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In what way is the Lord with us if we choose evil? Sometimes it seems to us that we can't change, what does He do about that? | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Sr. | Westville, RSA

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Am I Good Enough?

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 14, 2016

Sometimes it can feel like it's pretty easy to be a good person and at other times it can feel impossible. What's reality? How worried should we be? What is the Lord really asking of us? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Westville, RSA

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Seeing the Lord

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 07, 2016

We trust our senses. If I see something with my own eyes I know it's real, and if I can't see it I might question if it's real. Yet we believe in the Lord and none of us has seen Him. We'll talk about how we can see the Lord and about why it's important, and even vital, that we see Him. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Westville, RSA

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Why and How to Pray for Other People

Worship Service: Sermon only - July 31, 2016

When someone we know goes through something difficult or tragic we often say that we will hold them in our thoughts and prayers. Why? What is the value in our prayers? Are we hoping to change the Lord's mind on what should happen? Don't get me wrong: there is real power in prayer for others but when we don't have clarity about what we should pray for and why we're praying it can be hard to do it. Let's talk about why prayer for others matters and how to build the habit of praying for others into our lives. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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Guilt and Remorse

Worship Service: Sermon only - July 24, 2016

All of us have done things that are wrong, sometimes painfully wrong. How do we move on? What's the one essential thing we need to make sure we do, even as we find ourselves keeping on doing harmful things? We'll explore this and more, and then have a chance to come before the Lord for Holy Supper to ask His help in moving forward. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Westville, RSA

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The Breath of Life

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 10, 2016

Are you inspired, or are you just plodding along? Are you relaxed or are you tight and pushing hard to get through the day? We will explore the Lord's presence in our lives, how we open ourselves to what is good, and reject what is harmful. And, perhaps surprisingly, we will look at how the Lord links a lot of different spiritual ideas to breathing. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Westville, RSA

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Living in Community

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 03, 2016

Everyone looks for a community of like-minded people, and mourns at the loss of those people when the communities dissolve. We'll look at some teachings about community, it's value, and consider what we can do to deepen the connection with others in the various communities in our lives. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Westville, RSA

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The Lord on a White Horse

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 26, 2016

An explanation of one of those "difficult" stories in the Old Testament, showing how even when the story involves punishment for evildoers, the essential message is a positive one about how the Lord is constantly watching over us and protecting us from spiritual harm. | By Rev. James P. Cooper | Westville, RSA

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The Holy City New Jerusalem

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 19, 2016

The Holy City New Jerusalem is one way to picture heaven. In this sermon we will look at some of the main features of the city as it is described in the book of Revelation and use those keys to unlock a clearer picture of the spiritual home that the Lord has built for us. | By Rev. James P. Cooper | Westville, RSA

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The Child Who Ruled With a Rod of Iron

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 12, 2016

The Hebrew word for "dragon" is translated in different ways when it is used in different parts of the Old and New Testaments. Sometimes its a "serpent" and in the story of Jonah its a "great fish." In this sermon we'll be looking at some of these stories to see the different way the "dragon" tries to interfere with our spiritual growth and the health of the church. | By Rev. James P. Cooper | Westville, RSA

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As We Also Forgive Our Debtors

Worship Service: Sermon only - June 05, 2016

Have you ever wondered why people in the New Church say the Lord's prayer a bit differently from a lot of other churches? One of the differences is that we say, "and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors." Do you know what that means? How are debts different from trespasses? This sermon puts them in context. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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Holy Supper and Repentance

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 29, 2016

This Sunday we will have Holy Supper or Communion at the end of the service and we will be talking about the meaning of this sacred practice. We have just finished a sermon series on repentance and so we will be talking particularly about the power that taking the Holy Supper can have in the process of repenting. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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The Steps of Repentance 4 - Begin a New Life

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 22, 2016

For the past 3 weeks we've been looking at the steps of repentance, the spiritual process the Lord calls us to go through to reject what is evil and harmful in our lives and begin a new life. This week we come to the final step: actually beginning a new life. Scared? Does it even seem possible to make a real and lasting change in your life? Join us this Sunday to take an honest look at the challenges of beginning a new life and to learn how the Lord makes it possible for us to do this. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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The Steps of Repentance 3 - Pray to the Lord

Worship Service: Sermon only - May 15, 2016

The teachings of the New Church outline 4 steps of repentance. This Sunday we're digging into the 3rd step: praying to the Lord. Prayer can sometimes feel pointless and ineffectual but that's why I love the chance to get to think about it and talk about it in the context of repentance because then we can really see its importance and power. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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The Steps of Repentance 2 - Recognise and Acknowledge Sin

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 08, 2016

(By Coleman Glenn read by Malcolm Smith)The teachings of the New Church outline 4 steps of repentance. This Sunday we're digging into the 2nd step--a step that is easy to overlook but essential to real repentance: recognising and acknowledging our sin. Sin is a scary word but learning how to recognise and acknowledge it in ourselves in a healthy way is a key step in moving beyond it. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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Steps of Repentance 1-Examine Yourself

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 01, 2016

The first thing Jesus said when He began public preaching was, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 4:17). But how do we repent? The teachings of the New Church outline 4 steps of repentance. Can you guess (or remember) what they are? And, more importantly, do you know how to use them to repent? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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God Meant it for Good

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 24, 2016

Why do bad things happen? Is God really in control? The teachings of the New Church spell out the answers to these questions clearly. The sermon this week delves into these questions and looks at how Divine Providence works for the better even when things look bad. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Westville, RSA

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Worshipping the Lord in Spirit and Truth

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 17, 2016

What is worship? What makes worship genuine or fake? What's the purpose of worship? These are some of the questions we’re going to be exploring this Sunday. We’re going to try to get to the heart of internal side of worship. (This was actually recorded in Stanford, Western Cape for the New Church Cape Town Circle.) | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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Waiting on the Lord

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 10, 2016

Many of us understand that spiritual growth is a long, slow process, and that change doesn't happen overnight. But sometimes it seems like we're not moving at all, and sometimes it even seems like we are moving backwards. How can we find the trust and strength to continue waiting for the Lord when it seems like we have already been waiting for so long? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Westville, RSA

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Evaluating and Improving Your Spiritual Health

Worship Service: Sermon only - April 03, 2016

How are you doing? How's your life going? How's your spiritual life going? These can be hard questions to know how to answer and hard questions to want to answer. Especially if things aren't going well we can feel a lot of shame and resistance around directly thinking about how we're doing. But, the first step in getting healthier is to take an honest look at how we're doing right now. That's what we're going to do this Sunday. This Sunday, during the adult sermon, I will give a short talk and then give people about 10 minutes to privately fill out a series of pages called the "Spiritual Health Snapshot" and "Spiritual Health Plan." It's a tool for evaluating how you're doing spiritually, picking an area to focus on, and then making a plan to work on it. These will be available on www.newchurchwestville.co.za/snapshot . You can download and print from there. If you've done it before, it can be useful to do it again and see how things have changed since the last time. If you haven't done it before, I hope you'll give it a try. Let's each do our individual work so that we can become more healthy as individuals and as a church. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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Who Does Not Believe Will Be Condemned

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 27, 2016

This year, as we celebrate Easter, we are focusing on the Gospel Mark. One of the features of the account from Mark is a strong emphasis on belief—people who believe that Jesus has risen, people who do not, what will happen to those that do and do not believe. This Sunday will be an opportunity for each person to reflect on what they believe about Jesus and the Easter story and how the Lord can strengthen each person’s belief. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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