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Heaven - Essence of Heaven
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 08, 2015
The Lord Jesus Christ teaches us that heaven is hidden, that heaven is something to wait and be prepared for, and that heaven is within. The New Church teachings add that heaven and hell are known by their delights. Delights are hidden and we have to choose which delights to enjoy so that we can be in heaven and be prepared for eternal life in heaven. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, 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, 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, PAHealing Hurting Relationships - Forgiving Others
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 18, 2015
Forgiveness is a process that grows out of our relationship with the Lord and spiritual maturity. However, the work we have to do to forgive grows us. Forgiving actions or words calls on the best of us and helps us to begin real forgiveness. Especially if we do it prayerfully following the instructions of Scripture. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAHealing Hurting Relationships - The Lord's Forgiveness
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 11, 2015
Healing a hurting relationship is a journey through forgiveness to reconciliation. That journey is a spiritual process that demands a reliance on the Lord God Jesus Christ and brings toward spiritual maturity. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PASpiritual Seasons
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 04, 2015
Just like there are seasons in this world, there are seasons to our spiritual life. We can know that hard times will come and that in hard times, better times are coming back. But most important, the Lord Jesus Christ leads us through them to a happier state. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, 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 - He Is Risen
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 20, 2015
The Lord God Jesus Christ who is Jehovah can help you. He is able to lead you through a process to a new life, a new resurrection of life which can heal your very character. | 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, PAGood News - In Enemy Territory
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 23, 2015
The Lord loves even those people who are against Him. We can see the loving and wise ways that the Lord interacts with those who oppose Him. If we are to follow Him, we can learn from His example. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood 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, PAGood News - Seeing Clearly
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 09, 2015
The nature of spiritual sight is that we have a tendency to see what we want. The Lord teaches us many things that contradict our biased sight. If we desire to see reality, we have to keep coming back to the Lord. Following the Lord is a self correcting system that corrects in stages. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News - Be Opened
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 02, 2015
There are challenges and problems with being a part of a religious community. We can nullify the Word of the Lord by our tradition. We can make religion an external thing. We can be rude and arrogant to those not of our faith. We can be deaf to the Lord. But if we truly turn to the Lord, He can heal us of these faults. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA2015 Jacob's Creek 8 Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion of Camp's Topic "Freedom and Rationality" - Revs. Matthew Genzlinger, Bradley Heinrichs, Peter Buss Jr., Brett Buick, Derrick Lumsden | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr.; Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs; Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger; Rev. Derrick Lumsden; Rev. Brett D. Buick | Jacob's Creek2015 Jacob's Creek 9 Tuesday Evening Worship Service
Worship Service: Children & Adult - July 28, 2015
Jacob's Creek Tuesday Evening Worship Service - Apple Of His Eye | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Jacob's CreekGood 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, PAGood News - Who Is this Guy?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 12, 2015
The Lord calls disciples. If we are willing to hear His call, we will learn and grow spiritually. A turning point in our discipleship is when we see Jesus Christ as having Divine power to help us. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News - The Lord Can Heal You
Worship Service: Informal Family - July 04, 2015
The Lord performed many miracles of healing during His ministry. The reason He performed miracles of healing was to show us that He has the power to heal the soul. If we are really going to believe in the good news of spiritual healing, we have to believe that He can heal our soul and the soul of others. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News - Heaven Is Near
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 28, 2015
The Good News that Lord God Jesus Christ teaches is that the Kingdom of God is near. Our first step is to repent and believe in the good news. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAFather's Day: Challenge to Men
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 21, 2015
The Lord created men and women with gift particular to their gender. The gift the Lord gave to men is to be interested in and love ideas. He gave this gift to them in particular so that He could teach them about spirituality and religion. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAThe Purpose of Church
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 14, 2015
The purpose of church is a partnership with the Lord and heaven on earth. We enter into a partnership with Him through repentance and through a partnership with Him we seek heaven now. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAThe Purpose of Family
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 07, 2015
The purpose of the New Testament is to know that Jesus is Christ and the Son of God, and so we can live a life in His Name. The purpose of family is to raise children for heaven. Marriage was designed with all its potential to support that highest use. And marriage needs its own care, support, and guidance. The Lord ensures all people love their children, but only the spiritual can truly love their spouse. The Lord offers guidance to support the goal of a truly united marriage. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAPurpose of Government
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 31, 2015
The purpose of government is to observe and provide order. This is best done when we focus on the public good and through that the individual. Public good should be understood in a hierarchy of good ascending from civil, to moral, to spiritual. However, the most important truth is that the Lord governs all things. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA