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Peace from Trusting in the Lord's Loving Guidance
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 17, 2018
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the alter the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" (Revelation 6:10) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralBuilding Up to New Church Day: Part 2 - Truth Strengthening Love
In this part of our 3-Part series, we think about how the love for being a good and useful person that we want to be in our hearts, needs to be coupled with the true ideas that the Lord teaches us in His Word about what a loving life looks like. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZThe Woman, the Dragon, and the Wings in Revelation 12
Worship Service: Informal Family - June 10, 2018
“Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun...And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads….But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle” (Revelation 12:1-14) We explore the meaning of the “dragon” and the “woman clothed with the sun” inside all of us. Thanks to the Odhner family Marionettes for depicting this story. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallLast Judgment, Part 2 - Consequences of the Last Judgment
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 10, 2018
The Last Judgment took place in the year 1757. Because the Lord has completed the Last Judgment, we are in a new era with new inner freedom to understand the Lord and live His teachings. We can, from a new inner freedom, work for heaven on earth from the inside out. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAHow Long, O Lord?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 10, 2018
There are times when the state of things in this world can seem pretty bleak - when things at a national, international and even local and personal level seem pretty bad. Too often it seems like evil and selfishness are winning, despite genuinely good people doing all that they can to try to do what's right. This Sunday we will reflect on a vision from the book of Revelation that captures this feeling - the vision of souls under the altar crying out to the Lord, "How long, O Lord?" - and we will see what the Lord has to tell us about what to do when it seems like things are really bad and will never get better. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSABeasts from the Sea and from Earth
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 10, 2018
Is the Word a source of authority in our life? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralHow Do We Think About the Word?
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 10, 2018
The authority of the Word: The two beasts of Revelation 13. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lamb on Mount Zion
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 10, 2018
| By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PAConnections
Address delivered at the Senior Blessing Service | By Rt. Rev. David H. Lindrooth | Bryn Athyn CathedralBuilding Up to New Church Day: Part 1 - Motivated by Goodness
In Part 1 of this 3-Part series we consider how the Lord our Heavenly Father is love itself. He wants to motivate us with His love so that we will not only strive, but succeed in being a good and loving person. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZContent With Your Lot
Worship Service: Informal Family - June 03, 2018
So often we are tempted to long for more than we have. Yet anxiety and sadness often result when we compare ourselves to others and consider ourselves lacking. The Lord wants us instead to be content, and reminds us that the happiest of people are those whose focus is on spiritual, rather than natural, riches. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallLast Judgment, Part 1 - What about the Last Judgment
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 03, 2018
The Last Judgment took place in the year 1757 and Swedenborg was called to witness and testify of that occurance. Without that witness we would not know that the Last Judgment took place. How we face the problems of the world will depend on what the future holds in store. Knowing that we are not waiting for the Last Judgment puts us in the position of needing to clean up our act and take seriously that the Kingdom of the Lord comes only from within. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAA Sense of Our Own Life
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 03, 2018
But Abram said, "Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go Childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!" (Genesis 15:2-3) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord's Plan for Us
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 03, 2018
Abram longing for an heir | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhere Did We Go Wrong?!
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 03, 2018
Have you ever found yourself in a bad place and wondered how on earth you got into this mess? Things were once so great! Life was sailing along smoothly and you were proud of how much growth you'd seen in yourself. Yet here you are, back to your crabby, unhappy, selfish self. What went wrong? This pattern is common not just in individuals but in communities and even across history. Luckily, it does not happen by chance. This Sunday we'll look what Revelation can tell us about this cycle and how we can avoid it. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSAFrom Swords to Plowshares
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 03, 2018
The beautiful prophecy of Isiah 2 and Micah 4 proclaims a new life of peace and productivity after war.. But what are the details of this symbolism in our spiritual lives? | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDConjunction With The LORD
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 03, 2018
Sunday School Service - Children's Talk Title - Eating What Is Good For Us 1st Lesson: Revelation 2: 12-17 2nd Lesson: Apocalypse Revealed 120 | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PAGold Star Families
MC: Rev. David H. Lindrooth Taps: G Bier Prayer: Rev. Eric H. Carswell Introduction: Lach Brown Speaker: Sgt. Matthew Pennington | By Sgt Matthew Pennington | Bryn Athyn Boro ParkThe Lord's Prayer: Part 6 - The Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, Forever. Amen.
Here in the final part of our 6-Part series exploring the Lord's Prayer, we reflect upon what it is that we are asked to hope for from the Lord, Our Heavenly Father. We ask that we might be brought closer to His kingdom, be transformed by His power, and awakened by His incredible glory. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZThe Potter
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 27, 2018
Jeremiah went to the potter’s house to watch him make something at his wheel. The vessel the potter made had a flaw in it. Rather than throwing the clay away, he continued to work on the vessel until it was good in his sight. We explore how the Lord, as an artist, is forming you into an angel. We have one of our local ceramic artists showing how a pot is made on a potter's wheel as part of the service. | By Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Kline | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallRemembering Dale Shultz - Loss and Meaning
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 27, 2018
Dale Shultz died in Vietnam from wounds received from a booby-trap. The meaning of his sacrifice was not in his death, but in his character and his intentions. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAA Friend in Need
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 27, 2018
How do you love someone who is committing evil? What about when that person is your best friend? Is it our place to correct him? Do we distance ourselves from him? Jesus, through His teaching and His example, calls us to remain close with those who do evil (which is frankly all of us), and also to have the courage to stand up for them by opposing what they are doing. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSANo Temple in the New Jerusalem
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 27, 2018
Two hymns replaced by hymns from the following service because they were copyright protected. The closing hymn was copyright protected by John & Lori Odhner, and used by permission. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral