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Love Your Enemies
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 19, 2020
The Lord on earth gave a lot of attention to loving our enemies and New Church teaching confirms that it is vital for our spiritual health. Yet it's one of the hardest commandments to follow. What does the Lord actually expect of us, and how do we go about loving our enemies in a way that is healthy, not papering over what is wrong or being overly harsh? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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How Does the Lord Want Us to React to Evil?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 12, 2020
Sometimes people seem to think that the Lord wants everything we do to seem "nice." This is a false idea. Sometimes we need to strongly defend other people and what is good and true. But when James and John asked if they could call fire from heaven to destroy a Samaritan village, they thought it was a just punishment for the bad choices of that village. Jesus strongly disagreed. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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What Unites Us and What Separates Us
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 12, 2020
As Jesus traveled toward Jerusalem a Samaritan village refused to have Him and His disciples stay there. James and John asked if they could call fire down from heaven to destroy the village. Jesus sternly rebuked them. We have parts of our mind like these two disciples that are all too ready to condemn and wish bad things on others. The Lord would wish a different response in our lives. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Peter G. Bostock
Memorial Service - July 11, 2020
| By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Declarations and Revolutions
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 05, 2020
With Independence Day falling one day prior, we dive into the problems as well as the power of the "proprium" or selfhood of a nation, a church, and a person, and examine how the foundations that lead to greatness can also lead to division. | By Rev. Christopher A Barber | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Preach to Nineveh
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 05, 2020
Jonah was called by the Lord to preach to foreign non-believers at Ninevah. There was a problem though - Jonah didn't want to preach to anyone who was not already of the faith. This week we will look at our inclination to assist only people we like, and how we can find it in our hearts to be servants of all. | By Rev. Christopher A Barber | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Love of Our Country
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 28, 2020
How we live our lives in this world is an important preparation for our eternal life. The Lord wants us to know that the love and willingness to serve that we can have for our country in this world is an important preparation for loving the Lord's heavenly kingdom. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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In Times of Trouble
Worship Service: Ordination & Sermon - June 28, 2020
Ordination of Richard M. Glenn into the first degree by Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. Sermon by Richard Glenn. In a deeply troubled time of Elijah's life, an angel gave him food and drink which sustained him for the next forty days. In the same way, the Lord can comfort us during the many trials of our lives. He urges us to take care of ourselves, and he will sustain us, all with the goal of renewed energy and purpose to serve. | By Rev. Richard M. Glenn | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Barbara Acton
Memorial Service - June 27, 2020
Babara Barnitz Acton | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Sent Out and Sent Out Again
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 21, 2020
As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of New Church Day, our focus is on the sending out of the 12 disciples on June 19, 1770. We have the opportunity to remember together the Christmas Tableaux and the June 19th Pageant, and to ask ourselves what it means to be a disciple of the Lord. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Sent Out and Sent Out Again
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 21, 2020
The Child born to the woman clothed with the sun, described in Revelation 12, represents "the doctrine of the New Church" (see Apocalypse Revealed 543). Our opportunity is to focus on the revelation of the Heavenly Doctrines as the fulfillment of that prophecy. Beyond appreciation is the act of being sent out. The real impact of that revelation is people like us choosing to live an authentic New Church life as described in its pages. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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New Church Day
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 18, 2020
6 PM online service | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Helping Us to See Clearly
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 14, 2020
The Lord wants us to know that we make much better decisions when we can see ourselves and the choices before us in the light of heaven. Harmful things that might seem desirable when we aren't thinking clearly can be seen for what they are. This process is what much of the Book of Revelation describes. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Seeing in the Light of Love and Wisdom
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 14, 2020
Many people reading the Book of Revelation see within its pages a description of an angry and condemning God who inflicts terrible punishment on people who are doing evil things. The teachings of the New Church call us to see these images completely differently. The Lord is revealing the true nature of things as they can be seen in the light of His love and wisdom. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Jerusalem a Rejoicing
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 07, 2020
The Lord wants us to be happy and rejoice. The Holy City New Jerusalem is a picture of the joy and hope the Lord offers us. To find it, we have to change ourselves, and through us, the world around us, to fit with what the Lord says. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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I Create Jerusalem a Rejoicing
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 07, 2020
The Lord's promise for the New Jerusalem is that it will be a joyful place full of His presence. Our world today seems a long way away from that promised place of peace. What can we do to bring Jerusalem present within us right now in a way that promotes peace, respect, integrity, and love in our world? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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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 Cathedral
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Oil 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 Cathedral
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Saved 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 Cathedral
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Saved 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 Cathedral
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Knowing 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 Cathedral
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Making 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 Cathedral
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How 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 Cathedral
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Seeing 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 Cathedral
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