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Flight of the Condor
Tagged with: andean condor, bible, condor, eagle's wings, greed, love, Martin Luther King Jr, race relations, racial politics, racism, rationality, selfishness, spirituality
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
Two Kinds of Love, Two Kinds of Sex
Sex is sex, right? Not quite. There’s sex, and then there’s sex. “What?” Okay, there’s biological sex, and there’s spiritual sex. From the outside they look pretty much the same. But on the inside, they’re completely different. That’s because they…
Tagged with: biological sex, intimacy, love, marriage, Marriage Love, relationships, sex, sex drive, sexual intercourse, sexual reproduction, sexuality, spiritual marriage, spiritual sex, spirituality
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
The Spiritual Side of Suicide
“I’ve been spiraling for years and I tried to hang myself in my hotel last night.” That is the title of a message posted on Reddit two weeks ago by a professionally successful, financially secure 45-year-old man in a loving…
Tagged with: evil spirits, hell, psychology, selfishness, spiritual battles, spirituality, suicide, temptation, the afterlife, the purpose of life
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Darkness at Home
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. (Genesis 15:12) Sometimes even when we’re doing the right thing, and going in the right direction, things get worse instead…
Tagged with: Christianity, God, inner struggles, Jesus Christ, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, temptation, the Bible, the promise
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Two New Online Swedenborg Discussion Groups
Are you looking for a place to discuss the Bible, Swedenborg, and issues of spiritual life with other people in an open format? If so, please check out these two new online Swedenborg discussion groups: New Church Discussion Group Swedenborgian…
Tagged with: chatroom, Christianity, Discord server, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, online chat, religion, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
The Kingdom of Heaven is Near!
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!” (Matthew 4:17)
Introduction: On Earth as it is In Heaven
Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10)
Tagged with: Christian sermons, Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Heaven and Hell, Jesus Christ, Sermons, spirituality, Swedenborg, Swedenborgian sermons, the Bible, the Lord's Prayer
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
On Earth as it is In Heaven, by Lee Woofenden – Online Edition
Dear Readers, In 2005 I published a book containing a series of sermons that I had preached a couple of years earlier. Here is the description from the back cover (links added): On Earth as it is In Heaven Reflections…
Thoughts on Seeing the Eclipse
Where were you for the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017? Annette and I, plus several visiting family members, were camping at Glendo State Park, 100 miles north of where we live in Cheyenne. Our campground was right on…
Tagged with: eclipse, eclipse of the sun, Glendo State Park, God, science, solar eclipse, spirituality, total solar eclipse of August 21 2017, totality, Wyoming
Posted in Science Philosophy and History
Posted in Science Philosophy and History
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Great Truths on Great Subjects
By Jonathan Bayley
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