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Rise Above It - Week Seven: "Giving Credit Where Credit's Due"
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 29, 2006
Learning to recognize God as the source of all the good we do is how we stop "stealing" that spiritual quality which belongs to Him, and can instead reflect it in all our relationships. | By Rev. Ethan McCardell | Sarver, PA
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Give Credit
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 29, 2006
Part of a series on the Ten Commandments, (Some audio deleted that was not audible) | By Rev. Glenn G. Alden | Tucson, AZ
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Afterlife
Doctrinal Class - October 27, 2006
A review of the book Afterlife, edited by Donald L. Rose CD Single Track | By Rev. Donald L. Rose | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Part 7-Do Not Commit Adultery
Doctrinal Class - October 25, 2006
CD Tracks: 1-37:35 2-20:08 | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cairnwood Village
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The Arcana Of Faith
Doctrinal Class - October 25, 2006
Now it is permitted. CD Single Track | By Rev. Erik Sr. Sandstrom | Bryn Athyn Cairnwood Village
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Memorial Service of Carl Synnestvedt
Memorial Service - October 23, 2006
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Knowing Our Spiritual Environment
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 22, 2006
Children's Talk: Angels Are With Us Sermon: Knowing Our Spiritual Environment | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | Boston, MA
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The Sixth Commandment
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 22, 2006
CD Single Track | By Rev. Grant H. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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You Shall Not Commit Adultery
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 22, 2006
Part 6 of a series on the Ten Commandments | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PA
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Strengthen Your Relationships with Forgiveness: The Sixth Commandment
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 22, 2006
"'You shall not commit adultery.'" (Exodus 20:14) Beyond just warning us against physically adulterous relationships, the Lord commands us not to adulterate the truths from His Word. Put simply, He wants us to stop hurting each other with the truth. If you think about it, you will realize that most of the conflicts in your marriage, and in your other relationships, come from at least one person unforgivingly pursuing the need to be right. Don't put being right ahead of being merciful. Truth is a sword given to us for the sake of liberating ourselves and those around us; when we use it instead to attack people, we are whoring the Lord's Word. Repent of spiritual adultery and pray to the Lord for a forgiving heart. "'"And forgive us our debts, As we also forgive our debtors."'" (Matthew 6:12) To see that this is so, read John 2:1-11, Matthew 5:27-32, and Secrets of Heaven 8904:1-2, and then listen to the full audio sermon. This is the sixth Rise Above It / Ten Commandments sermon. It is archived at http://TheoBlog.com/ | By Rev. Glenn (Mac) Frazier | Sarver, PA
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Consider the Source of Adultery: The Sixth Commandment
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 22, 2006
"'You shall not commit adultery.'" (Exodus 20:14) To not commit adultery seems to be one of the commandments that our culture has the most trouble supporting. As a nation, we wouldn't tolerate the sacrifice of animals to Baal in the name of religious freedom. Many states use even the threat of death to deter murders. But we've seen a President of the United States admit to committing adultery and be punished, not for the adultery, but for lying about it. Even if a state does technically have laws against adultery (as Pennsylvania does), no state today could expect a guilty verdict to be upheld. Since 1965, the U. S. Supreme Court has been concluding that consenting adults have a right to privacy in sexual intimacy, making adultery very difficult to punish or deter with civil means. This is not to say that such laws would be useful or necessary (though perhaps they would). The message we are hearing is that marriage is not valued as it should be. By 1970, every state had no-fault divorce laws, making it easier to get a divorce than get married in some states. Unlike almost every ancient or primitive culture, we no longer consider marriage to be sacred. But this did not happen in a vacuum. The dishonoring of marriage is not the cause, but is the effect of a much deeper and more terrible problem: the denial of any absolute set of values. We could translate that as the denial of the authority of the Word as the source of instructions for right living. Our post-modern culture tells us that what is "right" for you may not be "right" for me and both are equally "right". But we know that cannot be true. Even in cultures where the Old and New Testament did not exist, there was a set of standards that were considered to be sacred and applied to everyone equally. Sadly, much of the spiritual history of the human race is the story of repeatedly falling away from those standards. In Genesis, Joseph seemed fairly alone in his conviction that lying with his master's wife was wrong, even if they didn't get caught. In the prophets, Israel and Judah are regularly called "harlots" and "adulterers" because of their inability to remain true to the Lord and his laws. In the New Testament, the Pharisees were condemned because of their hypocrisy and their twisting of the laws of Moses to suit their own desire for power and wealth. This is all spiritual adultery, and it is the source of natural adultery. Denying the holiness of the Word, treating it like any other book and taking from it only the parts that agree with your desires is the essence of spiritual adultery. Natural marriage gets its holiness from its correspondence with the marriage of good and truth, which is heaven itself. Trying to join good to falsity twists that good into evil and destroys the heavenly marriage. Not treating the good and truth of the Word and of religion as heavenly leads only to hell. Celestial adultery, then, is the denial of the Divinity of the Lord. If you do not believe that the Lord is God, then the things He teaches in the Word are not sacred and become subject to re-interpretation. And if there is no longer any objective truth with which to restrain and reform your life, you are left only with the desires the hells give to you. Belief in the Divinity of the Lord is to behave as if the Lord is God. It means nothing to believe in something if you don't act as if it is living your life in accordance with those truths. Not living this way is to commit adultery in your soul, in your mind, and eventually in your life. To see that this is true, read Genesis 39:5-10, Revelation 17:1-6, Arcana Caelestia 8904:1-2, listen to the full audio sermon, and then try living your life as if it is true. This is the sixth Rise Above It sermon on the Ten Commandments. It is archived at http://www.PittsburghNewChurch.org/ | By Rev. R. Amos Glenn | Pittsburgh, PA
