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Is there a Biblical Basis for Swedenborg’s Teaching on What Happens After Death?

Posted on October 25, 2026 by Lee — Leave a comment

Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) makes no claim that his descriptions of the afterlife are drawn from the Bible. On the title page of his best-known book, Heaven and Hell—a book in which he provides a comprehensive description of heaven, hell, and…

Will We Remember Loved Ones Who Go to Hell?

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Lee — 72 Comments

What if someone we love goes to hell? Will we still remember them? Won’t that kind of suck? That is the essence of some questions that a reader named Max asked in several recent comment threads here on Spiritual Insights…

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Trials and Fermentations

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Lee — 8 Comments

The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until all of it was leavened. (Matthew 13:33)

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Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed

The Kingdom of Heaven is Near!

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Lee — 8 Comments

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!” (Matthew 4:17)

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Introduction: On Earth as it is In Heaven

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Lee — Leave a comment

Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10)

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On Earth as it is In Heaven, by Lee Woofenden – Online Edition

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Lee — Leave a comment

Dear Readers, In 2005 I published a book containing a series of sermons that I had preached a couple of years earlier. Here is the description from the back cover (links added): On Earth as it is In Heaven Reflections…

Death and Rebirth: Conclusion

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Lee — 25 Comments

For Chapter 4, click here. As the rock group The Police say in their song of the same title, “We are spirits in the material world.” While the hope of an afterlife certainly fuels our fascination with near-death experiences, we…

Death and Rebirth, Chapter 4: Our Third Stage After Death

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Lee — 19 Comments

For Chapter 3, click here. Near-death experiencers who meet the being of light say that this being emphasizes love and learning as the most important things in life. The love must come from within, but much of our learning comes…

Death and Rebirth, Chapter 3: Our Second Stage After Death

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Lee — 23 Comments

For Chapter 2, click here. After we die we initially go back to an outward lifestyle similar to the one we had before we died. But that doesn’t last long. Soon our outer layers start getting peeled away one by one,…

Death and Rebirth, Chapter 1: The Experience of Dying

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Lee — 33 Comments

For the Introduction, click here. There is a difference between Swedenborg’s experience and the experiences of people who have come close to dying and have returned. When Swedenborg described the spiritual world and the process of dying in Heaven and…

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