In a recent comment, a reader named Rami brought up the issue of God’s unchanging nature vs. God—and God’s relationship to us—changing through time. This post is a slightly edited version of my reply. This begins to push the limits…
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Does God Change?
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, eternity, God, Jesus Christ, Space, Swedenborg, the Bible, time
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
Does Doctrine Matter? Why is it Important to Believe the Right Thing?
Many articles here on Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life are about how people from all different religions, and even people who have no religious beliefs at all, can go to heaven if they live a good life of love and…
Tagged with: Christianity, doctrine, faith alone, God, good works, Jesus Christ, Penal Substitution, the Bible, Trinity of Persons
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
What is the Meaning of the Hyssop Used to Help Satisfy Jesus’ Thirst on the Cross?
Good Friday is the day Christians traditionally commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus. The story of Jesus’ crucifixion is told in all four Gospels, each offering its own variation on the main theme. In narrating the event of Jesus’ death, three…
Tagged with: Christianity, crucifixion, Emanuel Swedenborg, evangelization, Good Friday, hyssop, Jesus Christ, salvation, Swedenborg, the Bible
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
What is the Meaning of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh?
The Gospel of Matthew tells us that: After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came . . . and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over…
Tagged with: baby Jesus, Christianity, Christmas, frankincense, gold, Jesus Christ, magi, myrrh, spiritual meaning, the Bible, the nativity, wise men
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
If Jesus Christ is the One God, Why Did He Talk and Pray to the Father?
Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) rejected the traditional Christian doctrine of a Trinity of Persons in God (see: “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”). But, traditional Christians commonly ask, if Jesus and the Father are not different persons of God, then why do…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, glorification, God, Immaculate Conception, Jesus Christ, Mary, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Trinity, Virgin Birth
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Was Jesus Christ Human from Mary, or Human from God?
(Note: This is an edited version of a response I recently wrote to some questions on an LDS (Mormon) discussion site here.) God is human. In fact, God is the only truly and fully human being. Genesis 1:26-27 says: Then God said, “Let us…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, Mary, redemption, Swedenborg, the Divine Humanity, the Father, the Incarnation
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
What is the Wrath of God? Why was the Old Testament God so Angry, yet Jesus was so Peaceful?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Garret: One question that I don’t think you addressed sufficiently in the articles I have seen so far is this: How do you explain…
Tagged with: anger, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, love, punishment, spirituality, the Bible, the wrath of God, WPLongform, wrath
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
A Short(ish) Video Course on Near-Death Experiences
Are you interested in near-death experiences, but don’t have hundreds of hours to wade through thousands of books and videos to get a solid idea of what they’re all about? Garret Weeks has done the work for you in his ongoing YouTube video series, Journey of…
Tagged with: angels, Garret Weeks, God, heaven, Heaven and Hell, hell, Jesus Christ, love, near-death experiences, spirituality
Posted in The Afterlife
Posted in The Afterlife
What is the Biblical basis for disbelief in the doctrine of the Trinity?
The theological basis for this article This answer is based on the Bible interpretations and Christian theology put forth by Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). This theology is not unitarian as that is usually defined, because Swedenborg stated that the Father, Son, and…
Tagged with: Arianism, Athanasian Creed, Christianity, doctrine of the Trinity, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, modalism, the Bible, the Trinity, trinitarianism, Trinity of Persons, unitarianism
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
What is the difference between the Swedenborgian and Oneness Pentecostal doctrines of God?
Most Christian churches today, encompassing the vast majority of Christians, teach that God consists of a Trinity of three Persons called the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This doctrine emerged with the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, and…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, Father, Father Son and Holy Spirit, God, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, modalism, Oneness Pentecostalism, Sabellianism, Son
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
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