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Does It Do Anything?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 31, 2020
Some things just look pretty, and some things accomplish something. The worse is when something is made to accomplish something but doesn't. We'll look at some of these things in our own lives. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralOil in Your Lamp
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 31, 2020
The Lord talks about what will make the transition to the New Church happen. As we look toward the church's birthday, we'll explore one of the parables that give us insight into what we can do to build His presence in our lives and in our church. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralSaved by the Whale
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 24, 2020
Jonah the prophet was told by the Lord to go to Nineveh, to preach against their wickedness. But instead he went the opposite direction, and was eventually cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish, which was prepared by the Lord for him. What is the "whale" or the "great fish" that swallows us up? And how is that part of the Lord's love for us? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn CathedralSaved by the Whale
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 24, 2020
Jonah the prophet was told by the Lord to go to Nineveh, to preach against their wickedness. But instead he went the opposite direction, and was eventually cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish, which was prepared by the Lord for him. What is the "whale" or the "great fish" that swallows us up? And how is that part of the Lord's love for us? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn CathedralKnowing What to do with Conflicting Advice
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 17, 2020
Whether someone is young or older we all face a world in which people will tell us things that disagree with each other. Perhaps friends suggest doing something parents disapprove of. Perhaps adults disagree. How are we to make decisions about what is the best decision to make? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralMaking Decisions When Ideas are in Conflict
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 17, 2020
In so many areas of life in which we have decisions to make, both momentous and minor, it is easy to find directly contradictory advice and information about the issue and what we should do. Jesus warned of false prophets when He was in the world. Does His warning help us today? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralHow Good is Good Enough?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 10, 2020
We want to be good, but it seems very hard. How good is good enough? (Technical issues with microphones during this recording.) | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralSeeing as the Lord Sees Us
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 10, 2020
When we look at our motives and actions we can be very critical and be filled with shame. The Lord sees our spiritual progress very differently, which explains why we can see such negative things, yet still be on a good path. "When the Lord is with anyone, He leads him, and provides that all things which happen, whether sad or joyful, befall him for good: this is the Divine providence." Arcana Caelestia 6303 | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralResurrection Service for Rev. Kurt Horigan Asplundh
Memorial Service - May 10, 2020
| By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhat We Learn from the Ups and Downs of Life
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 03, 2020
As the Lord oversees our lives He knows that our lives won't be nearly as good if everything goes just the way we want it to. The Lord doesn't want harder things to happen to us, but He also knows how these harder things can help us become better human beings. (Music not included) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralGood Times and Bad: Both Summer and Winter are Part of the Lord's Plan
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 03, 2020
Although for some of us winter this year was not terribly hard, we can still rejoice with the warming weather of spring. In the Lord's promise to Noah after the flood, there was a promise that "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night, shall not cease." Why is this variation part of the Lord's plan? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralSeeing the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 26, 2020
It is hard to get along without seeing our friends and families. Can we get along without seeing the Lord? How do we see Him? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Face of God
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 26, 2020
The Lord told Moses that no one could see His face and live. Yet He promises in Revelation that His servants will see His face. Which is it? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralSwords and Mattocks
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 19, 2020
"Mattocks and Pruning Hooks." We live in a contentious time, just as Easter was a contentious time. Yet the Lord says that life does not have to be that way. How can we use our words and actions to heal? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Spirit of the Lord: Finding Safety
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 19, 2020
In Scripture we read about the Spirit of the Lord coming on people. This talk explores a passage in Isaiah about what can happen to us when we receive the Spirit of the Lord that He showed us in His resurrection. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord Rising on Easter
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 12, 2020
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralSeeing the Lord: The Veil Was Torn in Two
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 12, 2020
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThere Must Be a Place
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 05, 2020
Palm Sunday sermon | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn CathedralPalm Sunday sermon and Holy Supper
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 05, 2020
Palm Sunday service and Holy Supper for West Coast of United States | By Rt. Rev. David H. Lindrooth | Bryn Athyn CathedralMarlyn F. Smith Memorial Address
Memorial Service - April 05, 2020
Marlyn Field Smith passed away on April 2, 2020. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Stones Will Cry Out
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 05, 2020
Children's talk from Palm Sunday family service | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn CathedralStrengthen Ourselves in the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 29, 2020
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralResponding to Hard Things
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 29, 2020
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralWaiting by the Waters
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 22, 2020
"While I am coming another steps down before me." (John 5). A man had been waiting 38 years to be healed. He'd watched while others found healing in the waters of the pool of Bethesda. The Lord "knew" that he'd been there "a long time." Why didn't He help sooner? | By Rev. Grant H. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralPowerless
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 22, 2020
So much of life is out of our control. We can feel helpless in the face of that. The Lord experienced similar circumstances when He was in the world. Before He was glorified, His conscious awareness was bound by limits, just as ours, so that He could be attacked by hell. In these moments, He was able to overcome because He could draw on an inner power that was His own. We are indeed powerless in such moments; but the Human God is with us. Can we trust in him? | By Rev. Grant H. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral