Swedenborg and Life

Recent episodes

1. What Your Guardian Angel Is Actually Protecting You Against from Swedenborg and Life

   Aug 4, 202657 min

   Too often, people in this world aren’t protected from danger. Yet many believe that we have guardian angels. So what are angels protecting us from?

2. Why You Keep Falling Into The Same Compulsions from Swedenborg and Life

   Jul 28, 202657 min

   We have many “wants,” but some are healthy and some are not. Where do desires and compulsions come from? We look at the spiritual side of this issue.

3. The Book of Life And The Hidden Reality Behind What It Records from Swedenborg and Life

   Jul 21, 202656 min

   Revelation says that whoever is not found in the Book of Life ends up in a lake of fire. How do we know if we’re in that Book of Life? What does it mean?

4. How to Know You Are Following God's Path from Swedenborg and Life

   Jul 14, 20261 hr 4 min

   Following God’s path is NOT some particular set of outer practices or actions. It’s about about a deeper attitude that we can develop to fuel whatever we’re doing externally.

5. Why did Jesus Live For Only 33 Years? from Swedenborg and Life

   Jul 7, 202652 min

   Everything about Jesus’s 33 years of life was purposeful. Learn why he waited 30 years to start his ministry, and then taught for only 3 years.

6. How to Talk to God During a Spiritual Crisis from Swedenborg and Life

   Jun 30, 20261 hr 0 min

   When going through a spiritual crisis, the natural impulse is to pray for the crisis to stop. But would that really be the best thing for us? What can we learn from Jesus’s example?

7. Why Does God Allow Us To Struggle With Sin? from Swedenborg and Life

   Jun 23, 202656 min

   Struggling with sin is the only way to make a genuine choice about it. Learn some of the benefits that come from this struggle.

8. 7 Amazing Things That We WILL Do In Heaven from Swedenborg and Life

   Jun 16, 202659 min

   Will life after death be much different than earthly life? We share some amazing upgrades that we’ll enjoy in heaven!

9. The Four Angels And The Spiritual Danger Hidden in Religion from Swedenborg and Life

   Jun 9, 20261 hr 4 min

   There’s an alarming prophecy in Revelation about chained angels in the Euphrates river being released and destroying people. But we’re not supposed to take that literally!

10. What No One Tells You About The Final Days Before Death from Swedenborg and Life

    Jun 2, 202646 min

    Learn about some of the ways that God and angels help a person get prepared to transition into the afterlife.

11. Why Did Jesus Pray To God If He Is God? from Swedenborg and Life

    May 26, 20261 hr 10 min

    Is Jesus one with the Father? If so, why did Jesus sometimes pray to the Father? Learn how the make-up of our own minds can help us understand.

12. 7 Things That You WON’T Do In Heaven from Swedenborg and Life

    May 19, 202648 min

    Life in heaven will be different than life on earth. We dig into Emanuel Swedenborg’s books for specific things that we WON’T do in heaven.

13. Why Do We Live So Long? The Purpose of Old Age from Swedenborg and Life

    May 12, 20261 hr 2 min

    Getting older involves more and more physical limitations. And yet the late stages in earthly life include important phases of spiritual development!

14. “Our Father…” What the Lord’s Prayer Really Means from Swedenborg and Life

    May 5, 20261 hr 0 min

    “The Lord’s prayer” that Jesus taught is well known, and widely used. Find out the deeper meanings in each phrase, as recorded by Emanuel Swedenborg.

15. What Nobody Tells You About the First 20 Years After Death from Swedenborg and Life

    Apr 28, 202648 min

    After death, most people don’t immediately enter heaven or hell. There’s a necessary preparation period that has to come first.

16. Crossing Over: What Happened To My Spouse After Death? from Swedenborg and Life

    Apr 21, 202643 min

    The death of a spouse is devastating. On top of the pain, many widows and widowers have burning questions. We look in Swedenborg’s books for some answers.

17. Does Your Loved One Have Meaningful Work in The Afterlife? from Swedenborg and Life

    Apr 14, 202653 min

    When you’ve lost a loved one, it can be comforting to imagine what they’re doing in their new life. We look at some of the meaningful, fulfilling work available after death.

18. What no one tells you about the first year after death from Swedenborg and Life

    Apr 6, 20261 hr 0 min

    After the initial transition at death from the physical world into the spiritual world, there is a first stage that each person goes through in their afterlife journey.

19. Why Did Jesus Go to Hell Between His Death And Resurrection? from Swedenborg and Life

    Mar 31, 202650 min

    Emanuel Swedenborg learned details about the mysterious period between Jesus’s death on the cross and his resurrection on the third day afterwards.

20. How To Talk to God and Feel Heard from Swedenborg and Life

    Mar 24, 202652 min

    Do you sometimes feel like you’re talking into a void when praying? Does no apparent response mean that God isn’t listening?