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DaveMSmith
Since Dec 22, 2003
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Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. (John 14:23)
And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. (Rev 22:12)
Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.( Rev 22:14)
All religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do what is good.
Doctrine of Life 1
Sins are not remitted by repentance of the mouth, but by repentance of the life
Arcana Coelestia 8393
A person who knows all that is good and all that is true -- as much as can be known -- but does not resist evils, knows nothing.
Apocalypse Explained 1180
It is impossible to worship the Lord except from charity. Worship stemming from faith that has no connection with charity is not possible, because it is worship solely of the lips and not of the heart.
Arcana Coelestia 440
You attain enlightenment when you are in the love of truth for the sake of truth, and not for the sake of yourself and the world.
Arcana Coelestia 9424
Swedenborg enables us to understand why we were created, why we are alive, and what happens to us after our bodies die. Swedenborg enables us to have the best possible understanding of Gods message as it exists in those Bible books which constitutes Gods Word. -- Rev Dr Martin Luther King
New Christian Bible Study
Swedenborg Foundation
New Church Live!
Swedenborg Digital Archives
The Heavenly Doctrines
Bryn Athyn Cathedral
The New Church
Creekside New Church
The New Church on Facebook
Spirit And Life Bible Study on Facebook
Heaven and Hell Facebook Community Page
Independence Hall Association
The President's House in Philadelphia
My Hero: Glenn Miller
Live 365: Streaming Big Band Music!
USAF Airmen of Note
Bill Bennett: 'Dan wants to break the story if it's false. A bunch of geeks in their pajamas at 4 in the morning BROKE IT'
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation" - Herbert Spencer