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Two New Online Swedenborg Discussion Groups
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Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
Spiritual Insights Volume 1: God and Creation, by Lee Woofenden
Volume 1 of articles reprinted from Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life is now available in paperback and Kindle formats: This hefty 507 page tome offers a selection of 53 articles organized into three parts: Part 1: Who is God? Part 2:…
Tagged with: books, Christianity, Creation, doctrine of the Trinity, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Holy Spirit, the problem of evil
Posted in All About God, Books and Literature
Posted in All About God, Books and Literature
Why Isn’t Paul in Swedenborg’s Canon?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Luca: Paul’s letters have a central role in Christian doctrine, yet Swedenborg does not mention them. Why? Thanks. Thanks for the good question, Luca.…
Tagged with: biblical canon, Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, faith alone, Jesus Christ, Paul, spiritual meaning, Swedenborg, Swedenborg's canon, the Bible, the Epistles
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Was Adam Anatomically in God’s Image?
God is human in the New Testament God the Father, which is the divine soul, is non-material, and therefore does not have a physical body made out of physical matter as we do. God the Son, which is the divine…
Tagged with: Adam, anatomy, Christianity, Creation, God, Jesus Christ, the Bible, the human body
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
What Does it Mean that Jesus was “Glorified”?
In a comment here, a reader named Duane asked: What do you mean by “the process of glorification”? This article is an edited version of the next few questions and answers in that thread. When Jesus said to Thomas (not…
Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, exinanition, glorification, God, Immaculate Conception, Jesus Christ, Mary, salvation, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Divine Humanity
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
Is it Right to Call Jesus “Father”?
In a comment posted here, a reader named Duane asked (in an edited version): Why is Jesus never referred to as “the Father,” aside from that Isaiah prophecy? Is it incorrect to call Jesus “Father” or “Abba”? This article is…
Tagged with: Christianity, doctrine of the Trinity, Father, glorification, God, Jesus Christ, the Bible, the Father, Trinity, Trinity of Persons
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
Does God Grow and Develop? What about Open Theism?
This is the next installment in a series following up on the article, “How did the Incarnation Change God’s Relationship with Us?” In a comment on that article here, a reader named Seeking to understand said: But let me see…
Tagged with: glorification, God, Jesus Christ, omniscience, open theism, the Divine Humanity, the Incarnation, time, time and space
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
How does God Speak to Us, Before and After the Incarnation?
This is the first of a series of articles following up on the previous post, “How did the Incarnation Change God’s Relationship with Us?” In the comments on that article, several readers asked questions that led to some fairly detailed…
Tagged with: angels, Christianity, God, heaven, Jesus Christ, priests, prophets, relationship with God, the Bible, the Incarnation
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
How did the Incarnation Change God’s Relationship with Us?
In a comment here, a reader named “Seeking to understand” asked some questions about the change in God’s relationship with us from before to after the Incarnation: God “becoming flesh” as Jesus Christ. These questions boiled down to three basic…
Tagged with: angels, Christianity, glorification, God, Jesus Christ, mediator, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Incarnation
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Jesus Changed Paul’s World
(Note: This post is an edited version of one of my responses in an ongoing conversation with a reader. Click here to see the original version within its thread.) Hi Ben, Thanks for sticking with the conversation. I wish I…
Tagged with: ancient Judaism, Christianity, faith alone, Islam, Jesus Christ, Judaism, monotheism, pagan gods, Paul, polytheism, religion
Posted in Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
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