Practical and spiritual Bible lessons for all ages In the early 1950s, Anita S. Dole completed a graded set of Bible Study Notes intended for use in Swedenborgian Sunday Schools. Since then, they have become popular with Bible students all…
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Secrets of Heaven, by Emanuel Swedenborg
What are the stories in Genesis about? Was the world really created in six days, or is there some deeper meaning? What about Adam and Eve? Noah and the Ark? How can we believe these stories in the first few…
Tagged with: Adam and Eve, Creation, Emanuel Swedenborg, Genesis, Noah, Noah and the Ark, Secrets of Heaven, spiritual meaning, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Books and Literature
Posted in Books and Literature
The Bible: Literal Inerrancy vs. Divine Depths of Meaning
Here is a comment that a reader named Ben made on my article, “Can We Really Believe the Bible?”: We can definitely believe the Bible. There is no denying that careful interpretation and context are important, but there is no…
What is the History and Importance of Bethel in the Bible?
Here is a spiritual conundrum posed by loganfields2: Could you please explain to me in one of your posts the history of, and the importance of Bethel in the Bible! I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks for the question, loganfields2.…
Tagged with: Abraham, Bethel, God, Holy Land, Israel, Jacob, Jacob's Ladder, spiritual journey, spiritual meaning, spirituality, stairway to heaven, the Bible, unconditional love
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Is the World Coming to an End? What about the Second Coming?
The End Has Come . . . And Gone The world is coming to an end! Right . . . about . . . now! Or maybe next year? Anyway, it’s gonna happen soon, so you’d better be ready! So…
The Gold Standard
In an article in the November 19, 2012 issue of Forbes magazine titled “Gold and the Wicked Magicians,” Steve Forbes advocates a return to the gold standard. If major world currencies such as the U.S. dollar were tied in value…
Tagged with: business, James A. Bland, love, money, neighbor, new Jerusalem, Revelation, Ron Paul, service, spiritual meaning, Steve Forbes, the Bible, wealth
Posted in Money and Business, Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Money and Business, Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
Which Tree is in the Middle of Your Garden?
For a video reading of this article on YouTube, click here. In the spiritually symbolic garden that God planted eastward in Eden in Genesis 2—the garden where God placed Adam (a Hebrew word meaning “humankind”), and later Eve (a Hebrew…
Tagged with: Adam, Eden, Eve, evil, God, healing, new Jerusalem, Revelation, spiritual meaning, spirituality, the Bible, tree of knowledge of good and evil, tree of life
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
How Big is the New Jerusalem?
The last two chapters of the last book of the Bible—Revelation—describe the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. The new Jerusalem is not a physical city. It is not going to literally descend onto…
Tagged with: heaven, new Jerusalem, religion, Revelation, spiritual meaning, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Doing Dishes
Though most of the material posted here will be new, I will also post some gems from my archives. With that in mind, here is a newly edited version of one of my more popular talks on daily living, which…
Tagged with: baptism, correspondences, food, ritual, service, spiritual meaning, spirituality, the Bible, washing, work, worship
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Posted in Spiritual Growth
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