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The Sword of the LORD, and of Gideon
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 28, 2016
Family Service - Talk Title - The Sword of the LORD, and of Gideon 1st Lesson: Judges 7: 1-8, 16-25 2nd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 4788: 3-4 | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PASwedenborg Made Simple - Marriage Can Last Forever
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 14, 2016
Married love is a gift from the Lord for those who approach Him and peruse a chaste love of their married partner. A person in a state of true married love loves their partner's happiness more than their own. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAFinding the Book of the Law
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 07, 2016
The Israelites did not always know what the Lord wanted them to do. In fact, one time they found a copy of the Word and nobody even knew what was in it. What do we do when we find the Word? Hymn "Thy Word" replaced by "Lord, Thy Word Abideth" from the next service because of copyright. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralSwedenborg Made Simple - Deeper Meaning of the Bible
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 31, 2016
The Bible or Word of the Lord is given to us with layers of meaning folded into the very details of the way it is told. The beauty of power of this telling connects us with heaven and the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PABaptism Is from the Heart
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 24, 2016
Baptism is one of the holiest acts of worship. It brings closer to the Lord through correspondence. Baptism brings unto spiritual community, commits us to follow the Lord, and promises us that we can be spiritual reborn. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Pittsburgh, PAThe Son of God
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 20, 2015
Joseph was told that the Child in Mary's womb had been "conceived of the Holy Spirit"; Mary was told that the Child would be called "the Son of God." He would also be "Immanuel," that is, "God with us." How could He be both the Son of God and God Himself? It can seem like an abstract theological problem, but coming to grips with this question helps us to see more clearly who God is, and so be more closely conjoined with Him. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Westville, RSAUses Of Prophecy
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 29, 2015
Family Service - Talk Title - Uses Of Prophecy 1st Lesson: Coronis 60 (parts) 2nd Lesson: Coronis 59 (parts) | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PAIn Keeping Them is Great Reward
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 15, 2015
Sunday School Service - Children's Talk Title "The WORD: More Precious Than Gold, Sweeter Than Honey 1st Lesson: Psalm 19: 1-10 2nd Lesson: Psalm 19: 11-14; Divine Providence 259 (part) 3rd Lesson: True Christian Religion 238 (part) | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Kempton, PAThe Seven Trumpets
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 08, 2015
Family Service - Talk Title - The Seven Trumpets 1st Lessons: Revelation 8,9,11 (portions) 2nd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 7273 | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PAHeaven: Day in the Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 01, 2015
Heaven is a real place with a daily routine that we can relate to. Heaven is not something drastically different from our daily lives. In fact, we can bring a heavenly attitude to our daily life and it can become heaven. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PASeek Peace From The LORD
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 01, 2015
Sunday School Service - Children's Talk Title - David Does Not Take Revenge 1st Lesson: 1 Samuel 24: 2-11, 16-18 2nd Lesson: Psalm 34 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 5662 | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PAWorkers In The Vineyard
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 25, 2015
Family Service - Talk Title - Workers in the Vineyard 1st Lesson: Matthew 20: 1-16 2nd Lesson: Heaven and Hell 495 (portion) | By Rev. Arne J. Bau-Madsen | Kempton, PAHealing Hurting Relationships - Reconcilation
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 25, 2015
Reconciliation is the final step in the process of healing hurting relationships; the burden of reconciliation rests on those who have wronged another. To step into this phase productively, we have to be able to own our faults and express regret. The ability to own our faults grows most productively out of our own reconciled relationship with the Lord and our sense of His love and forgiveness in our lives. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PABe True To The Word
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 18, 2015
Sunday School Service - Children's Talk Title - Getting Spiritually Rich, By Doing What We Know Is Right 1st Lesson: Revelation 3: 14-22 2nd Lesson: Apocalypse Revealed 200 (parts) | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PAExperience and Spiritual Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 27, 2015
Experience is an important part of spiritual life. We need to hold in tension our own experiences and the experience of Divinely Guided experiences called revelation. Learning from our own experience and the experience of others is an essential part of building faith. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News - Sacrifice
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 13, 2015
The Lord sacrificed His life to bring us closer to the Divine. The details of His death demonstrates the ways people can separate truth from love, humanity from divinity. To follow the Lord and not deny, we have to take an affirmative attitude toward Scripture and ask “How is it true?” rather than “Is it true?” | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News - Paradox
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 06, 2015
Spiritual life challenges us to face the opposition of higher and lower realities – our natural desires and our spiritual desires. We have a divided mind because we are a spirit in a body. Because of this division, there is also the truth of paradox – the reality of truths that seem contradictory but are both true. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News - Watch and Pray
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 30, 2015
The Lord Jesus Christ teaches us that there will be a loss of spiritual direction at the end of the Christian era. As culture loses its spiritual center, the Lord challenges us to stay awake spiritually—to hold fast to His teachings—and to pray. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWhy Does the Lord Sometimes Seem Angry?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 30, 2015
Many of the stories in the Old Testament describe an unhappy relationship between the Lord and the Children of Israel. The Children of Israel are disobeying the Lord's commandments, sometimes in terrible ways. What can we learn from these stories that helps all of us better understand the Lord? John and Lori Odhner hold copyright to "He Has Shown You". Used by permission. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralGood News - A New Heart
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 16, 2015
The nature of heaven and hell are tied up together in three areas of life: marriage, possessions, positions of power. To allow heaven to enter into these areas we need to beg the Lord to open our eyes to the spiritual reality that underlies His teachings in these areas. We can then follow Him more joyfully. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGideon Part 1 - Weakness and Strength – You Mighty Man of Valour
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 09, 2015
This week we begin a three-week series on the story of Gideon, one of the Judges of Israel. This week, we hear about his startling call: an angel appeared to him, called him a mighty man of valour, and told him he would rescue Israel from their enemies. The problem? Gideon was the youngest son in an unimportant family, and didn't feel much like a mighty man at all. And yet - God chose him to conquer the enemy. In our own lives: how does God transform our weakness into power? How can we see ourselves as mighty men and women of valour when we know from experience just how weak we are? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Westville, RSAGood News - Tell No One?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 19, 2015
The Lord can heal our hearts if we take His teaching and His healing to heart. He can heal us our lives and our heads, but we have to take these experiences into our heart with an acknowledgement and love for Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PASeeing the Lord in the Word
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 19, 2015
"The Word is Divine truth from the Lord, which in its supreme sense treats of the Lord alone, so they who are in enlightenment when reading the Word, see the Lord."(Secrets of Heaven 94111) | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral