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Day 4: The Great Lights
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 23, 2014
In the fourth in our series on the days of creation, we look at the internal sense of the fourth day, the creation of the sun, moon, and stars: the birth of love and faith within a person who is being created anew. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Day 3: Land and Plants
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 16, 2014
The third in our series on the days of creation. We look at the internal sense of dry land appearing and bringing forth fruit: the good works we force ourselves to do, and especially the work of repentance. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Day 2: Waters Below, Waters Above
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 09, 2014
The second in a series on the Seven Days of Creation. On the second day, God divided the waters below from the waters above. In the internal sense, on the second day a person begins to distinguish between the things in his internal man and his external man, and to realize that the things in his internal man belong to the Lord. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Day 1: Let There Be Light
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 02, 2014
The first in our seven-part series on the Days of Creation. On the first day, God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. In the internal sense, this speaks to the first step in a person's path of regeneration: when they begin to know that the good and the true are something higher than themselves, that everything good and true is from the Lord, and that the Lord is. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Repentance Confirmed
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 27, 2013
The final sermon in our six-part series on \"Begin a New Life,\" a program following the steps of repentance. In this sermon, we summarize the whole process, and discuss the value of coming to the Holy Supper immediately after going through the steps of repentance. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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A Simpler Form of Repentance
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 20, 2013
The fifth in our sixth part series on \"Begin a New Life,\" a program focused on the steps of repentance. This week we talk about a simpler form of repentance: to notice when we are thinking and intending evil, and saying, \"Although I am thinking about this and intending it, I will not do it because it is a sin.\" | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Beginning a New Life
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 06, 2013
The fourth in a six-part series on "Begin a New Life," examining the way that we can change our lives by following the steps of repentance. This family talk focuses on the fourth step of the process: stopping our evil actions, and doing good instead. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Praying to the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 29, 2013
The third in a six-part series on "Begin a New Life," examining the way that we can change our lives by following the steps of repentance. This sermon focuses on the third step: praying to the Lord for help and power in resisting sin. Readings: 2 Kings 6:8-18; John 14:8-21; Arcana Coelestia 8273:1, 3 | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Admitting Our Sins
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 22, 2013
The second part in a six-part series on "Begin a New Life," a program of spiritual growth based on the steps of repentance. This week we examine the second step: acknowledging our sins and confessing them before the Lord. Readings: 2 Samuel 12; Psalm 51; Luke 15:11-24; Doctrine of Life 108, 111. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Examining Our Lives
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 15, 2013
The first in a six-part series on "Begin a New Life," examining the way that we can change our lives by following the steps of repentance. This sermon focuses on the first step: examining our actions, our thoughts, our intentions, and our will. Readings: Jonah 1; Matthew 23:25-39; True Christian Religion 532 | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Remember the Sabbath
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 14, 2013
The Sabbath day has been set aside both as a day for rest and as a day for worship. That is because true rest and true worship are intimately bound together. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Daniel in the Lion's Den
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 07, 2013
The Lord said, "Do not resist evil" (Matthew 5:39). It's a startling statement, but its spiritual meaning can be seen in the example of Daniel in the lion's den. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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The Least of These My Brothers
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 30, 2013
In the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, the Lord described in symbolic language all of the things that are necessary for living a life of true charity, which is the true heavenly life. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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The Moon Beneath Her Feet
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 23, 2013
If we are created for eternal life in heaven, then what is the purpose of life in this world? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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The White Horse
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 09, 2013
The Lord in His essence is nothing but love and mercy - but He is also a warrior and a king, fighting for our salvation. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 26, 2013
How do we recognize the great value of the truth we've been given without considering ourselves superior to others because of it? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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The Prodigal Son
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 19, 2013
When we realize how far we have strayed from the Lord and realize just how unworthy we are, we can feel hopeless; but if we choose to return to Him, asking nothing more than to be His servants, He embraces us as His children. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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The Parable of the Sower
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 12, 2013
How do we allow the Lord to break up the hard ground of our hearts, remove the rocks, and uproot the thorns so that we can hear His Word and bear fruit? (Note: first reading, included in the children's talk, is Matthew 13:3-9.) | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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The Parable of the Minas
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 05, 2013
When we live by the knowledge that the Lord has given to us in His Word, we are blessed with more knowledge, and beyond that, with true wisdom. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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God Meant It For Good
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 28, 2013
Joseph forgave his brothers, because what they intended for evil, God meant for good. The same is true for every act of evil: those who commit it may mean it for evil, but God can turn it to good. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Behold, I Am With You Always
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 31, 2013
Easter Sunday family service. Because the Lord has risen, He can be present with us at all times, and conjoined to us when we love Him and live by His commandments. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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The Last Supper
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 28, 2013
The spiritual rescue that the Lord performed, memorialized in the Last Supper, "the First Christian passover." | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Making the Lord Our King
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 24, 2013
Palm Sunday service: how do we welcome the Lord as king? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Brothers Reunited
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 17, 2013
"Act precedes; man's willing follows." These words sum up the process of regeneration as described in the internal sense of the story of Jacob and his brother Esau. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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Jacob's Fear
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 10, 2013
Jacob was afraid as he prepared to meet his brother Esau, and in his fear he wrestled a mysterious man all night. In the internal sense, this story is about temptations we experience as we prepare to enter a new spiritual state. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Dawson Creek
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