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Heaven, Regeneration, and the Meaning of Life on Earth

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Lee — 103 Comments

We’ve posted many articles recently about what happens to us when we die. However, to fully comprehend what death entails we need to understand the meaning of life. Why are we here on this earth, anyway? Why do we go…

Tagged with: Creation, Doctor Who, God, heaven, hell, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, neighbor, regeneration, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Popular Culture, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed

Self-Esteem is Made to be Broken

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Lee — 11 Comments

Megan Thode believes that Lehigh University owes her a B. When instead she received a C+ in a class critical to her intended career as a professional counselor, she challenged the grade through the usual university channels. She even called…

Tagged with: children, emotional intelligence, God, Lehigh University, love, Megan Thode, neighbor, psychology, self-esteem, self-image, service, spiritual rebirth, spirituality
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth

Curses or Consequences: Did God Really Curse Adam and Eve?

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Lee — 57 Comments

There’s an idea afoot that God cursed Adam and Eve because they disobeyed him. But that’s not what the Bible says. The whole story unfolds in Genesis chapter 3. God had said to Adam, “You may freely eat of every…

Tagged with: Adam, curses, Eve, Garden of Eden, God, nakedness, pain, serpent, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, the Bible, tree of knowledge of good and evil, tree of life
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed

What does Jesus Mean when He Says we Must be Born Again?

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Lee — 104 Comments

How Can I Be Reborn? “No one can see the kingdom of God without being born again.” What the heck does that mean? People who ask you, “Have you been born again?” think that they’ve got it all figured out…

Tagged with: born again, Emanuel Swedenborg, evil, Jesus Christ, Nicodemus, reformation, regeneration, repentance, self help, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed

Video Games, Virtual Reality, and Spiritual Reality

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Lee — 44 Comments

Video games are in the news again in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings. As explored in a recent piece on WBUR radio titled, “My Son, The Dragon Slayer: The Risks And Rewards Of Growing Up Gaming,” the…

Tagged with: death, heaven, hell, material world, online games, physical reality, spiritual reality, spiritual rebirth, spiritual world, spirituality, video games, virtual reality
Posted in Sports and Recreation

Heaven and Hell, by Emanuel Swedenborg

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Lee — 22 Comments

Do you wonder what happens after we die? Who doesn’t!? Here is the most extensive eyewitness account of the spiritual world ever published: Heaven and Hell By Emanuel Swedenborg Heaven and Hell was originally published in Latin in 1758. I…

Tagged with: Bernhard Lang, death, Emanuel Swedenborg, George F. Dole, heaven, Heaven and Hell, hell, Jonathan S. Rose, religion, Robert H. Kirven, spirituality
Posted in Books and Literature, The Afterlife

Where is the Proof of the Afterlife?

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Lee — 338 Comments

For a video reading of this article on YouTube, click here. In a comment on my recent article, “If God is Love, Why all the Pain and Suffering?” a reader named Mike wrote: All good and fine but where is…

Tagged with: Eben Alexander, Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, Heaven and Hell, near-death experiences, philosophy, science, spirituality, Steve Jobs, the material world, the spiritual world
Posted in The Afterlife

New Year’s Resolutions: Look before you Limp

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Lee — Leave a comment

New Year’s resolutions: they’re easy to make, and easy to break. In fact, according to a 2007 study by professor and psychologist Richard Wiseman, 88% of the people who make New Year’s resolutions fail to achieve their goal. (Click here…

Tagged with: battle, habits, New Year's Resolutions, Richard Wiseman, self-improvement, spiritual battles, spiritual warfare, spirituality, the Bible, towers, war
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed

The Immaculate Reception, and Other Religious . . . er . . . Football Myths

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Lee — Leave a comment

Fans of (American) football recently either celebrated or protested the fortieth anniversary of the most controversial play in the history of the sport. On December 23, 1972, with only 22 seconds left in an American Football Conference (AFC) divisional playoff…

Tagged with: football, Franco Harris, Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Reception, Jesus Christ, myth, Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, science, spirituality, sports, the Bible, Virgin Birth
Posted in Sports and Recreation

Our Wish for You: Finding Happiness from Within

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Lee — 2 Comments

Our wish for you this Christmas is that you may find true happiness and joy. Happiness does not have to be dependent on your physical environment. Happiness can be yours whatever your external circumstances may be, as these pictures of…

Tagged with: children, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, happiness, joy, love, natural disasters, service, spirituality, the Bible, work
Posted in Spiritual Growth

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