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Pause: Make Space For God, Part 3: Returning To The Lord
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 17, 2010
| By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Sr. | Boulder, CO
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The Deceiving Path of Reverence
Worship Service: Children & Adult - October 10, 2010
The relevance of idolatry in our lives: who do we worship?. (Jer. 10:1-5; Mark 11:20-24; AC 1363) Idolatrous worships are internal and external; the internal are those which condemn man; the external not so much. The more interior the idolatrous worship is, the more it condemns; but the more exterior, the less. Internal idolaters do not acknowledge God, but adore themselves and the world, and make idols of all their cupidities; whereas external idolaters are able to acknowledge God, although they do not know who is the God of the universe. Internal idolaters are known from the life they have acquired; and in proportion as this life departs from the life of charity, in the same proportion are they more interior idolaters. External idolaters are known solely from their worship; and, although idolaters, they can still have the life of charity. Internal idolaters can profane holy things, but external idolaters cannot; and therefore external idolatry is tolerated, in order to prevent the profanation of holy things. (Heavenly Secrets #1363) | By Rev. Ryan Sandstrom | Ivyland New Church, PA
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The Man with the Withered Hand
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 10, 2010
| By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MA
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Stay Awake, and Pray
Worship Service: Children & Adult - October 03, 2010
The Lord warns us about falling asleep spiritually (Matt. 26: 41; Arcana Coelestia 5210; Apocalypse Revealed 158) And He came to the disciples, and found them asleep, and said to Peter, What, could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch [or stay awake] and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (Matthew 26:40, 41) "And he fell asleep" means a state of obscurity. This is clear from the meaning of "sleeping" as a state of obscurity. 'Sleep' has no other meaning than this in the spiritual sense, even as "wakefulness" means nothing else than a state of brightness; for spiritual sleep is a time when truths remain in obscurity, spiritual wakefulness when truths exist in brightness. And to the extent that truths are in the one state or else the other, spirits are awake or asleep. From this it is evident that 'falling asleep' is a state of obscurity. (Heavenly Secrets #5210) | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PA
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Finding Balance in Life
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 03, 2010
10/03/2010 Sermon & Readings | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MA
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How Does God Speak To Me?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 03, 2010
Week 1 of 7 The spiritual growth series, "Pause: Make Space for God" brings some breathing room back into our day, giving us a chance to consciously renew and strengthen our relationship with God. This program asks us to designate a portion of time every day to explore the Bible and listen for God's messages, to ask meaningful questions and to experience the presence of the Lord in a new and powerful way. Each week explores Biblical answers to a new topic: Week 1-How Does God Speak to Me? Week 2-Why Did God Create Me? Week 3-Who is Jesus and How Does He Relate to My Life? Week 4-How Does the Lord Work in My Life? Week 5- What Does the Lord Want from Me? Week 6-How Do I Follow the Lord? Week 7-How Does the Lord Want Me to Serve Others? Week 1 Focus: How Does God Speak to Me? Featured Story: Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) If God created us, it makes sense that He would want to communicate with us. The Bible claims to be God's Word, but sometimes it is hard to understand. Because God is infinite, His Word contains more beneath than the literal meaning of Scripture. Using the tools provided, we can look deeper into God's Word to find the answers to some big questions. | By Rev. David C. Roth | Boulder, CO
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The Fig Tree
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 26, 2010
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Armed with Truth
Worship Service: Children & Adult - September 26, 2010
What the Lord does to empower us now and experience heaven now. (Luke 22:35-38; Arcana Coelestia 9088, 10026) Truths teach a person in whom he ought to believe, and what he ought to believe, also what he ought to do, thus how he ought to will; for whatever one does he does from the will in accordance with his understanding. Since then, a person's will itself is evil by birth and the understanding teaches what good and evil are, and a person can will either good or evil, it follows that he must be reformed by means of the understanding. As long as anyone sees and mentally acknowledges that evil is evil, and good is good, and thinks that the good ought to be chosen, he is in what is called the state of reformation. But when his will leads him to shun evil and do good, the state of regeneration begins. (True Christian Religion #587) | By Rev. Ryan Sandstrom | Ivyland New Church, PA
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Being Aware of the Hells In Your Life
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 26, 2010
9/26/2010 Sermon & Readings | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MA
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Steps To Heaven
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 26, 2010
| By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Letting Go
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 19, 2010
| By Rev. Calvin A Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Healing Our Blindness
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 19, 2010
09/19/2010 Sermon & Readings | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MA
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An Angel Protects Daniel from Lions
Worship Service: Children & Adult - September 19, 2010
The Lord protects us in many ways and from many dangers. "Then Daniel said to the king, 'My God sent His angel and shut the lion's mouths, so that they have not hurt me....' So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in his God" (Daniel 6:21, 23) Let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them. (Psalm 5:11) People who are strong in truths are kept safe from harm wherever they go. (Heavenly Secrets #6769) Good and its affection do not protect themselves, but are protected by truth and the understanding of it. (Apocalypse Explained 1121) Nothing at all could harm people whom the Lord is protecting, not even if the whole of hell were surrounding them, both from without and from within. (Heavenly Secrets #968) The Lord protects against all evils and falsities that are from the hells. (Heavenly Secrets #8273) | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PA
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Let Your Light Give Brightness
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 12, 2010
09/12/2010 Sermon & Readings | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MA
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The Potter and the Clay
Worship Service: Adult (full service with music) - September 12, 2010
| By Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Kline | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Do Not Weep...
