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How Long, O Lord?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 10, 2018
There are times when the state of things in this world can seem pretty bleak - when things at a national, international and even local and personal level seem pretty bad. Too often it seems like evil and selfishness are winning, despite genuinely good people doing all that they can to try to do what's right. This Sunday we will reflect on a vision from the book of Revelation that captures this feeling - the vision of souls under the altar crying out to the Lord, "How long, O Lord?" - and we will see what the Lord has to tell us about what to do when it seems like things are really bad and will never get better. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Where Did We Go Wrong?!
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 03, 2018
Have you ever found yourself in a bad place and wondered how on earth you got into this mess? Things were once so great! Life was sailing along smoothly and you were proud of how much growth you'd seen in yourself. Yet here you are, back to your crabby, unhappy, selfish self. What went wrong? This pattern is common not just in individuals but in communities and even across history. Luckily, it does not happen by chance. This Sunday we'll look what Revelation can tell us about this cycle and how we can avoid it. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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The Potter
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 27, 2018
Jeremiah went to the potter’s house to watch him make something at his wheel. The vessel the potter made had a flaw in it. Rather than throwing the clay away, he continued to work on the vessel until it was good in his sight. We explore how the Lord, as an artist, is forming you into an angel. We have one of our local ceramic artists showing how a pot is made on a potter's wheel as part of the service. | By Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Kline | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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The Lord's Prayer: Part 5 - Battling Temptations
Here in Part 5 of our 6-Part series considering the Lord's Prayer, we reflect on the nature of temptation and why we ultimately need some of it in order to grow spiritually. While we need to fight temptation, we need to know that only the Lord can be victorious. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Finding Jesus in the Life of Joshua - Part 3 - The Conquest
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 20, 2018
In this series so far we have looked at what the early years of the life of Joshua can show us about the early years of Jesus' life and we have looked at what the turning point in Joshua's life when he took over command of the Children of Israel can show us about a similar turning point in Jesus' life. This Sunday, in the final part of the series, we will look at what Joshua's conquest of the land of Canaan can show us about what Jesus was fighting against and fighting for during His three years of active ministry. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Joshua
Doctrinal Class - May 16, 2018
Our Regeneration as portrayed in the book of Joshua. A five class series. | By Rev. Dr Andrew M. Dibb | Bryn Athyn Cairnwood Village
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The Lord's Prayer: Part 4 - Debt and Forgiveness
Here in Part 4 of our series reflecting on the Lord's Prayer, we think about the things that we have done wrong and the things that others have done to hurt us. In order for the Lord. our Heavenly Father to forgive us, we must be willing to forgive others. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Finding Jesus in the Life of Joshua - Part 2 - The Turning Point
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 13, 2018
Joshua was the military commander of the people of Israel, who led them across the Jordan River into the land of Canaan, where he violently claimed the land in the name of Jehovah his God. Jesus was a spiritual leader, who came to the Jordan River to be baptised and begin His ministry of love and repentance. Yet these two stories, so different on the surface, are the same story. This Sunday we will explore what Joshua crossing the Jordan can tell us about Jesus and His ministry. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Motherhood and Nurturing
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 13, 2018
Mary was the mother of Jesus, the man who became God. The relationship between Many and Jesus can teach us about motherhood. The role is to feed with goodness and the goal is to launch a successful human being. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Internal and The External Person
Doctrinal Class - May 09, 2018
A Three class series the first of which was not recorded. Some video portions not included. | By Rev. Christopher A Barber | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social Hall
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The Lord's Prayer: Part 3 - Our Daily Bread
Here in Part 3 of our series reflecting on the Lord's Prayer, we think about how asking for our daily bread is much more than asking for the things that sustain our bodies. It is asking for the things that sustain our soul, both today and for eternity. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Offering Genuine Love
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 06, 2018
When we do good for others, we can check our intentions first. Love is not genuine unless we first remove evil (True Christianity 435). “First be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.” (Matthew 5:24). | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Finding Jesus in the Life of Joshua - Part 1 - The Early Years
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 06, 2018
