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Parts 1 & 2-Divine Human: The Visible God
Doctrinal Class - July 28, 2010
A two-part class series. | By Rev. N. Bruce Rogers | Bryn Athyn Cairnwood VillageEating the Fruit
Worship Service: Adult (full service with music) - July 25, 2010
Rev. Erik Buss also on the chancel. | By Rev. Dr Andrew M. Dibb | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Sun of Heaven
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 25, 2010
| By Rev. Dr Andrew M. Dibb | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhat's at the Center?
Worship Service: Informal Family - July 25, 2010
| By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallBe Still & Go Forward
Worship Service: Children & Adult - July 25, 2010
What to do at the edge of the sea, spiritually (Exodus 14:13-15; Joshua 1:9; Arcana Coelestia 8184, 10416) The meaning of 'dividing that sea' is dispersing the falsities arising from evil that are present in hell; for the falsities there are seen as waters. When the pillar of angels in which the Lord is present passes through that hell the falsities depart, and as a consequence the waters there, which are the falsities, are parted asunder. From this it is evident that 'dividing the sea' means dispersing the falsities belonging to the hell that is represented by 'the Sea Suph' (the Red Sea). (Heavenly Secrets #8184) The desire to celebrate resides inwardly in a person's feeling of freedom, and all feeling of freedom comes as a result of love, when nothing exists to frustrate it. Since outward things are used in the Word to describe inward ones, times of play and dancing are used to describe those of joy and gladness present in a person inwardly. Because of this, Miriam and the women went out with timbrels after the Egyptians had been drowned in the Sea Suph (the Red Sea) and started dancing. (Heavenly Secrets #10416) | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PASpiritual Belonging
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 25, 2010
| By Rev Ronald D. Schnarr | Boulder, COFollowing the Lord's Commandments Completely
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 25, 2010
| By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Boynton Beach, FLResurrection Service for Rev. Robert Cooper
Memorial Service - July 22, 2010
Rt. Rev. Thomas Kline also on the chancel and read from scripture. | By Rev. Dr Andrew M. Dibb | Bryn Athyn CathedralThree Reasons For Honoring Marriage
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 18, 2010
7/18/2010 Sermon | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MALetting the Lord Be In Charge
Worship Service: Adult (full service with music) - July 18, 2010
Rev. Jeremy Simons is also on the chancel. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord Knows Everything
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 18, 2010
| By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralAdam Names the Animals
Worship Service: Informal Family - July 18, 2010
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallAdam and Eve
Worship Service: Children & Adult - July 18, 2010
The fallout of eating forbidden fruit Since the Lord's face is mercy, peace, and everything good, it is clear that He never looks at anyone except with mercy and never turns His face from anyone. It is we, when we are wrapped up in evil, who turn our faces away. As the Lord said through Isaiah: Your offenses are what cause a separation between you and your God: and your sins hide His face from you. (Isaiah 59:2) Likewise it says here that they hid themselves from Jehovah's face because they were naked. Mercy, peace and all that is good - Jehovah's face - are what give rise to the inner call in the case of those who have perception (and those who have conscience, too, but in a different way). The qualities always operate in a compassionate manner, but the way we receive them depends on our state. (Heavenly Secrets 223-224, New Century Edition) | By Rev. Dr Andrew M. Dibb | Ivyland New Church, PAWhat Is Healthy Self Love?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 18, 2010
| By Rev. David C. Roth | Boulder, COA Visible God
Doctrinal Class - July 14, 2010
Handout: References available | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cairnwood VillageLooking for Good
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 11, 2010
| By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe State of the Church from the Word
Worship Service: Adult (full service with music) - July 11, 2010
Rev. Jeremy Simons also on the chancel. | By Rev. Dr Erik E. Sandstrom | Bryn Athyn CathedralHow To Successfully Deal With Struggles
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 11, 2010
| By Rev. David C. Roth | Boulder, COThe Man Called Melchizedek
Worship Service: Children & Adult - July 11, 2010
The King of Salem and Priest to God Most High (Gen. 14:18; John 6:35; Arcana Coelestia 1728) "And Melchizedek, King of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, and he was priest to God Most High." (Genesis 14:18) "It is the Lord who governs all things in the universe, in general and in particular, as King by Divine Truth, and as Priest by Divine Good. . . . This was what Melchizedek represented as King of Salem and as Priest of the Most High God." (Heavenly Secrets #1728) | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PAFamily Ties
Doctrinal Class - July 07, 2010
| By Rev. Dr Erik E. Sandstrom | Bryn Athyn Cairnwood VillageThe Declaration of Independence: Personal Prescription for Freedom
An Academy of the New Church Flag Pole Ceremony. Brian Cooper-Master of Ceremony, Comments-Mayor Brent McCurdy | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Bryn Athyn, PAA Harmony of Many
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 04, 2010
| By Rev. James H. Barry | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhere Does Freedom Come From
Worship Service: Children & Adult - July 04, 2010
Where Does Freedom Come From - The Lord's greatest gift to the human race (John 8:31-32; Arcana Coelestia 1937, 1947; Heaven and Hell 603) "The freedom which is in keeping with love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor, consequently with the love of what is good and true, is true freedom, being the freedom that exists in heaven. "This freedom that exists in heaven originates in the Lord. All angels in heaven possess it. It goes with love to the Lord and with mutual love, and so with the affection for what is good and true. The nature of this freedom becomes clear from the fact that everyone who possesses it communicates from inmost affection his own blessedness and happiness to another, and that to him it is also blessedness and happiness to be able to communicate these things. "And what is remarkable, the one type of freedom is so much the contrary of the other that for good spirits the freedom which goes with self-love and love of the world is hell, while conversely for evil spirits the freedom that goes with love to the Lord and with mutual love is hell. "Since no one can be reformed unless he is in freedom, freedom is never taken away from a person, so far as the person himself is concerned. For it is an eternal law that everyone should be interiorly in freedom, that is, that his affections and thoughts should be in freedom, so that the affection for good and truth may be implanted within him." (Heavenly Secrets #2870-2876) | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PAA Harmony of Many
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 04, 2010
| By Rev. James H. Barry | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Ark of the Covenant - Lost and Found
Worship Service: Children & Adult - June 27, 2010
Holding and preserving the Lord's truth I Samuel 4:1 - 7:1, parts; AR 529 Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. (Rev. 11:19) This symbolizes the New Heaven, in which the Lord is worshiped in His Divine Humanity, and where people live in accordance with the Ten Commandments, which constitute the two essential elements of the New Church that are the means of conjunction. The temple of God symbolizes the Lord in His Divine Humanity in heaven where angels dwell. The ark in the temple means the Ten Commandments, for the ark had as its sole contents the two tables on which the Ten Commandments were written. The temple's being opened means, symbolically, that these two, the Divine Humanity and the Ten Commandments, which are the two essential elements of the New Church, are now visible. The ark is called the ark of His covenant in His temple because a covenant symbolizes conjunction. (Apocalypse Revealed #529) | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PA