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The Rider on the White Horse
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 06, 2021
One of the central images in the Book of Revelation is of the Rider on the White Horse. It is also a central image for teaching us how we become spiritual people. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhy Did the Lord Choose to Teach Us What He Has?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 30, 2021
As we consider the many things the Lord has taught us in the Old Testament, New Testament, and in the teachings for the New Church, why did He choose to teach the things that He did? What is His goal in all of His instruction? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Purpose of Divine Revelation: That We May Have Joy
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 30, 2021
If we understand the nature of the Lord's love for us, we can recognize why He has revealed the ideas He has given to us. "The essence of love is loving others than oneself, wishing to be one with them and devoting oneself to their happiness." | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Myra Johns Asplundh
Memorial Service - May 23, 2021
| By Rev. Stephen D. Cole | Bryn Athyn CathedralBargaining with the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 23, 2021
The Lord wants everyone to be good. But how can we do that when at times it is so hard to do what is right? And what if we fall down sometimes? How does the Lord forgive us? | By Rt. Rev. Brian W. Keith | Bryn Athyn CathedralBargaining with the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 23, 2021
How could Abraham bargain with the Lord? Would the Lord change His mind? What do those numbers of "good" people, for whom the Lord would not destroy Sodom, mean? Spiritually, what does it take to be "saved?" Or, how bad can I be and still be saved? These questions find some surprising answers in the story. | By Rt. Rev. Brian W. Keith | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord's Love for His Church
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 16, 2021
The Lord's love for His church is shown in the story of Jacob's love for Rachel (Genesis 29) and his helping her care for her flock of sheep. It also gives us an example of how we should love one another. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralLead Us Not into Temptation
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 16, 2021
Why have we been taught to pray to our Father in heaven to "lead us not into temptation?" It is a question I have been asked several times in the last few years. | By Rev. N. Bruce Rogers | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord as the Sun of Heaven
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 09, 2021
We know that the Lord is the perfect Human being. But we are also told about Him appearing as the sun of Heaven. Why is the Lord like the sun and how does He want to bring light and heat to our lives? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Holy Spirit
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 09, 2021
While the teachings of the New Church are clear that there is not a trinity of persons in God as traditional Christian doctrine teaches, those teachings do speak about Father, Son and Holy Spirit as the three essential components of God. In this trinity, what quality of God is the Holy Spirit and how does this quality of the Lord affect our lives? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralCourage in the Face of Impossible Odds
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 02, 2021
We want to be brave, but it sometimes seems impossible to keep going when the odds are stacked up against us. What can we do to move forward in such times? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralHope in the Face of Fear
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 02, 2021
There's a lot to be afraid of in the world around us, and there's a lot to be afraid of in our own inner world. How do we move forward in the face of what feels like very reasonable fear? How can we find hope at such times? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralWas John the Best Disciple?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 25, 2021
In the Gospel of John he is never mentioned by name but is called "the disciple whom Jesus loved." Why is this? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralCarried Away
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 25, 2021
After His resurrection the Lord appeared several times to His disciples. The third time that He appeared, as recounted in John 21, He made a prediction to Peter that is relevant for each one of us. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralUnderstanding the Lord's Word
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 18, 2021
There are many wonderful teachings in the Word that remind us of what the Lord wants us to think, do, and say. They remind us of how much He loves us and wants to lead each of us to a heavenly home. There are other statements that seem harsh and cruel. How does the Lord want us to understand them? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralHard Statements: Breaking the Two Testaments of Stone
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 18, 2021
Reading particularly in the Old Testament, but also in places in the New Testament, we can run across statements that not only do not reflect a loving God, but actually convey the opposite idea. If we are to hold onto the idea that the Lord is perfect love expressing itself in perfect wisdom, we need to know why the Word speaks so differently from what we might expect. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralA Fruitful Life
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 11, 2021
The Lord asks us in the Gospel of John 15:4 to be a branch that brings forth fruit. A fruitful life is a useful life. With the Lord's guidance, our desire to help can "branch out" in many useful ways as we become more and more capable of serving. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn CathedralBearing Much Fruit
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 11, 2021
| By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Address for Sylvia Rose Cooper
Memorial Service - April 10, 2021
| By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn CathedralSeeing the Risen Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 04, 2021
Easter Sunday | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralPalm Sunday: The Lord Coming to Help
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 28, 2021
The people of Jerusalem rejoiced as Jesus rode into the city on Palm Sunday. But they didn't know what kind of a leader He intended to be. Can we accept the Lord as a God who comes to help us? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralPalm Sunday: A King Who Comes to Serve
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 28, 2021
Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a lowly donkey. He came to serve all of us. How hard is it to both acknowledge Him as the Infinite God and also one who comes to help each of us in each moment to lead wiser and kinder lives? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral“I am Coming as a Thief”: The Lord’s Secret Guidance
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 21, 2021
| By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral"I Am Coming as a Thief": The Lord's Secret Guidance
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 21, 2021
| By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralConjugial Love, a Most Precious Gem of the New Church
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 14, 2021
The Lord is constantly working in the most specific ways with each of us from the beginning of life to lead us to be happily married to eternity. While we are unaware of this, the Lord teaches us things we can also do to help prepare for marriage. This is why our religion, with its teachings, is so inseparably tied in with conjugial love and its promise for happiness. | By Rt. Rev. David H. Lindrooth | Bryn Athyn Cathedral