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How can we have Faith when So Many Bad Things happen to So Many Good People? Part 2
Tagged with: cosmology, Creation, evil, God, human society, natural disasters, nature, pain, science, suffering, the universe, violence
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Science Philosophy and History
How can we have Faith when So Many Bad Things happen to So Many Good People? Part 1
Three Spiritual Conundrums have been submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life on a similar theme. First, from a reader named Tom: I understand the concept of free will and that we were all given the ability to make choices. So…
Tagged with: disease, evil, existential anxiety, faith, God, natural disasters, pain, questioning God, sickness, spirituality, suffering, temptation
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
True Christianity, by Emanuel Swedenborg
Are you searching for a more modern, more rational, and more Bible-based view of Christian theology? The Christian Church as it has existed for the past two thousand years is on the wane. Thinking people have trouble accepting many of the…
Tagged with: Christian theology, Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, Father Son and Holy Spirit, God, Jesus Christ, new Jerusalem, redemption, religion, spirituality, the Bible, the Trinity
Posted in Books and Literature
Posted in Books and Literature
How do I Love God with my Whole Heart?
The title of this post is a spiritual conundrum submitted by a reader named Sheena. It’s a great question! It is also a question with many answers. And according to Jesus Christ, it is the most important commandment in the entire…
How does The Force in Star Wars relate to God and Spirit?
I recently finished watching the animated 2008–2014 TV series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” along with the feature film of the same title that forms an opener for the series. Yes, I’m a fan of science fiction from way back.…
Tagged with: George Lucas, God, Jedi, pantheism, science fiction, Sith, spiritual reality, spirituality, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Clone Wars, the Force, Yoda
Posted in Popular Culture
Posted in Popular Culture
How God Speaks in the Bible to Us Boneheads
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…
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
The Mother of All the Living
In Genesis 3:20, after Adam and Eve have earned themselves a one-way trip out of the Garden of Eden, we read: The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. I am struck by…
Tagged with: Adam, angels, Eve, God, honor your father and your mother, Mitochondrial Eve, Mother's Day, spirituality, the Bible, the bride of Christ, the Divine Feminine, Y-chromosomal Adam
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
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
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
If You Think You’re Going to Hell, Please Read This First
Do any of these sound familiar? Every Sunday the preacher shouted from the pulpit that you’re a terrible sinner. God is angry at you. Because of God’s wrath, you’re going to burn in hell for all eternity. Your parents drilled…
Tagged with: born again, evil, Ezekiel 18, God, God is angry with the wicked every day, God's wrath, heaven, hell, Jesus Christ, love, punishment, spiritual rebirth, spirituality
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
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