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Mercy For The Harlot
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 16, 2016
Sunday School Service - Children's Talk Title - The Scarlet Cord of Charity 1st Lesson: Joshua 2: 1-21 2nd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 8595 (portion) 3rd Lesson: True Christian Religion 525-526 (portions) | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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Spiritual Restoration, Part 5 - Big Change
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 16, 2016
The Lord encourages you that big changes will happen and that your small effort at restoration will become a key symbol of that change. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Searching
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 02, 2016
We are called by the Lord to be “merchants” in search of pearls. Pearls represent truths from the Lord’s Word, and the pearl of great price stands for knowledge about the Lord Himself. The Lord plants within us a longing called in the Writings for the New Church “the affection for truth.” The more we search in the Word, or talk with others in an effort to discover the great truths about life, the more the Lord will be able to bless us with wisdom. We will come to discover in growing ways what leads to lasting happiness, and feel called to turn to the Lord as the one who can lead us to experience it. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Sarver, PA
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Spiritual Restoration, Part 3 - Greater Glory
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 02, 2016
The Lord knows that we can become discouraged as we work to restore our lives. The Lord reminds us that He is with us and promises us greater glory through that restoration. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Why We Have Sacraments 1- Baptism
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 18, 2016
This Sunday we have the privilege of witnessing an infant baptism. And so, in the sermon, we’re going to be talking about baptism and Holy Supper. Here’s a passage to get you thinking about the topic. Have you ever had thoughts along these lines? If the spiritual meaning of the Word had not been disclosed,… [people] might mutter and say to themselves, “What is baptism but pouring water on a baby’s head? What does that do for the baby’s salvation? What is the Holy Supper but taking bread and wine? What does that do for our salvation? For that matter, what is holy about these rituals, other than the fact that the ecclesiastical hierarchy has traditionally accepted them as sacred and divine and has commanded us to observe them? Although the churches claim that when the Word of God is brought near the elements they become sacred, these rituals are essentially just ceremonial.” … Yet from the point of view of their spiritual meaning, these two sacraments are the holiest acts of worship. (True Christianity §667) When we understand the significance of baptism and Holy Supper they can become a very meaningful part of our spiritual lives, rather than just arbitrary seeming rituals. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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What Should I Pray For?
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 11, 2016
This message reflects on the Lord's promise that: "If you ask anything in My name, I will do it." We consider what it means to "Ask in His name", and from this think about what our prayers should be asking for. We remember that ultimately prayer is simply conversation with the Lord. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Salvation Through Conscience
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 11, 2016
Family Service - Talk Title - Salvation Through Conscience 1st Lesson: Genesis 6: 5-6, 8, 13-19, 21-22 2nd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 765 (part) New Jerusalem And Its Heavenly Doctrine 131, 133, 138 | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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Adding an 'H' to Our Names - Change
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 28, 2016
Abram and Sarai getting new names with the letter “H” from Jehovah. The Lord’s breath and life. - Genesis 17:1-22 - AC 2010 | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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If I Make My Bed in Hell...
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 21, 2016
In what way is the Lord with us if we choose evil? Sometimes it seems to us that we can't change, what does He do about that? | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Sr. | Westville, RSA
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Am I Good Enough?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 14, 2016
Sometimes it can feel like it's pretty easy to be a good person and at other times it can feel impossible. What's reality? How worried should we be? What is the Lord really asking of us? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Westville, RSA
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Finding Our Lost Sheep
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 14, 2016
"Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!" (Luke 15:6) Closing prayer by Rev EH Carswell. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Reaping the Answers
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 07, 2016
This message examines the Lord's promise that, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few." It is a statement declaring that He has gently been preparing people to receiving so that they have become hungry for the true ideas that only come from Him. He provides the answers to live's most important questions. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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If Only I Knew
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 31, 2016
This message reflects on how if we'd only known better we might have made less mistakes. But, we can only know what we know. And so, the Lord encourages us to seek knowledge so that we might be better able to do His will in leading a loving, moral and useful life. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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The Greatest are Those Who are Genuinely Humble
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 17, 2016
The focus is on the story of the Lord placing a child before His disciples and saying that to receive the child in His name is to receive Him. In other words, the Lord was encouraging the disciples, and indeed all people, to put away self-centeredness, and to grow to become truly humble. This was the way to become joined to Him and His kingdom. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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To Humbly Take Up Our Cross
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 10, 2016
This message looks at the personal meaning of the Lord's words when He said, "Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Me." The focus here is on each of our fights against our native impulses and the taking on of heavenly things from the Lord. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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The Breath of Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 10, 2016
Are you inspired, or are you just plodding along? Are you relaxed or are you tight and pushing hard to get through the day? We will explore the Lord's presence in our lives, how we open ourselves to what is good, and reject what is harmful. And, perhaps surprisingly, we will look at how the Lord links a lot of different spiritual ideas to breathing. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Westville, RSA
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"Come Quickly, Lord, to Help Me"
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 03, 2016
This message looks at the story of the demons who had been possessing two men being allowed to escape into a herd of pigs. It is a picture of the Lord driving hell out of a person's life and leaving them free of the evil things that had previously possessed them. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Welcome to the Holy City New Jerusalem
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 26, 2016
This message looks at the vision given to John of the Holy City New Jerusalem descending from God out of heaven. We think about this city in terms of it being the Lord's promise to us if we go on a journey with Him. That promise is of a life enveloped by love together with the wisdom of knowing how to serve Him and others. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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The Lord on a White Horse
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 26, 2016
An explanation of one of those "difficult" stories in the Old Testament, showing how even when the story involves punishment for evildoers, the essential message is a positive one about how the Lord is constantly watching over us and protecting us from spiritual harm. | By Rev. James P. Cooper | Westville, RSA
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Becoming Truly New Church
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 12, 2016
This message considers what it means to truly be New Church. It seems that it is more than identification with a set of teachings or a religious community. Instead, it is something that a person grows into as they allow the Lord to lead them on a journey where they gradually become and angel and experience more and more of His peace and joy. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Heroes - Doing What's Required
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 05, 2016
A common theme with people who perform heroic acts is that they say they were just doing their job. It is heroic in many circumstances to do what is required of us. We all have that calling to heroic obligation and spiritually we have to step into doing what's required by the Lord, especially when it is hard. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Complex Things That Make Us, Us
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 29, 2016
In this message we consider how complex we all are, especially when we think about our spiritual natures. Only the Lord knows everything about every part of us. If we allow Him to shed some of His light on the details of our life, and the details of the lives of those around us, we can work more fully with Him as He gently prepares us for heaven. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Holy Supper and Repentance
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 29, 2016
This Sunday we will have Holy Supper or Communion at the end of the service and we will be talking about the meaning of this sacred practice. We have just finished a sermon series on repentance and so we will be talking particularly about the power that taking the Holy Supper can have in the process of repenting. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Confidence in the Lord's Love and Forgiveness
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 22, 2016
This message reflects on the depth of the Lord's unconditional love and therefore His continual forgiveness. It also looks at how He is always working to heal us from the things that ail us spiritually and to help us grow more spiritually perfect every day. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Love Is Not a Feeling
Worship Service: Children & Adult - May 22, 2016
We truly show what we love by what we do. In what area of your life can you choose to develop and express love, even if you do not feel it at the moment? In what areas of your life can you deny the lies that strong feelings tell you? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss; Rev. Jared J. Buss | Sarver, PA
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