As I was browsing headlines the other day, this title at LiveScience.com caught my attention: “A Politician’s Name & Face: Why a Good Match May Win Votes” How does someone’s name match their face, I wondered? As it turns out,…
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Is Your Spirit Rounded or Angular?
Tagged with: angels, Emanuel Swedenborg, faces, heaven, language, names, science, spirituality, Swedenborg, the spiritual world, vowels
Posted in Science Philosophy and History, The Afterlife
Posted in Science Philosophy and History, The Afterlife
If There Was No Literal Flood, What does the Ark Mean?
In his massive multi-volume work Secrets of Heaven, originally published in eight Latin volumes in London, 1749–1756, Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) states that the first chapters of Genesis, up to somewhere in the genealogy in Genesis 11 that leads to the stories…
Tagged with: children, developmental psychology, Emanuel Swedenborg, Noah, Noah and the Ark, Noah's Ark, spiritual meaning, spiritual rebirth, Swedenborg, the Bible, The Great Flood
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Why does God Harden our Hearts, and Why are We Held Responsible?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Steve: Dear Lee, Could you help answer this for me? Romans 9:14–23 speaks of God making vessels of honour and vessels of dishonour. Also…
Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, God, hardness of heart, omnipotence, salvation, spiritual meaning, spirituality, Swedenborg, the Bible, The Potter
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
God: Puppetmaster or Manager of the Universe?
Back when Isaac Newton reigned supreme in the world of physics, it was popular among scientists and philosophers to think of the universe as a vast machine grinding along on an inevitable path that could be fully predicted into the…
Tagged with: Albert Einstein, Creation, Emanuel Swedenborg, Erwin Schrödinger, God, Isaac Newton, Max Planck, natural disasters, Niels Bohr, physics, Werner Heisenberg
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
How Many Hells did Swedenborg Say there Are?
Question: In his essay “The Red Angel,” the British writer and literary critic G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936) wrote: If you keep bogies and goblins away from children they would make them up for themselves. One small child in the dark can invent more…
Tagged with: children, Emanuel Swedenborg, G.K. Chesterton, goblins, heaven, Heaven and Hell, hell, monsters, Swedenborg, the spiritual world
Posted in The Afterlife
Posted in The Afterlife
Are Deaths from Natural Disasters an Unavoidable Side Effect of God’s Creation?
As amazing and beautiful as this physical universe is, it is also filled with almost unimaginable cataclysmic violence—which commonly brings suffering, pain, and death to the living residents of our earth—plant, animal, and human. Why did God create the universe…
Tagged with: Creation, death, Emanuel Swedenborg, evil, God, heaven, natural disasters, pain, spirituality, suffering, Swedenborg
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Science Philosophy and History
Will Happily Married Couples be Together in Heaven?
The first article in this series, “Didn’t Jesus Say There’s No Marriage in Heaven?” responded to a Spiritual Conundrum from a reader named Nita, in which she wrote: I am widow and a believer in Jesus Christ. . . .…
Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, eternal marriage, heaven, love, marriage, marriage in heaven, relationships, sex, spiritual marriage, spirituality, Swedenborg
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
Marriage in the Resurrection: The Deeper Meaning
Are you in a happy marriage that you hope will continue forever in heaven? Has your beloved husband or wife died, and you hope and pray that you will be able to rejoin him or her when it comes your…
Tagged with: angels, Emanuel Swedenborg, eternal marriage, heaven, love, marriage, marriage in heaven, relationships, spiritual marriage, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
What is the Source of the Belief that the Deceased become Angels?
In Heaven: A History (1995: Yale University Press) the authors, Drs. Colleen McDannell and Bernhard Lang, state that Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) had a pivotal role in bringing about a changed view of heaven, including the idea that angels are humans who have died and…
Tagged with: angels, Bernhard Lang, Colleen McDannell, Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Heaven and Hell, Heaven: A History, Swedenborg, the Bible, the spiritual world
Posted in The Afterlife
Posted in The Afterlife
What is the Difference between Justification and Salvation in Swedenborg’s Theology?
In the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), as in other Christian theologies, justification is seen as part of a process that results in our salvation. In a nod to the traditional Christian concept of the ordo salutis (“order of salvation”), Swedenborg…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Jesus Christ, justice, justification, religion, righteousness, salvation, Swedenborg, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
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