People have been drawing parallels between the stories of Joshua and Jesus for a long time (which makes sense considering that Jesus is the Greek version of the name Joshua). But the teachings of the New Church indicate that the connections between the stories go much deeper than a shared name and some intriguing similarities. Every detail of the story can be read as a way for us to get a deeper understanding of the Lord's experience while He was on earth. This Sunday we will explore the early stories of Joshua, before he became the leader of the Children of Israel, and what those stories can show us about the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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The Lord's Prayer: Part 2 - Thy Will be Done
In Part 2 of our series exploring the meaning of the Lord's Prayer, we think about how His will is that we might be part of His kingdom. Those in His kingdom enjoy happiness because they keep His commandments from a spirit of love to Him and toward their neighbors. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Freedom from Anxiety
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 22, 2018
Fear and anxiety are inevitable in life. Nor is that a bad thing. Fear of failure motivates us to succeed, anxiety brings our attention to problems that we need to overcome. But when we are crippled by these things, and our choices are limited by our fears, we cannot grow the way we would want. The Lord tells us what we can do then: seek first the kingdom of God. If we manage to get our priorities right, then our anxieties, although still present, will be longer control us. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Healing Death Itself - Jesus' Healing Miracles: Part 6 of 6
In this final part of our series considering Jesus' Healing Miracles, we think about His healing or His overcoming of death itself. The backdrop is the story of the raising of Lazarus. Did the people mourning Lazarus' death and who saw him brought back into earthly life, know that being in the presence of Jesus meant that they were in the presence of Life itself? | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Healing Torment - Jesus' Healing Miracles: Part 5 of 6
In this part of the series on 'Jesus' Healing Miracles', we consider the healing of the centurion's servant. We notice that it was the centurion's faith, not the sick man's that opened the door for his healing. The story is a sign of the Lord healing the natural from the spiritual, and of how we can help make the spiritual realm a place of ever more healing. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Easter - The Lord Rises Again
Worship Service: Informal Family - April 01, 2018
The Lord rises again for each of us when we accept His good and truth into our lives. And the New Church is a movement for the Lord to resurrect Christianity and bring our world new life. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Healing Physical Challenges - Jesus' Healing Miracles: Part 4 of 6
Jesus' healing of the paralyzed man (Luke 5:17-26) is one example of how a person's faith opened the door for them to receive healing. Do we have faith, not so much in whether the Lord can heal us physically, but whether He can heal our spirit of the types of things that interfere with our ability to experience heaven? | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Healing Leprosy - Jesus' Healing Miracles Series: Part 3 of 6
We are taught that Jesus' healing of people suffering from leprosy, is symbolic of his healing every person who comes to Him, acknowledging that they are falling short of living up to His standards as they understand them. New Church teachings say that leprosy symbolizes profanation. We profane whenever we mingle something holy with something unholy. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Raising Lazarus: Inviting the Confrontation
Worship Service: Informal Family - March 11, 2018
Jesus, though well aware of the brewing anger of the religious leaders, intentionally chose to perform an amazing miracle very close to Jerusalem. He knew how the religious leaders would respond and accepted the confrontation that His actions would provoke. We also can recognize qualities in our own minds that would harm us and others and confront them. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Healing Demon Possession - Jesus' Healing Miracles Series: Part 2 of 6
Here in Part 2 of our series reflecting on Jesus Healing Miracles, we consider what the modern day spiritual equivalent is to being demon possessed like the boy in the story from Matthew and Mark. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Take Your Shoes Off, Moses
Worship Service: Informal Family - March 04, 2018
When Moses saw the burning bush in the wilderness, the Lord told him to take off his sandals because he was on holy ground (Exodus 3). What does it mean for us to spiritually remove our “shoes” in order to be on holy ground? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Healing Blindness - Jesus' Healing Miracles Series: Part 1 of 6
This message is Part 1 in a 6-Part series that looks at different types of healing miracles performed by Jesus while He was in the world. The focus here is on what is means, not to be without natural sight, but what it means to lack understanding of how we should live and how to overcome the problems that life presents to us. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Putting Others First
Worship Service: Informal Family - February 18, 2018
The world tells us that to be great we must be better than others. We must be stronger, richer, more skilled and so on. If someone is ahead of us we are not, obviously, the best. The Lord redefines greatness. Greatness is not to excel others. Greatness is putting others first. Not only does putting others first make us great; it removes the competition. When we put others first we do not need to feel superior to anyone. We can be content that we have done our part to make the world a better place. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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