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The Sixth Commandment- You Shall Not Commit Adultery
Worship Service: Adult (full service with music) - October 22, 2006
Rev. Jeremy Simons also on chancel | By Rev. Grant H. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Part 3-Building Healthy Relationships: Relationship With God
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 22, 2006
CD Tracks: 1 - Children Talk & Confirmation Service (16:57) 2 - Music (4:45) 3 - Lessons (7:21) 4 - Music (3:24) 5 - Sermon (23:47) | By Rev. David C. Roth | Boulder, CO
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Honor Marriage
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 22, 2006
Part of a series on the Ten Commandments | By Rev. Glenn G. Alden | Tucson, AZ
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The Sixth Commandment
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 22, 2006
You Shall Not Commit Adultery CD Tracks: 1-Opening Songs 17:07 2-Service 32:17 3-Closing Songs 8:07 | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr.; Rev. Grant R. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Society Building
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Learning and Serving Beyond the College Classroom
Theta Alpha Program - October 21, 2006
Theta Alpha International Program CD Tracks: 1-Business Meeting: President Rachel Glenn & Kira Schadegg 23:12 2-Program: Mistress of Ceremonies- Lisa Knight, Introductions by Dr. Sonia Werner, Director of Bryn Athyn College's Internship Program 5:27 3-Guest Speaker: Bess Hultgren 9:02 4-Guest Speaker: Abby Echols 7:08 5-Guest Speaker: Annika Fitzpatrick & Lisa Knight's closing remarks 12:03 | By Dr. Sonia S. Werner; Multiple Speakers; Rachel Glenn | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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ANC the Future Is Now
Charter Day Banquet Address - October 21, 2006
CD Tracks: 1-Blessing & Toast to the Church, MC Bruce Henderson & JF Simons 4:19 2-Class Reunion Acknowledgments: BW Keith 20:40 3-Address & Closing Remarks: TL Kline 54:38 | By Rt. Rev. Brian W. Keith; Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Kline; Rev. Jeremy F. Simons; Bruce Henderson | Bryn Athyn Field House
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The Kingdom Within
Charter Day Service - October 20, 2006
Rev. Thomas Kline also on chancel | By Rev. Barry C. Halterman; Rt. Rev. Brian W. Keith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Faith From a Celestial Origin
Doctrinal Class - October 18, 2006
True Faith is the internal acknowlegement of truth. CD Tracks: 1-Class 45:05 2-Questions 9:25 | By Rev. Erik Sr. Sandstrom | Bryn Athyn Cairnwood Village
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Angels Are With Us
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 15, 2006
| By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | Boston, MA
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The Fifth Commandment
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 15, 2006
Thou Shalt Not Kill. CD Single Track | By Rev. Grant R. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Fifth Commandment
Worship Service: Adult (full service with music) - October 15, 2006
Rev. Jeremy Simons also on chancel | By Rev. Grant R. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Spiritual Murder Leads Only to Spiritual Death: The Fifth Commandment
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 15, 2006
"You shall not murder." (Exodus 20:13) Similarly to the fourth commandment to honor your father and mother, the commandment against murder is clearly to be viewed in terms of both width and depth. Instead of adding numbers of people to achieve a wider point of view, as we did with the fourth commandment, we include all the stages leading up to murder. This includes wounding or mutilation that proves fatal, but also the feelings of hatred, enmity, and revenge that are the causes of the wounding -- even if the actual murder never takes place. Because of this, those who injure another's name or reputation have the same motivations and fears. The hateful or vengeful person, even if they never hurt anyone, lives "in danger of hellfire." But this commandment also goes much deeper than the life in this world; a person's real life is in their soul. Making the Word or the life of religion the subject of a joke can be spiritual murder if it then prevents another from thinking reverently about these things. Persuading someone to reject something of religion or worship is spiritual murder because it destroys that person's ability to live the life that leads to heaven. Of course, you do not have the power to close heaven to another, but you can provide real assistance to evil spirits as they try to drag another soul into hell. Both of these levels of murder come from a rejection and hatred of the Lord. All in the hells want nothing more than to destroy the Lord, the dreadfulness of which is pictured in the final days of the Lord's life on earth. But since they cannot, they instead try to destroy those who would follow Him. Real murder is the rejection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Those who attempt spiritual murder only end up bringing spiritual death on themselves by choosing the life of hell. To see that this is true, read Matthew 5:21-26, John 8:37-59, and True Christian Religion 310. This is the fifth Rise Above It sermon on the Ten Commandments. (Archived at http://www.PittsburghNewChurch.org/) | By Rev. R. Amos Glenn | Pittsburgh, PA
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