Good Friday is the day Christians traditionally commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus. The story of Jesus’ crucifixion is told in all four Gospels, each offering its own variation on the main theme. In narrating the event of Jesus’ death, three…
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What is the Meaning of the Hyssop Used to Help Satisfy Jesus’ Thirst on the Cross?
Tagged with: Christianity, crucifixion, Emanuel Swedenborg, evangelization, Good Friday, hyssop, Jesus Christ, salvation, Swedenborg, the Bible
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
What is the Unpardonable Sin? Am I Doomed?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Joe M: Hi Lee I’ve been a sinner all my life. I even married a woman 9 years ago and I was unfaithful to…
Tagged with: Christianity, damnation, eternal sin, forgiveness, hell, salvation, spiritual rebirth, the Bible, the unforgivable sin, the unpardonable sin
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Why Does God Require our Love, Worship, and Praise? Is God Insecure?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Cat: I am really puzzled by why God would require that Christians must love and worship him. I understand his requirement for us to…
Tagged with: Christianity, Creation, Emanuel Swedenborg, glory, God, love, praise, spirituality, Swedenborg, the Bible, worship
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Are We Saved in an Instant? How was the Thief on the Cross Saved?
The previous article, “How Can a Criminal Get to Heaven?” brought on a whirlwhind of comments about the Protestant belief in salvation by faith alone vs. the belief of the rest of Christianity in salvation by faith together with works.…
Tagged with: Christianity, evil, faith, faith alone, fundamentalism, God, heaven, salvation, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, the Bible, thieves on the cross
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Posted in Spiritual Growth
What is the Meaning of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh?
The Gospel of Matthew tells us that: After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came . . . and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over…
Tagged with: baby Jesus, Christianity, Christmas, frankincense, gold, Jesus Christ, magi, myrrh, spiritual meaning, the Bible, the nativity, wise men
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
What does the Bible Say about Masturbation? Is Masturbation a Sin?
This month three Spiritual Conundrums have been submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life on the subject of masturbation. First, from “Hmmm”: A question has been bugging me a lot lately, what is your opinion on masturbation and pornography, if that’s…
Tagged with: adultery, coitus interruptus, fornication, health, masturbation, Onan, onanism, relationships, sex, sexuality, Tamar, the Bible, the sin of Onan
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
What if the Quran were the Bible?
Islam is in the news these days—and mostly not in a good way. Unfortunately, the version of Islam that is grabbing the headlines is its violent, fundamentalist wing. The recent attacks by Muslim extremists in Paris and San Bernardino are…
Tagged with: Christianity, Dit Is Normaal, fundamentalism, Islam, Quran, religion, the Bible, The Holy Quran Experiment, The Middle East, violence, war
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
If Jesus Christ is the One God, Why Did He Talk and Pray to the Father?
Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) rejected the traditional Christian doctrine of a Trinity of Persons in God (see: “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”). But, traditional Christians commonly ask, if Jesus and the Father are not different persons of God, then why do…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, glorification, God, Immaculate Conception, Jesus Christ, Mary, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Trinity, Virgin Birth
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
What is the biblical basis against Sola Fide (salvation by faith alone, apart from works)?
Here is a question that was asked on Christianity StackExchange, as linked at the end of this article: One of the key points of the Reformation was the doctrine of Sola Fide: that salvation is by faith alone, apart from…
Tagged with: Christianity, faith alone, faith in Jesus, Martin Luther, Protestantism, salvation, sola fide, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
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