In Part 1 we looked at the issue of mental illness through the lens of the story of Jesus healing a demon-possessed man in Mark 5:1–20. One of the points made in that article was that mental illness is not some…
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Facing our Demons of Darkness, Depression, and Mental Illness – Part 2
Tagged with: Christianity, demon possession, Jesus Christ, mental health, mental illness, pain, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, Swedenborg, the Bible
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Facing our Demons of Darkness, Depression, and Mental Illness – Part 1
These days we don’t talk much about demon possession. Yes, popular horror films such as The Exorcist, with their graphic portrayals of demonic possession, do make the rounds in our culture. But most respected health professionals think that a belief…
Tagged with: demon possession, demonic possession, exorcism, Jesus Christ, mental health, mental illness, spiritual meaning, spirituality, Swedenborg, the Bible
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Is There a Common Theme in All Religions?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Mike: I believe in God. But I don’t really know why. How can this be reconciled? I was saved as a Christian but I…
Tagged with: Buddhism, Christianity, God, Hinduism, interfaith, love, neighbor, religion, spirituality, world religions
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Will Happily Married Couples be Together in Heaven?
The first article in this series, “Didn’t Jesus Say There’s No Marriage in Heaven?” responded to a Spiritual Conundrum from a reader named Nita, in which she wrote: I am widow and a believer in Jesus Christ. . . .…
Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, eternal marriage, heaven, love, marriage, marriage in heaven, relationships, sex, spiritual marriage, spirituality, Swedenborg
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife
Marriage in the Resurrection: The Deeper Meaning
Are you in a happy marriage that you hope will continue forever in heaven? Has your beloved husband or wife died, and you hope and pray that you will be able to rejoin him or her when it comes your…
Tagged with: angels, Emanuel Swedenborg, eternal marriage, heaven, love, marriage, marriage in heaven, relationships, spiritual marriage, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife
The Myth of Ownership: A Thanksgiving Reflection
One of the most powerful and enduring fictions of human society is the idea that we can own things. A large part of our legal, civil, and social system is based on property ownership and the right to possess what…
Tagged with: Creation, God, human law, nature, ownership, property, property ownership, spirituality, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, the human body, wealth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Dani Mathers, Body-Shaming, and How to Develop Beauty
Dani Mathers, the 2015 Playboy Playmate of the Year, is in trouble. She is facing possible jail time. In July, 2016, she accidentally posted publicly on Snapchat a selfie in which she feigns shock next to a surreptitiously taken photo…
Tagged with: beautiful people, beauty, body-shaming, Dani Mathers, Dani Mathers Snapchat, inner beauty, physical beauty, spiritual beauty, spiritual rebirth, spirituality
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
Serving the Neighbor: Simple yet Profound
Here at Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life we are constantly preaching about serving the neighbor. But what does that mean? It means many things. But it also means serving someone when you least expect it. Here’s an example that recently…
Tagged with: Aaran Daniels, autism, Gem Salter, love, neighbor, random acts of kindness, River Salter, service, spirituality
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
Should Christians Tithe?
Over the past couple of years four readers have submitted Spiritual Conundrums to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life about tithing. First, a reader named Lisa: Lee: I belonged to a Christian church for thirty years which was fundamentalist. My husband paid…
Tagged with: charitable giving, charity, Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, money, spiritual meaning, spirituality, Swedenborg, the Bible, tithes, tithing
Posted in Money and Business, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Money and Business, The Bible Re-Viewed
How Imagination and Fantasy Help our Spiritual Growth
This post is an edited version of part of a reply I wrote to a comment by a reader named Boluwade Kujero on the article, “Is Masturbation Always Sinful? Does it Always Come from Lust?” My full comment responds to…
Tagged with: coveting, fantasy, imagination, lust, religion, sin, spiritual growth, spiritual rebirth, spirituality
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Posted in Spiritual Growth
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