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Why Does God Require our Love, Worship, and Praise? Is God Insecure?

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Lee — 17 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Cat: I am really puzzled by why God would require that Christians must love and worship him. I understand his requirement for us to…

Tagged with: Christianity, Creation, Emanuel Swedenborg, glory, God, love, praise, spirituality, Swedenborg, the Bible, worship
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed

Ruler of All Nations

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Lee — 7 Comments

(This article is a lightly edited version of a talk originally delivered on June 8, 2003.) Throughout recorded human history runs the thread of human beings trying to rule and control as much of this earth as we are able.…

Tagged with: Creation, divine law, divine power, God, government, human law, human power, military power, nations, power, war
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History

God is Love . . . And That Makes All the Difference in the World

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Lee — 8 Comments

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

Can God Fail?

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Lee — 9 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Achilles: I just read in one of your articles that before Jesus – God had sent many priests and prophets in an ATTEMPT to……

Tagged with: Creation, divine law, divine love, divine wisdom, failure, free will, God, nature of God, omnipotence, omniscience, religion, science, the universe
Posted in All About God

How can we have Faith when So Many Bad Things happen to So Many Good People? Part 2

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Lee — 62 Comments

Click here for Part 1 of this article. In Part 1, we talked about the painful struggles of life, our questioning of God, and how coming to realize that we don’t understand the way God runs this universe is a…

Viktor Frankl on Meaning through Relationship: It’s All About Love and Understanding

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Lee — 3 Comments

In the second part of Man’s Search for Meaning, psychiatrist and holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl lists three different ways we can find meaning in life: By creating a work or doing a deed By experiencing something or encountering someone By…

Secrets of Heaven, by Emanuel Swedenborg

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Lee — Leave a comment

What are the stories in Genesis about? Was the world really created in six days, or is there some deeper meaning? What about Adam and Eve? Noah and the Ark? How can we believe these stories in the first few…

Containers for God

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Lee — 25 Comments

This article is a sequel to the previous one, “Wavicles of Love.” If God is infinite, how can there be room for anything else? Wouldn’t everything just be a part of God? If God is infinite and therefore is present…

The Bible: Literal Inerrancy vs. Divine Depths of Meaning

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Lee — 31 Comments

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…

Divine Love and Wisdom, by Emanuel Swedenborg

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Lee — 9 Comments

How did God create the universe? What does the universe say about God . . . and about the human psyche? This highly philosophical work will expand the boundaries of your mind, revealing many deep mysteries of the cosmos, the…

Tagged with: cosmology, Creation, Divine Love and Wisdom, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, humanity, love, philosophy, psychology, religion, science, spirituality, wisdom
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