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Cancel Culture: The Young and the Rootless
Tagged with: cancel culture, John Muir, justice, oppression, race relations, racial politics, racism, Sierra Club
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
Black Lives Matter
Here at Spiritual Insights we have watched with concern the debate raging in the United States over the saying “Black Lives Matter.” For many years we’ve been appalled by the systemic abuse of the police power against our black and…
Tagged with: Alicia Garza, Black Lives Matter, diversity, George Floyd, justice, Patrisse Cullors, race relations, racial equality, racial politics, racism
Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History
What is the Difference between Justification and Salvation in Swedenborg’s Theology?
In the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), as in other Christian theologies, justification is seen as part of a process that results in our salvation. In a nod to the traditional Christian concept of the ordo salutis (“order of salvation”), Swedenborg…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Jesus Christ, justice, justification, religion, righteousness, salvation, Swedenborg, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Pain, Punishment, Prison, and Hell
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
Posted in The Afterlife
Ezekiel 18: God’s Message of Hope . . . If You Think there’s No Hope for You
I want to talk to you about one of my favorite chapters in the entire Bible: Ezekiel 18. If you think you’re a goner, destined for the eternal flames of hell, this is the chapter for you. Ezekiel 18 delivers…
Tagged with: children, Ezekiel 18, hope, hopelessness, justice, parents, punishment, salvation, sin, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, suffering
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Does God Send Terror Attacks because of Bathroom Rights and Evolution?
Those Christian fundamentalists are at it again! This time it’s Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the famous evangelist Billy Graham. According to recent statements by Lotz, terror attacks such as 9/11 and the mass shooting in San Bernardino, CA, are…
Tagged with: Anne Graham Lotz, bathroom bills, divine justice, divine love, evolution, fundamentalism, homosexuality, justice, LGBT, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, transgender
Posted in All About God, Current Events
Posted in All About God, Current Events
Evil Is Real, and it Does Harm the Innocent
There’s a New Age myth floating around that evil is not real; that evil is just an illusion; that if anything evil happens to us, it’s either karma for evil we ourselves did in a past life, or it’s something…
Tagged with: Catawba County NC, evil, Good Samaritan, Jefferson Heavner, justice, Marvin Jacob Lee, Marvin Lee, North Carolina, violence
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering
What Kind of a King is That???
The King. For most people these days, it has an old-fashioned sound. Yes, there is still some royalty left in the world. But few of today’s royals have any real power. Today, the powerful people of the earth are called…
Tagged with: Christ, Christianity, Jesus Christ, judgment, justice, Messiah, Palm Sunday, Pilate, Pontius Pilate, spiritual kingdom, the Bible, the Triumphal Entry
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Do Atheists Go to Heaven?
Do atheists go to heaven? For most atheists, the obvious answer is, “No.” Ironically, atheists agree with traditional Christians on this point. It’s just that atheists don’t think anyone else goes to heaven, either. And traditional Christians think that atheists…
Tagged with: agnosticism, agnostics, atheism, atheists, believing in God, fundamentalism, God, heaven, Jesus Christ, justice, science, the Bible
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
Is Racism Equal-Opportunity?
I recently received an email asking these general questions: Why are whites held to a different standard than other races when it comes to racism? If people of other races can celebrate their own race, and form organizations based on…
Tagged with: diversity, Ferguson, Ferguson Missouri, Guy Scott, justice, Michael Sata, race relations, racial equality, racial politics, racism, Zambia, Zambian Post
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
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