Amid the destruction and death caused by Hurricane Sandy there are stories of hope and redemption. A young man named Mike, washed out into the bay from his home on the Jersey Shore, managed to make his way back to…
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Is Hurricane Sandy God’s Punishment on the Wicked?
Tagged with: children, Christianity, death, evil, fundamentalism, God, hurricanes, justice, mercy, natural disasters, punishment, suffering, the Bible
Posted in All About God, Current Events, Pain and Suffering, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, Current Events, Pain and Suffering, The Bible Re-Viewed
If there’s One God, Why All the Different Religions?
Do you Have to be Christian to Go to Heaven? Since there are so many religions, which one is right? Why are there so many religions? Isn’t there only one God? Why didn’t God say the same thing to everyone?…
Tagged with: Buddhism, Christianity, faith, God, heaven, Hinduism, Islam, Jesus Christ, Judaism, love, religion, salvation, the Bible
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
Which Tree is in the Middle of Your Garden?
For a video reading of this article on YouTube, click here. In the spiritually symbolic garden that God planted eastward in Eden in Genesis 2—the garden where God placed Adam (a Hebrew word meaning “humankind”), and later Eve (a Hebrew…
Tagged with: Adam, Eden, Eve, evil, God, healing, new Jerusalem, Revelation, spiritual meaning, spirituality, the Bible, tree of knowledge of good and evil, tree of life
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
What Does the Bible Say about Video Games? Part 2
(I recommend that you read Part 1 of this article first) A mighty warrior girds on his sword and shield and prepares for the great battle. Today is the day. The evil, multi-headed dragon has been taunting the world long enough,…
Tagged with: death, fundamentalism, new Jerusalem, online games, Revelation, sex, spirituality, the Bible, video games, violence, war, World of Warcraft
Posted in Sports and Recreation, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Sports and Recreation, The Bible Re-Viewed
How Big is the New Jerusalem?
The last two chapters of the last book of the Bible—Revelation—describe the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. The new Jerusalem is not a physical city. It is not going to literally descend onto…
Tagged with: heaven, new Jerusalem, religion, Revelation, spiritual meaning, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
The Evening and The Morning, by James Spilling
This may not be everyone’s cup of tea. But if you enjoy nineteenth century literature, here is one of my favorite classic didactic novels. It is a semi-autobiographical account of a skeptic who found faith through the spiritual teachings of…
Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, faith, rationality, religion, science, skepticism, the Bible, theology
Posted in Books and Literature
Posted in Books and Literature
What Does the Bible Say about Video Games? Part 1
There’s an old saying that’s popular among political candidates and publicity hounds: “All press is good press.” Colleen Lachowicz is finding out whether or not this is true. Who is Colleen Lachowicz? Colleen Lachowicz is a Democratic candidate for state senator…
Tagged with: adultery, Colleen Lachowicz, death, fundamentalism, online games, sex, skepticism, spirituality, the Bible, video games, violence, war, World of Warcraft
Posted in Current Events, Sports and Recreation, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Current Events, Sports and Recreation, The Bible Re-Viewed
Doing Dishes
Though most of the material posted here will be new, I will also post some gems from my archives. With that in mind, here is a newly edited version of one of my more popular talks on daily living, which…
Tagged with: baptism, correspondences, food, ritual, service, spiritual meaning, spirituality, the Bible, washing, work, worship
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Posted in Spiritual Growth
On Earth as it is In Heaven, by Lee Woofenden
Here is a book of sermons I preached in 2003, when I was pastor of the New Jerusalem Church in Bridgewater, Massachusetts: On Earth as it is In Heaven Reflections on Jesus’ Parables of the Kingdom and Emanuel Swedenborg’s…
Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, heaven, spirituality, the Bible, the Lord's Prayer
Posted in Books and Literature, The Afterlife
Posted in Books and Literature, The Afterlife
Can We Really Believe the Bible?
Some Thoughts for Those who Wish they Could Our best modern science tells us that: The universe is almost fourteen billion years old. Our solar system formed gradually about four and a half billion years ago. Life first appeared on…
Tagged with: Adam, Christianity, correspondences, Creation, Eve, rationality, science, spiritual meaning, spiritual rebirth, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
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