THE LITERAL FALL has been one of the cornerstone doctrines of the Christian church for centuries. What’s remarkable about Swedenborg’s commentary upon the Bible is not so much the idea that the early stories are clearly symbolic, but that the historical stories
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As a boy, I remember enjoying counting my pocket money. Of course, now, in my 50’s, I still count my “pocket money”. We forget it in our 20’s and 30’s, when we feel young, free, and indestructible, but then as you begin
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Who doesn’t want to be powerful? Not necessarily holding positions of power, but in the sense of being heard, certainly in terms of having your opinions respected and honoured as valuable. Recorded on Sunday 24 October 2021. Also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0DUCxzVZNaI
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Things you can get wrong reading the Bible – Pluck out the eye Reading Mark chapter 9, verses 33 to 50, and Leviticus chapter 21 Video also available at: https://youtu.be/9iRi161gZmQ Recorded on Sunday 17th October 2021
Things you can get wrong reading the Bible: Life after death Recorded on Sunday 3 October 2021. Looking at the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31. Heaven and Hell, paragraph 311 refers to the erroneous belief that there are
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The claim that the Bible predicts the future – and that future is ALWAYS IMMANENT – is shouted most STRONGLY when we’re facing difficult times, debates and contentions. BUT DOES IT HOLD UP? “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
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Based on the books: Paradoxes of Group Life, by Kenwyn and Berg, and The Brain that Changes Itself, by Norman Doidge Audio available here: https://soundcloud.com/swedenborgcommunity/the-paradox-of-creativity-and-destruction From Heavenly Secrets, paragraph 9723, by Emanuel Swedenborg, on Exodus 27: ‘And you shall make [its] pans
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Readers of Swedenborg are often accused of a reliance upon another source of truth than the Word. But what we see in Swedenborg is not a replacement of the Word, but an understanding of WHY the Word is regarded as holy, quite
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Go find the person you disagree with, the person who lives in a way that is different from you. Are you able to show love to “other”?
