Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without a parable he told them nothing. (Matthew 13:34) With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it; he did not speak to…
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Was Jesus a Literalist?
Tagged with: Biblical literalism, Christianity, Creation, Creationism, fundamentalism, Jesus, Jesus Christ, literalism, spiritual meaning, the Bible, typology, young Earth creationism
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
How Can We Believe What the Gospels Say about Jesus?
Recently a reader named Gary submitted a Spiritual Conundrum to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life in which he asked, among other things: I want to understand how you, from a Swedenborgian perspective, conclude that Jesus’ stories are true. How do…
Tagged with: God, Jerusalem, Jesus, material reality, resurrection, Revelation, spiritual meaning, spiritual reality, Swedenborg, the Bible, the empty tomb
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Love, Mercy, and Evil
Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? (Genesis 18:23) In the previous article in our series on the inner life of Jesus, we followed the story of Abraham having a meal with…
Tagged with: Abraham, bible, Christianity, compassion, God, healing, Jesus, love, mercy, perfectionism, salvation, Sodom, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Why is God Always Silent?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Lincoln: Dear Lee, I’ve been a reader of this blog for a few years now and I think it offers a truly beautiful, logical…
Tagged with: atheism, bible, Christianity, doubt, faith, free will, God, Jesus, materialism, nature, prayer, talking with God, the Bible, the voice of God, The Word of God
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
Communing with God
“If I have found favor in your eyes, my Lord, do not pass your servant by. Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree. Let me get you something…
Tagged with: Abraham, baptism, bible, Communion, divine love, divine wisdom, God, Holy Supper, Isaac, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Sarah, the Bible
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Will We Meet Christ In the Clouds?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Olakunle Ilori: For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of…
Tagged with: angels, clouds of heaven, Emanuel Swedenborg, end of the world, end times, faith, God, heaven, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Paul, The Ascension, the Bible, the Rapture, the Second Coming
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Afterlife, The Bible Re-Viewed
A Covenant with God
Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.” (Genesis 17:9) One of the things I love about Emanuel Swedenborg’s view of the Bible is…
Tagged with: Abraham, bible, circumcision, contracts, covenant, faith, friendship with God, God, inner self, Jesus, Jesus Christ, relationship with God, relationships, the Bible
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
The Four Kinds of Love that Drive Human Life
There’s a common notion these days that underneath it all, everyone is well-intentioned and good. On the other hand, some cynics believe that everyone is selfish, even if they may outwardly appear to be altruistic. Some people even think it…
Tagged with: Ayn Rand, bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, love of the world, love the Lord your God, love your neighbor, love your neighbor as yourself, money, motives, Objectivism, self-love, the Bible
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Spiritual Prepping
Survivalists, aka “preppers,” are people who prepare themselves in various ways in case of a supply chain interruption, natural disaster, or the breakdown of the current economic and social order. Recently a survivalist whose YouTube channel is called “City Prepping”…
Tagged with: bible, City Prepping, faith, foundations, God, Jesus, preppers, prepping, spiritual battles, spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth, survivalism, survivalists
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Is Money Evil?
There’s a popular saying from the Bible: “Money is the root of all evil.” There’s only one problem: That’s not what the Bible says. Here’s what the Bible does say, in the traditional King James Version: For the love of…
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