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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, MASix 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, PALost and Found
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 22, 2010
| By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallHealing 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, PAThe Challenged Life
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 15, 2010
| By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Challenged Life
Worship Service: Adult (full service with music) - August 15, 2010
| By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralHow Do I Know If I Am Succeeding Spiritually?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 15, 2010
| By Rev. David C. Roth | Boulder, COSamson: Spiritual Strength
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 08, 2010
| By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Sr. | Boulder, COWhere There's A Will
Doctrinal Class - August 04, 2010
Handout: References available | By Rev. Philip B. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Cairnwood VillageYou Can Change
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 01, 2010
| By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Sr. | Boulder, COFollowing the Lord's Commandments Completely
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 25, 2010
| By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Boynton Beach, FLWhat Is Healthy Self Love?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 18, 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, PAThe 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, PAJoseph's Cup
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 27, 2010
Becoming the Lord's Servants | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PAPatience and Urgency
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 06, 2010
| By Rev. Kenneth J. Alden | Boynton Beach, FLFull Enlightenment
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 06, 2010
6/6/2010 - Sermon | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MAMore 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, PAPart 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, PATo Shun Evils As Sins
Doctrinal Class - May 05, 2010
| By Rev. Douglas M. Taylor | Bryn Athyn Cairnwood VillagePart 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, PASpiritual Growth
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 02, 2010
Lessons read by David Synnestvedt | By Rev. Glenn G. Alden | Tucson, AZGather, Consider, and Build
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 02, 2010
5/2/2010-Sermon | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MAPart 3-Finding New Truth - New Life for the Widow’s Son
Worship Service: Children & Adult - April 25, 2010
Faith can be restored by turning to the Word. Part Two of Living Part Three of Living Courageously, the Story of Elijah Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name. (Psalm 80:18) Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. (John 12:24) So far as you approach and draw near to God, so far does God approach and draw near to you. (True Christian Religion #89) Peace has in it confidence in the Lord, that He directs all things, provides all things and leads to an end that is good. (Heavenly Secrets #8455) | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PAPart 2-Serving God First - The Widow's Obedience
Worship Service: Children & Adult - April 18, 2010
Part Two of the Living Courageously, the Story of Elijah series. The joy of serving others is the true joy of heaven. Readings Exodus 20:3-5; 1 Kings 16:29-33, 17:1-7; Arcana Coelestia 4063, 4145 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, but water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth.... (Isaiah 55:10-11) The Lord is He who sows, the "seed" is His Word, and the "earth" is a person. (Heavenly Secrets #29) The "seed" is the Word of the Lord, thus truth, which is said to be of faith, and the "good ground" is the good which is of charity, for it is the good in a person that receives the Word. (Heavenly Secrets #3310) It is the truth that is meant by the "seed in the field," of which the Lord said: "A sower went forth to sow..." Here the "sower" is the Lord, and the "seed" is His Word, thus the truth. (Doctrine of Life #90) That religion is of the life and that the life of religion is to do that which is good is seen by everyone who reads the Word, and is acknowledged by him while he is reading it. (Doctrine of Life #2) | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Ivyland New Church, PA