Die to Pay the Penalty for our Sins?
One day some years ago, a fundamentalist Christian tract came through the mail slot. I almost tossed it out. But out of curiosity, I gave it a read-through. It’s a typical piece. And it pushes an old “Christian belief” that…
Tagged with: belief, Christianity, crucifixion, faith, faith and works, fundamentalism, God, heaven, Jesus Christ, salvation, sin, the Bible, Vicarious Atonement
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
The Bible Doesn’t Say It!
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…
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
Good News of Great Joy
At Christmastime, Christians celebrate the greatest event that has ever taken place—the greatest event that ever will take place. It is not a victory in war. It is not a world championship in sports. It is not a triumph of…
Tagged with: Advent, baby Jesus, Christianity, Christmas, God, great events, Jesus Christ, love, religion, spirituality, the Incarnation
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
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
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Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
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