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Prayers of Hope for Loved Ones
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 25, 2016
Vesper Service | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralEvery Tree Is Known By Its Fruit
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 28, 2016
"A good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its fruit." (Luke 6:43-44) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhen Our Best Effort Doesn't Seem to be Enough
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 07, 2016
"Jesus said to him, 'If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.' Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, 'Lord I believe; help my unbelief!'" (Mark 9:23-24) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralFrom Infancy to Old Age
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 17, 2016
"A person's life from infancy to old age is nothing else than a progression from the world towards heaven, the last stage of which is death and the actual transition from one life to the next." (Arcana Coelestia 3016) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralMaking Better Choices
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 17, 2016
Sometimes we make good choices and sometimes we don't. The Lord wants each of us to learn from His word and learn from our past choices about what is truly good and wisely kind. Copyright music not included, | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralKenneth Engel Memorial Address
Memorial Service - July 10, 2016
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralIndependence and Inter-Dependence
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 03, 2016
"In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes." Judges 21:25. If we are going to follow the Golden Rule we need to think about what is good for more than just us. Copyright for "The Two Great Commandments" held by John & Lori Odhner. Used by permission. Hymn from later service substituted for offertory because of copyright protection. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralLove of the Neighbor & Love of Country
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 03, 2016
"Our country is our neighbor more than our community is, because our country consists of many communities. Love for our country is therefore broader and higher." (True Christian Religion 414) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhat is a New Church Congregation Supposed to Do?
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 19, 2016
"Then I, John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride for her husband." (Rev. 21:2) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThings Missing from the Holy City New Jerusalem
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 05, 2016
"But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it......Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there)." Revelation 21:22-23, 25 | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Tree of Life and the Holy City
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 05, 2016
The Tree of Life described in Genesis seems lost forever. But it appears again at the end of Revelation, planted in the Holy City New Jerusalem. It represents a quality the Lord wants in our lives. Copyright music not included. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralPriorities
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 15, 2016
"...thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Consider your ways!'" (Haggai 1:5) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhat are You Going to Choose?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 15, 2016
Part of maturing with children is realizing that sometimes a choice has to be made. This reality shows up in an old proverb, "You can't have your cake and eat it too." Not only do we have to make choices, but another part of maturing involves seeing the relationship between choices and the consequences they bring. The Lord wants us to recognize the spiritual consequences of our choices. Copyrighted music not included. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Voice of the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 01, 2016
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them , and they follow Me." (John 10:27) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralHearing the Lord Calling You
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 01, 2016
"My sheep hear My Voice, and I know them, and they follow Me." (John 10:27) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Apocalypse Revealed
Doctrinal Class - April 27, 2016
A cleansing and a renewal by the Lord. A three class series on the book of Revelation and how it relates to the Last Judgment and the second coming. Discussion not included. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social HallWhen Bad things Happen to Good People
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 03, 2016
"When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, 'Go, wash in the pool of Siloam' (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing" (John 9:6-7) Copyrighted music not included. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralGod Will Wipe Away Every Tear
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 03, 2016
"And I Heard a loud voice from heaven saying,'Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God, And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.'" (Revelation 21:3-4) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord Came to Serve
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 24, 2016
Address given at Holy Supper Service. "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." (Matthew 20:27-28) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Stones Would Immediately Cry Out
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 20, 2016
Palm Sunday Sermon "Jesus answered and said to the Pharisees, 'I tell you that if the disciples should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.'"(Luke 19:39-40) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralWelcoming the Lord as King of All Creation
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 20, 2016
Palm Sunday Service Copyright music not included. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralHatred: Around Us and Inside Us
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 06, 2016
"If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." (John 15:18-19) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralBad Anger and Good Anger
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 06, 2016
The Lord wants us to seek His help to fight destructive anger and to strengthen us to be ready to defend good things with power when this is important. (Closing hymn replaced by hymn from later service because it was copyright protected.) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralServing Others: What We Do is Very Important
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 28, 2016
"Love and wisdom without useful words and actions are nothing real. They are only theoretical things, and do not become real until they find expression in useful words and actions." (Apocalypse Revealed 875:6) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral