Today we enjoyed a talk by Rev Ros Taylor in the US about her work with Deborah’s Tree, promoting the work of women in leadership, scholarship and the arts in Swedenborgian religious settings. Go to https://www.deborahstree.org for further information, and search Deborah’s
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Is it true that, “… a perfect and omnipotent God could, should, and would see to it that such problems did not exist in a book which s/he had inspired.” (https://infidels.org/library/modern/donald_morgan/contradictions.html)? And what is the contradiction inherent in adhering to the theory
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Why would you get involved in a group such as a church? There are many reasons: the theology, the style of worship, they’re nice people, to meet like-minded others, social connection, for what you can get out of it, for personal or
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Can you experience and understand paradox? Paradox is defined as, ‘A statement or proposition seemingly self-contradictory or absurd, and yet explicable as expressing a truth.’ (Webster’s Dictionary) Examples include: “Less is more” “The most corrected copies are commonly the least correct” (Francis
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Is religion, like sports psychology, an irrational optimism which seeks to banish the skepticism that is so useful to science? “This chapter is about the psychology of performance. We will dig down into the minds of top sportsmen and explore the relationship
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SwedenborgCommunityVictoria · The Greatest Must Serve The principle that those who wish to be greatest must serve is found in each of the four gospels, but each time it is expressed in different ways and in different contexts. What can we learn
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Loving your enemies is one of the most challenging of commands ever given. But this has hidden benefits. Today, we read from Matthew chapter 5 and unpack everything that Jesus means when he teaches the true nature of love. Recorded on Sunday
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Jesus appears inconsistent in his demands for us to follow the commandments and his breaking the Sabbath laws of his time. Will a closer examination of the issues involved reconcile this dilemma and offer us greater clarity on the commandments? Recorded on
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God is the sole Creative Divine Being who is loving, all-powerful, never angry and never gives up on us. We recognise Jesus Christ as the expression of God in human form, in whom is a trinity of three essentials ~ inmost soul
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