Seeking to understand the truth of Jesus’s words can be encouraging and enlightening, but it’s also exactly what he wants us to do. Asking questions is one more way we can do God’s work. In this episode, hosts Curtis Childs and Jonathan Rose work with the writings of eighteenth-century theologian Emanuel Swedenborg to answer the following question: Does anything in the Bible indicate that there are deeper meanings to Jesus’s teachings?
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Swedenborg & Life Recap: God Used a Specific Design to Create Heaven — 3.30.20
In this episode, we tackle one of the biggest questions ever asked: how was the universe formed? Religion and science seem to argue about creation and chaos, but eighteenth-century scientist and spiritual teacher Emanuel Swedenborg learned more.
Continue ReadingSwedenborg & Life Recap: Ideas to Help You Manage Fear and Anxiety during the COVID-19 Pandemic — 3.23.20
The entire world is going through an incredibly strange and difficult time with the COVID-19 pandemic, and fear and anxiety are everywhere. The whole future feels so unclear and often terrifying, but the works of spiritual teacher Emanuel Swedenborg can still bring us some peace.
Continue ReadingSwedenborg & Life Live Recap: The 12 Disciples in Us — 3/17/19
The number twelve has deep spiritual significance in the Bible, but what does that mean for us? In this episode, hosts Curtis Childs and Jonathan Rose reveal what eighteenth-century theologian Emanuel Swedenborg learned about the twelve disciples in each of us.
Continue ReadingSwedenborg & Life Recap: What Happens to Your Mind When You Die? — 3.9.20
In his spiritual experiences, eighteenth-century scientist and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg learned that the mind has three levels: heavenly, spiritual, and earthly. In this episode, host Curtis Childs talks about these levels so that we might better understand the expansive nature of our mind after death.
Continue ReadingGood Question! Recap: Beauty, the Body of Jesus, and Levels of Heaven? — 03/02/20
Our expert panel has gathered once again to answer viewer questions with the help of the writings of eighteenth-century spiritual teacher Emanuel Swedenborg.
Continue ReadingSwedenborg & Life Live Recap: The Difference between Grace and Mercy — 2/24/20
What are grace and mercy, and what makes them different? In this episode, hosts Curtis Childs and Jonathan Rose answer that question with the help of eighteenth-century theologian Emanuel Swedenborg.
Continue ReadingGood Question! Recap: The Origin of Evil, Praying to Spirits, and Competition? — 02/10/20
Life is complicated, but eighteenth-century spiritual teacher Emanuel Swedenborg can help us answer its hardest questions. Our expert panel convenes to respond to viewers.
Continue ReadingSwedenborg & Life Live Recap: The Symbolism of Water and Wine — 2/3/19
We know the story of Jesus turning water to wine, but what does it truly mean? In this episode, hosts Curtis Childs and Jonathan Rose use eighteenth-century theologian Emanuel Swedenborg’s understanding of correspondences to reveal the inner truth of that story.
Continue ReadingSwedenborg & Life Recap: Will Your Body Look the Same When You Die? — 1.27.20
Here on earth, our relationships with our bodies can be . . . complicated. We need to take care of them, but keeping them healthy and feeling good in them is a challenge for almost everybody. Will we still have this challenge in the afterlife? When eighteenth-century spiritual teacher Emanuel Swedenborg visited the afterlife, he learned what will happen to our bodies after we die.
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