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Love Over Ego, Part 2 - Intentions Over Expectations
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 10, 2019
Daniel's wisdom is a product of His dependance on the Lord. When faced with a situation, it is His reliance on the Lord even for his understanding that brings him and his friends through. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PALove over Ego, Part 1 - True Identity
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 03, 2019
Daniel sought to maintain his Jewish identity within a foreign culture, but also to succeed within that culture. Daniel stove to not defile himself according to Jewish law, and chose to pursue this by regulating his consumption. Paying attention to what we take in and where it comes from is the starting place for choosing an identity in the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWalls of the City
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 27, 2019
The Lord is order which is from good and truth. Apart from order, there is also that which is not ordered and that which is contrary to order. Different states of a city provide us with the opportunity to think about how these three categories work – for example a city without a wall, a wall without a city, and a functioning city. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAPsalm 119 - Hope in Your Word
Worship Service: Children & Adult - January 06, 2019
The Lord is present in and through the Word. His Divine Love and Wisdom are the source. The Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled the Word. He teaches us as we seek understanding from it and instills love for Him as we approach Him in it. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAYou Crown the Year with Goodness
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 30, 2018
The Lord crowns our year with goodness. If we look, we can see the good the Lord has done for us in the last year. His goodness encircles our life and tops it off. The goodness drops as richness of life from heaven. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAThe Gifts of the Wise Men
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 23, 2018
The Wise Men gave their gifts because combined the gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh symbolize all worship owed to the Lord. In total, worship is must be from the heart, head, and life. When we fully commit to the Lord in that way, we give the gifts of the Wise Men. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWhere Is He Who Has Been Born King of the Jews?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 16, 2018
The wise men pursued the Lord when they knew of His coming. Our knowledge of the Lord can be a star that leads us to Him, and it includes finding Him by way of organized religion and the wisdom collected there. Even when these organizations are corrupted, they are a place where we can learn and find the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAJesus' Family History
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 02, 2018
If you look closely at the family history of Jesus, you can see the mess. And that messy family history is absolutely necessary for the Jesus work of glorification and our salvation. Original sermon by Rev. Malcolm Smith | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAThe Work of the Holy Spirit
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 25, 2018
The Lord Jesus Christ is present with us through the Holy Spirit, the spirit of truth that leads to truth. We find this through Scripture and it is through Scripture that the Lord has a power effect to heal you and make you knew. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAThanksgiving - First Fruits
Worship Service: Informal Family - November 22, 2018
The festival of first fruits was a required religious feast for the Jewish church. The spiritual significance of this celebration is to acknowledge the good life produced by the Lord's truths. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAJoshua, Part 5 - Choosing
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 18, 2018
The Lord Jesus Christ has fought for us and established for us the ability to choose. We can exercise that choice by choosing who and how we will serve. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAJoshua, Part 4 - Losing Battles
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 11, 2018
We will face failure, loss, and our own sins in life. It is part of the process and we should not expect otherwise. If we approach failure as feedback and take our failures to the Lord and look for our inner falsities that are part of the problem, we can face every failure and grow through process. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAPsalm 34 - Taste and See
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 04, 2018
The Lord cares for us. When we trust in Him and pursue the life He teaches, we will be protected and blessed spiritually. Even if things are hard at times, the Lord will lead us to see the goodness of what He teaches. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAJoshua, Part 3 - Spiritual Combat
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 28, 2018
The Lord leads us into spiritual combat, the conflict between truth and falsity, between lusts and love. The key to victory is marching according to the 10 Commandments. If we encircle false thinking and lustful behavior with the Ten Commandments, the Lord fights for us. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAPsalm 100 - He Who Made Us
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 07, 2018
We praise the Lord because He made us, cares for us, and for who He is. Our response is to come to Him with love by means of what He teaches. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAYoked Together, Part 4 - Strengthening Bonds
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 23, 2018
The Lord created marriages and He created them to grow stronger forever. We can strengthen our marriage by choosing to use means of strengthening relationships that He created. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAYoked Together, Part 3 - Men and Women
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 16, 2018
The Lord created men and women with the design that they be able to be joined together body, mind, and soul. The origin of all bodily differences has its origin in the soul. Knowing and understanding these differences allows for us to respect and love the differences and their ability to join us together. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAYoked Together, Part 2 - Origin and Correspondence of Marriage
Worship Service: Children & Adult - September 09, 2018
The origin of marriage is from the marriage of goodness and truth or love and wisdom. And marriage corresponds to the marriage of the Lord and the church. Marriage when seen from this source gives us a profound view of marriage. Especially, when we see that the Lord Jesus Christ brings these to us from Himself. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAYoked Together, Part 1 - A High View of Marriage
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 02, 2018
Marriage is the experience of being yoked together with someone of the opposite sex. Into this Divine institution, all the spiritual and heavenly delights possible have been gathered. To experience these delights and joys we must go to the source of them, the Lord Jesus Christ. Our ability to receive and experience marriage, depends on our relationship with Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PANoah, The Remnant
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 26, 2018
The story of Noah teaches us about the state of humanity and how the Lord protects humanity. Humanity as a species has desires passed down that lead away from the Lord and Love; these are called hereditary evil. But the provides that there are people who will follow him, and in particular he provides times and experiences of goodness and truth that sustain us through our own floods. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News, Part 3 - The Second Coming
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 19, 2018
The Good News of the New Church is that Lord Jesus Christ is coming again. He came again in time through a new revelation. He comes again to us personally when we meet Him in His revelation. The Church is the mechanism of His Coming for each of us and for the world. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News, Part 2 - The Author
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 12, 2018
The Good News of the New Church is that the Lord has come, that he has saved all humanity, and that He can save us as individuals. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News, Part 1 - Repentance
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 05, 2018
The good news of the New Church is that we can be different. The Lord offers us the ability to repent and to change if we are willing to let go of who we were to become who we can be. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAKingdoms, Part 2 - Kingdom of Others or Kingdom of the World
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 29, 2018
Love to the neighbor and love of world are opposed to each other. What love rules in us, love of others or the world. These opposing loves will make us rich in heaven or on earth, we can choose which we want to rule in our hearts. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAKingdoms, Part 1 - Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Self
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 22, 2018
Love to the Lord and love of self are opposed to each other. If we enter the kingdom of God, love to the Lord rules. If we do not enter the kingdom of God, it is probable that love of self will rule. If we wish to enter the kingdom of God, by ordering our outward activities to act in conjunction with the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA