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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)

Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Heaven and Hell, hell, Parable of the Yeast, parables, Parables of the Kingdom, spiritual meaning, spiritual rebirth, Swedenborg, the Bible
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed

Response to a Christian Universalist: Is There an Eternal Hell? Wouldn’t an All-Powerful God Save All People?

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Lee — 73 Comments

Christian universalism is the belief that all people will eventually be reconciled to God and be saved, and that there is therefore no eternal hell. It is not the belief that salvation is available to all people if they choose…

Does John 3:18 Mean that All Non-Christians Go to Hell?

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Lee — 4 Comments

John 3:16. It’s everywhere. You even see it on placards at football games: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Then there’s…

Tagged with: belief, Christianity, damnation, faith, God, hell, Jesus Christ, non-Christians, salvation, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed

How Many Hells did Swedenborg Say there Are?

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Lee — 44 Comments

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

Did Jesus ever actually say, “If you don’t believe in me you will go to hell”?

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Lee — 32 Comments

The question is: Did Jesus ever actually say, “If you don’t believe in me you will go to hell”? Short answer: No, Jesus never actually said that. He did say some things that seem to imply it, and that are…

Tagged with: belief, faith, Gehenna, Hades, hell, Jesus Christ, religion, salvation, the Bible
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed

Pain, Punishment, Prison, and Hell

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Lee — 72 Comments

In the course of a discussion on the recent article, “How Imagination and Fantasy Help our Spiritual Growth,” a reader named Frankly Frank said: “And hell is not a punishment”……. I dunno about that one, Lee. There are vivid accounts…

Tagged with: crime, Emanuel Swedenborg, evil, hardened criminals, hell, justice, pain, prison, punishment, recidivism, sin, the spiritual world
Posted in The Afterlife

The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 4: God Condemns Us to Hell Because We’re Not Perfect?

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Lee — 44 Comments

For Part 3, click here: The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 3: It’s Impossible to Satisfy God? Or start at the beginning: The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 1: God is a Trinity of Persons? Based…

Tagged with: angry God, divine love, faith alone, God's wrath, hell, perfection, sin, sola fide, wrathful God
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed

God, Forgiveness, Freedom, and Hell – Part 4

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Lee — 69 Comments

(Note: This article is the last of a four-part series. The first three parts were edited versions of a series of questions by a reader named Rami, and my answers, in the comments section of the article, “What is the…

Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, evil, God, heaven, hell, judgment, punishment, sin, the spiritual world
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife

God, Forgiveness, Freedom, and Hell – Part 3

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Lee — 2 Comments

(Note: This article is the third of a four-part series. The first three parts are edited versions of a series of questions by a reader named Rami, and my answers. The original versions appear in the comments section of the…

Tagged with: forgiveness, freedom, God, heaven, hell, human soul, love, religion, soul, spirituality
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth

God, Forgiveness, Freedom, and Hell – Part 2

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Lee — 2 Comments

(Note: This article is the second of a four-part series. The first three parts are edited versions of a series of questions by a reader named Rami, and my answers. The original versions appear in the comments section of the…

Tagged with: evil, forgiveness, freedom, God, hell, love, personal transformation, repentance, salvation, spirituality, Swedenborg
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth

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