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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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How Do I Know If I Am Succeeding Spiritually?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 15, 2010
| By Rev. David C. Roth | Boulder, CO
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Samson: Spiritual Strength
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 08, 2010
| By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Sr. | Boulder, CO
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Where There's A Will
Doctrinal Class - August 04, 2010
Handout: References available | By Rev. Philip B. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Cairnwood Village
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You Can Change
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 01, 2010
| By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Sr. | Boulder, CO
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Following the Lord's Commandments Completely
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 25, 2010
| By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Boynton Beach, FL
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What Is Healthy Self Love?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 18, 2010
| By Rev. David C. Roth | Boulder, CO
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The 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, PA
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The 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
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Joseph's Cup
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 27, 2010
Becoming the Lord's Servants | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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Patience and Urgency
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 06, 2010
| By Rev. Kenneth J. Alden | Boynton Beach, FL
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Full Enlightenment
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 06, 2010
6/6/2010 - Sermon | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MA
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More Wheat, Less Weeding - Removing evil in life without destroying the good
Worship Service: Children & Adult - June 06, 2010
Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43; TCR 653 He that puts away the evils of his will, by repentance, is like one who in due time plucks up the tares sewn in his field by the devil, so that the seed implanted by the Lord God the Savior finds a clear soil and grows to a harvest. (True Christian Religion #532) | By Rev. Todd J. Beiswenger | Ivyland New Church, PA
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Part 5-Finding Courage - Out of the Cave
Worship Service: Children & Adult - May 09, 2010
The Lord is always with us, giving us the strength to keep going. Part Five of Living Courageously, the Story of Elijah Correspondences in the story: Elijah: the Lord as to the Word, esp. the literal sense. Ahab: leading or governing principles of falsity. Jezebel: principles of evil that influence one's thought. A Mountain: an elevated, interior state of mind, esp. one of love or the heart. Horeb: same as Mt. Sinai where the 10 Commandments were given. The name means "waste" A Cave: an obscure state (because of the darkness) Wind: an understanding of the truth. Earthquake: a dramatic change of spiritual states. Fire: love, passion. Still, Small Voice: a time for reflection; conscience. Syria: a state of knowing what is good and true. | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PA
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To Shun Evils As Sins
Doctrinal Class - May 05, 2010
| By Rev. Douglas M. Taylor | Bryn Athyn Cairnwood Village
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Part 4-Making a Choice - Fire From Heaven
Worship Service: Children & Adult - May 02, 2010
Which choice - the Lord or selfishness - brings genuine love and lasting happiness? Part Four of Living Courageously: the Story of Elijah Correspondences in the story: Elijah: the Lord as to the Word, esp. the literal sense. Baal: falsity rooted in evil (specifically the loves of self and the world). Prophets: teachers, or the teachings themselves. A Mountain: an elevated, interior state of mind, esp. one of love or the heart. Carmel: lit, a fruitful place, known for its vineyards; thus the spiritual person. An Altar: worship (thus life). A Bull, lit, a bullock or an ox: good will or charity in outward, natural life. Wood: good works Stone: truth as knowledge or information. Water: the truth of faith. Fire: love. | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PA
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