Worship Service: Children & Adult - September 12, 2010
How the Lord comforts us in times of need (Luke 7:11-17; Arcana Coelestia 379, 5691, 9737) In many passages in the Word, mention is made of praising God, which signifies to confess Him with the heart and mouth, thus also to worship Him. Praising God is signifies the same thing as Hallelujah, for [the word] Hallelujah signifies "Praise ye God." The reason why praising God signifies to confess and worship is that the Lord does not desire to be praised or glorified from any love for Himself, but from His love for man. For a person cannot do otherwise than praise and glorify the Lord…when he acknowledges in heart that there is nothing good in himself, and that he can do nothing from himself, and on the other hand that all good is from the Lord, and that the Lord can do all things. When a person is in this acknowledgment he then puts away his proprium, whose origin is the love of self, opens the whole of his mind, and thus enables the Divine to enter by influx with good and with power. It is therefore necessary that a person be in humiliation before the Lord, and that such humiliation be from no other source than the acknowledgment of his own [nature] and the acknowledgment of the Lord; according to these things reception takes place. (Heavenly Secrets #1210 - portions) | By Rev. Ryan Sandstrom | Ivyland New Church, PA
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Changing Negative Feelings
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 12, 2010
| By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Sr. | Boulder, CO
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What Sign Do You Show Us?
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 05, 2010
09/05/2010 Sermon | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MA
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Six Days You Shall Labor, and Do All Your Work
Worship Service: Children & Adult - September 05, 2010
Spiritual Life... Work It! (Genesis 2:2,3; Exodus 20:8-11; Arcana Coelestia 9431) "Six days" means passing through the state of truth, because "six days" means a state of labor and conflict. A person who is being regenerated by the Lord experiences two states of mind - the first of which is called the state of truth and the second the state of good. The reason why the first state is called the state of truth is that during it the person is being brought by means of truth towards good; and the reason why the second state is called the state of good is that the person, when governed by good, has been brought to it. Also, while the person is in the state of truth he is outside heaven; but when governed by good he is in heaven, and has accordingly been brought to the Lord. Furthermore while the person is passing through the first state or the state of truth he experiences labor and conflict, since he undergoes temptations then; but when he is in the second state or the state of good he experiences rest and the serenity which peace brings. The former state is what has been represented in the Word by the six days which come before a seventh, whereas the latter state is what has been represented by the seventh day or the Sabbath. (Heavenly Secrets #9431) | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PA
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Lost and Found
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 22, 2010
| By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Healing the Leper
Worship Service: Children & Adult - August 15, 2010
Dealing with people in disorder And He laid His right hand upon me, signifies life from Him. This is evident from the signification of "right hand," as being, in reference to the Lord, life from Him... "to touch with the hand" signifies to communicate and transfer to another what pertains to oneself, and also to receive from another. To communicate and transfer to another what pertains to oneself, in reference to the Lord, as here, is to communicate and transfer life such as those have who are in a state of illumination and who see and hear such things as are in heaven.' "To touch with the hand" is to communicate and transfer to another, because the whole power of man is transferred from the body into the hands; consequently what the mind wills that the body should do, that the arms and hands do. (Apocalypse Explained #79) | By Rev. Dr Andrew M. Dibb | Ivyland New Church, PA
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The Challenged Life
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 15, 2010
| By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Challenged Life
Worship Service: Adult (full service with music) - August 15, 2010
| By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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