Identifying God is no small task. Getting a grasp on the infinite. If only there was a path to connect to this eternal love itself…
Who Is God?…Is Jesus God?
Is God angry?
The Bible contains images of a vengeful, jealous God. But is this image reality? Explore why God could seem angry, and yet is actually loving.
How do I have a relationship with someone I can’t see?
We can’t have a relationship with a Force, but we can with a human being. Read suggestions on ways to connect with the Lord that work all year round.
Does the Lord need my love?
Christmastime can bring up a lot of questions about who God is, why He came to earth, and how we are supposed to interact with Him. Here the Rt. Rev. Peter Buss addresses some of those questions.
Abraham and Isaac (Bible study)
The story of Abraham being ordered to kill his son Isaac is a confusing one. It seems unlike a loving God. Rev. John Odhner explores the inner meaning of this story.
Seeking Answers: Who Is God?
The Word has much to say about God’s identity. There’s the Trinity: He is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. There are His characteristics: omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. But these concepts are complex and hard to understand in their application to our lives. Ron Schnarr explores questions many of us have about the Divine.
Creator of the Universe
In the New Church, we are taught that God presents Himself to us in human form. It’s not that He is modeled after us, rather the reverse, that we are created in His image and likeness. One passage in Arcana Coelestia by Emanuel Swedenborg illustrates the relevance of this point. It states that the innermost […]
How Can We Rationalize the Concept of One God, with the Trinity?
God is one: Traditional Christianity says that God is one, yet insists that there are three distinct Divine persons of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. When you have three persons who are all–knowing, all–powerful, and all–present it makes three Gods. New Christianity says that God is one (Mark 12:32, Isaiah 44:6, Zechariah 14:9). The one […]
Is God Really Jealous and Angry?
“God cannot turn away from us or even look at us with a frown.” (True Christianity 56) When we read the Old Testament we are sometimes given a view of God being angry or jealous. Let it be clearly said: God is never angry. God is pure unending love and wisdom and completely incapable of […]
God; love; kindness; and world religions.
Engage in readings from sacred texts about the beauty of the world created by the Divine.