A reader named Kim left a long and thoughtful comment on my previous post, “What are the Roles of Men and Women toward Each Other and in Society?” This post is a response to that comment—which I’ll quote for you…
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Man, Woman, and the Two Creation Stories of Genesis
Tagged with: Adam, Creation, Eve, female submission, gender equality, gender roles, Genesis, male dominance, man, marriage, the Bible, woman
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Bible Re-Viewed
Curses or Consequences: Did God Really Curse Adam and Eve?
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
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
What does Jesus Mean when He Says we Must be Born Again?
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
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Nations are People, My Friend!
On December 31, 2012, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, gave a New Year’s speech, vowing that his country would open up a new phase and make a radical turn-around in its economy during the coming year. He also made…
New Year’s Resolutions: Look before you Limp
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
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
The Immaculate Reception, and Other Religious . . . er . . . Football Myths
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
Posted in Sports and Recreation
Our Wish for You: Finding Happiness from Within
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
Posted in Spiritual Growth
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 Inn or the Manger?
Let’s say you’re God (just go with me on this one . . .), and you decide you want to try out the human thing. You know, get born on earth and live out a lifetime there. The question is,…
Tagged with: Advent, business, Christianity, Christmas, God, Jesus Christ, love, power, spirituality, the Bible, the inn, the manger, the nativity, wealth
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
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