Category Archives: Swedenborgian Quotes

Acts of Service

Posted on March 15, 2018 by

297. Anyone who thinks with some enlightenment can see that love has service as its goal, that love tends toward service, and that love brings about service through wisdom. In fact, love cannot accomplish anything useful by itself, only by means of … Continue reading →

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Charity

Posted on March 8, 2018 by

[2] The form which charity takes is so plainly visible in the next life that charity itself is that which produces the form, as well as being that which is portrayed within it. Indeed that form is such that the … Continue reading →

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Why does God allow evil?

Posted on March 1, 2018 by

“It is not because of divine providence that wars happen, because wars are inseparable from murder, plunder, violence, cruelty, and other appalling evils that are diametrically opposed to Christian caring. However, it is absolutely necessary that they be permitted, because … Continue reading →

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God is

Posted on February 22, 2018 by

39. 3. Because God is love itself and wisdom itself, he is life itself, or life in itself. The Gospel of John says, The Word was with God, and the Word was God. In it there was life, and that life … Continue reading →

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Today’s Service: Church and Community

Posted on February 18, 2018 by

READINGS: Genesis 28:3 (NIV): May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples. John 15:4-5 (NIV): 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can … Continue reading →

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Church and Community

Posted on February 15, 2018 by

The Church is all the cells that comprise what Emmanuel Swedenborg calls “the Universal Human” (or “Grand Man” in some older translations)—the Church on earth as well as in the heavens with God as the head. All the people who … Continue reading →

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What is it to be spiritual?

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

“No one can be regenerated unless he knows the things that compose the new life, that is, spiritual life; for it is that life to which regeneration leads a person. The things that compose the new or spiritual life are the … Continue reading →

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