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Hope for Deliverance
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 16, 2014
Our topic is the slavery of the ancient Israelites and their hope for deliverance. As with all parts of the Word, the message isn't for others but for ourselves: our willingness to resist the insidious urge to control others, our own experiences of oppression, and our personal prayers for deliverance. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord Will Not Use Miracles to Make People Believe
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 09, 2014
Do you know the difference between evidence and proof? We are surrounded by evidence for believing in the Lord for those who have eyes to see it. The Lord intends this evidence to be something that can be doubted, not a miraculous proof of His existence. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Speech of Angels
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 02, 2014
Stories about how angels speak can teach us about our own efforts to communicate. Sometimes things that we hear are deeply moving to us. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralLittle By Little: Spiritual Rebirth is a Gradual Process
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 26, 2014
"Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land." (Exodus 23:30) | By Rev. Mark D. Pendleton | Bryn Athyn CathedralA Role for Each of Us in a Community
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 19, 2014
We know we are not designed to live alone. The Lord designed us to interact with others, to be supported by them and to support them. This sermon explores some of the teachings related to being in community. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralI Alone Am Left
Worship Service: Childrens Talk only - January 12, 2014
Elijah was running from Jezebel and he felt alone, and ready to give up. How do we cope when we feel alone? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralSeeing Patterns
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 05, 2014
Without patterns in life we could learn nothing. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralBecoming Wise
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 29, 2013
True wisdom arises from our willingness to turn to the Lord in His Word, day in and day out, to find the truths that can become our guiding stars. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThings Greatest and Least
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 25, 2013
"The Divine is the same in things greatest and least." (Divine Love and Wisdom 79) | By Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Kline | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Shepherds Going with Haste
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 24, 2013
Christmas Eve Family Service. No Copyright music included. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralJoseph: Husband of Mary, Protector and Provider for Jesus
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 22, 2013
"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for he will save His people from their sins." (Matthew 1:20-21) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Name "Jesus"
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 15, 2013
In both Matthew and Luke the angel tells Mary and Joseph to name the baby Jesus. Why was it important to use that name? What did it mean then, and what can it mean for us now? And what does it suggest about how we should use that name? | By Rt. Rev. Brian W. Keith | Bryn Athyn CathedralWilling to be Led
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 08, 2013
Mary's response to the angel Gabriel calls us to consider our own responsiveness to the Lord's leading. Closing prayer by Rev EH Carswell. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn CathedralBalaam and the Angel
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 01, 2013
The story of the wicked prophet Balaam and his encounter with the Angel of the Lord. The angel's words to him can be seen as an important key to the way that we approach religious questions in our life. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralCan Donkeys Talk?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 01, 2013
Numbers 22 is the story of the prophet Balaam and his donkey. Our topic is the reason why the donkey spoke and what she said to Balaam. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Most Holy Act of Worship
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 24, 2013
We are told that taking Holy Supper is the most holy act of worship. Why is this? What makes it so holy and how can we experience that holiness? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Power of Rituals
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 24, 2013
We live in a world that wants us to focus on the inner character of any situation without paying attention to the external. Yet there is real value in ritual and patterns in our lives, especially in our spiritual lives. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralEvelyn Klein Stephens Memorial Service
Memorial Service - November 23, 2013
| By Rev. Charles E. Blair | Bryn Athyn CathedralRest for Us, Rest for the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 17, 2013
The seventh day of creation reflects a state when a person no longer needs to fight an inner battle to do what is right. The person truly wants to do good and useful things. This state also provides an end to the Lord's battles for us and His rest. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhat Does it Mean to be a Human Being?
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 10, 2013
(Part 6 of 7 in the Journey series: 7 Practices of Peace). Human beings are not perfect. We make mistakes; we err. What does it mean to be truly human? After all, on the sixth day "God created man in His own image" (Genesis 1:27), and Jesus said, "You shall be perfect, just as your Father in Heaven is perfect" (Matthew 5:48). | By Rev. Dr Raymond J. Silverman | Bryn Athyn CathedralGetting Help from the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 03, 2013
The creation of birds and fish represent the Lord's living presence in our ideas and concepts. His presence in these is essential for a more useful and happy life. (You may also find a video of this sermon from the Bryn Athyn Cathedral at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/brynathynservice/videos) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralBirds & Fishes, Big & Small
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 03, 2013
Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens." Genesis 1:20 | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralAn Inner Compass: Our Sun, Moon and Stars
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 27, 2013
This day of creation describes the beginning of a new stability and direction that improve our lives dramatically. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralLike a Fruitful Tree
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 20, 2013
The third day of creation included the first living things - grass, seed-bearing plants and fruitful trees. These all represent good things that we can do. This third day is also specifically associated with repentance. Why? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral