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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...
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How did God Create the Universe? Was the World Really Created in Six Days?
God Creates Universe with Big Bang That might be the Sunday morning newspaper headline oh, about 13.75 billion years ago . . . if newspapers were possible in the primordial quark-gluon soup. I know, I...
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What are the Roles of Men and Women toward Each Other and in Society?
Man + Woman = Confusion? There are few issues so hotly debated in today’s society as the roles of men and women toward each other and in society. The arguments range all the way from those who maintain...
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Man, Woman, and the Two Creation Stories of Genesis
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...
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Heaven, Regeneration, and the Meaning of Life on Earth
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,...
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Creation vs. Evolution: Can We All Just Calm Down, Please?
Creationist Fourth Grade Science Quiz Page 1 Creationist Fourth Grade Science Quiz Page 2 This just viral: a fourth grade science quiz. Normally, grade school science quizzes are not that interesting....
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Divine Love and Wisdom, by Emanuel Swedenborg
How did God create the universe? What does the universe say about God . . . and about the human psyche? This highly philosophical work will expand the boundaries of your mind, revealing many deep...
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The Bible: Literal Inerrancy vs. Divine Depths of Meaning
Here is a comment that a reader named Ben made on my article, “Can We Really Believe the Bible?”: We can definitely believe the Bible. There is no denying that careful interpretation and context are...
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Containers for God
This article is a sequel to the previous one, “Wavicles of Love.” The infinity symbol If God is infinite, how can there be room for anything else? Wouldn’t everything just be a part of God? If God is...
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Secrets of Heaven, by Emanuel Swedenborg
What are the stories in Genesis about? Was the world really created in six days, or is there some deeper meaning? What about Adam and Eve? Noah and the Ark? How can we believe these stories in the...
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Viktor Frankl on Meaning through Relationship: It’s All About Love and...
Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl in 1975 In the second part of Man’s Search for Meaning, psychiatrist and holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl lists three different ways we can find meaning in life:...
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How can we have Faith when So Many Bad Things happen to So Many Good People?...
Click here for Part 1 of this article. In Part 1, we talked about the painful struggles of life, our questioning of God, and how coming to realize that we don’t understand the way God runs this...
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Can God Fail?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Achilles: I just read in one of your articles that before Jesus – God had sent many priests and...
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God is Love . . . And That Makes All the Difference in the World
God is love God is love. A nice sentiment. It’s the sort of thing those dreamy-eyed Christians say. But it’s not very practical. Or is it? Consider this: God created the universe. Now does the idea...
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Ruler of All Nations
(This article is a lightly edited version of a talk originally delivered on June 8, 2003.) Throughout recorded human history runs the thread of human beings trying to rule and control as much of this...
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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...
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The Myth of Ownership: A Thanksgiving Reflection
Title Deed 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...
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Are Deaths from Natural Disasters an Unavoidable Side-Effect of God’s Creation?
Aftermath of an earthquake As amazing and beautiful as this physical universe is, it is also filled with almost unimaginable cataclysmic violence—which commonly brings suffering, pain, and death to the...
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God: Puppetmaster or Manager of the Universe?
Isaac Newton Back when Isaac Newton reigned supreme in the world of physics, it was popular among scientists and philosophers to think of the universe as a vast machine grinding along on an inevitable...
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Where is the Garden of Eden?
Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by the Rev. Fats Montsho: Does Swedenborg in any of his books geographically describe Eden in detail? Thanks for the...
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