Okay, this isn’t exactly late-breaking news, but it’s too good to pass up! Christians have been predicting the end of the world for, oh, about 2,000 years now. Science fiction writers have been creating doomsday scenarios for over a century.…
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The World is Coming to an End! . . . Says . . . Stephen Hawking?!?
Tagged with: Christianity, doomsday, God particle, Higgs boson, natural disasters, religion, science, Stephen Hawking, the Apocalypse, the end of the world
Posted in Science Philosophy and History
Posted in Science Philosophy and History
What is the biblical basis against Sola Fide (salvation by faith alone, apart from works)?
Here is a question that was asked on Christianity StackExchange, as linked at the end of this article: One of the key points of the Reformation was the doctrine of Sola Fide: that salvation is by faith alone, apart from…
Tagged with: Christianity, faith alone, faith in Jesus, Martin Luther, Protestantism, salvation, sola fide, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
What does it Mean to be Baptized with Water, the Holy Spirit, and Fire?
In Luke 3:16-17, John the Baptist says: I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit…
Is there Really a Devil? Why??
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Kayla Lynn: Dear Lee, I’ve been having a hard time discerning the rationality of the Devil. I do not fancy the idea of a…
Tagged with: angels, Christianity, demons, devils, evil, fallen angel, hell, Lucifer, Satan, the Bible, the Devil
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
What is the Biblical basis for disbelief in the doctrine of the Trinity?
The theological basis for this article This answer is based on the Bible interpretations and Christian theology put forth by Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). This theology is not unitarian as that is usually defined, because Swedenborg stated that the Father, Son, and…
Tagged with: Arianism, Athanasian Creed, Christianity, doctrine of the Trinity, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, modalism, the Bible, the Trinity, trinitarianism, Trinity of Persons, unitarianism
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
What is the difference between the Swedenborgian and Oneness Pentecostal doctrines of God?
Most Christian churches today, encompassing the vast majority of Christians, teach that God consists of a Trinity of three Persons called the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This doctrine emerged with the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, and…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, Father, Father Son and Holy Spirit, God, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, modalism, Oneness Pentecostalism, Sabellianism, Son
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
According to Emanuel Swedenborg, will a good person who rejects Jesus go to Heaven?
From the perspective of Swedenborg’s theology, this is a trick question. Technically, according to Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), anyone who rejects Jesus (“the Lord,” as Swedenborg refers to him) cannot go to heaven. However, Swedenborg’s definition of “rejecting the Lord” is…
Tagged with: Christianity, Christus Victor, Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Jesus Christ, Penal Substitution, religion, salvation, Satisfaction Theory, the Bible, Trinity of Persons
Posted in All About God, The Afterlife
Posted in All About God, The Afterlife
If you Don’t Believe in the Inerrancy of Scripture, on What Basis can you Interpret Scripture?
The doctrine of biblical inerrancy is very recent in Christian history First, let’s put biblical inerrancy into perspective. Two centuries or so ago, and for all of Christian history before that, not a single Christian church, denomination, or preacher held…
Tagged with: biblical inerrancy, Biblical literalism, Christianity, fundamentalism, inerrancy, literalism, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
The Logic of Love: Why God became Jesus
I want to talk to you about a subject that is near and dear to my heart. It is also at the heart Christian belief. Though it is delivered in the form of an article, you can think of it…
Tagged with: atheism, Christian belief, Christianity, God, Jesus Christ, love, materialism, religion, skepticism, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
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