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…
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What is the difference between the Swedenborgian and Oneness Pentecostal doctrines of God?
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
Faith Alone Is Not Faith
My post two weeks ago titled “Faith Alone Does Not Save . . . No Matter How Many Times Protestants Say It Does” drew a strong reaction. Most of the reaction was positive. But since the article assailed a fundamental defining and…
Tagged with: Christianity, faith, faith alone, faith in Jesus, faithfulness, Jesus Christ, Protestantism, salvation, service, sola fide, the Bible, truth
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Faith Alone Does Not Save . . . No Matter How Many Times Protestants Say It Does
“We are saved by faith alone.” The Bible doesn’t say it. In fact, the Bible rejects it. It was not part of Christian belief for the first 1,500 years of Christianity. Even today, only about one-fifth of Christians belong to…
Tagged with: Christianity, faith alone, faith in Jesus, Jesus Christ, John Calvin, Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon, Protestantism, salvation, sola fide, the Bible, The Law, the works of the Law
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
What is the Biblical Basis for Humans becoming Angels after they Die?
Many Christians, and many people living in predominantly Christian cultures, believe that people who die become angels. This belief is reflected in numerous popular novels and movies, such as the classic 1946 American movie It’s a Wonderful Life, in which…
Tagged with: angels, Christianity, Christianity StackExchange, Clarence, death, Emanuel Swedenborg, guardian angel, heaven, It's a Wonderful Life, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
What Kind of a King is That???
The King. For most people these days, it has an old-fashioned sound. Yes, there is still some royalty left in the world. But few of today’s royals have any real power. Today, the powerful people of the earth are called…
Tagged with: Christ, Christianity, Jesus Christ, judgment, justice, Messiah, Palm Sunday, Pilate, Pontius Pilate, spiritual kingdom, the Bible, the Triumphal Entry
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
“The World is Going to Hell in a Handbasket!”
“O tempora, o mores!” Marcus Tullius Cicero growled these famous words to the Roman senate in the first century BC to decry the deterioration of civilized society. “Oh the times!” he lamented. “Oh the standards!” Today, over two thousand years…
Tagged with: chaos, Christianity, Cicero, Hesiod, Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, new Jerusalem, o tempora o mores, Ovid, religion, science, spirituality, technology, what's the matter with kids today
Posted in Science Philosophy and History
Posted in Science Philosophy and History
God is Love . . . And That Makes All the Difference in the World
God is love. A nice sentiment. It’s the sort of thing those dreamy-eyed Christians say. But it’s not very practical. Or is it? Consider this: God created the universe. Now does the idea that God is love sound a little…
Tagged with: angry God, Christian doctrine, Christianity, Creation, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, God is love, God loves you, love, the Bible, the universe, wrathful God
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
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Great Truths on Great Subjects
By Jonathan Bayley
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