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Heaven and Hell Pt. 14 - The Joy Found in Heaven is a Function of Sharing and Being Useful
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 22, 2017
Here in Part 14 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell', we consider the incredible joy that is experienced by everyone in heaven. It is enjoyed because everyone there loves to share with others and they all work to make other people happy. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell Pt. 13 - Marriages in Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 15, 2017
Here in Part 13 of our study of the book 'Heaven and Hell' we think about, when we leave this life and enter the next, how men are still men and women are still women. This means that there are marriages in heaven. Indeed, the Lord unites the minds of the married partners to the extent that they essentially become one mind. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell Pt. 12 - Misconceptions about Who Can Go to Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 08, 2017
This is Part 12 in our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell'. Here we consider that it is not a person's faith system that gets them into heaven, it is the quality of their heart and their sincere desire to usefully serve the Lord and their neighbor. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell: Pt. 11 - Every Child Who Had Died is in Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 01, 2017
This week in our Series following the book 'Heaven and Hell' we think about how every child who has ever died has gone to heaven to be with the Lord. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell: Pt. 10 - Everyone Can Become an Angel
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 24, 2017
This week, in Part 10 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell' we consider the truth that the Lord, in His infinite love, is working to lead all people from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds, to Himself and the joy of His heaven. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell Pt. 9 - We Are Always Connected to Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 17, 2017
In Part 9 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell' we think about the unbreakable connection that exists between the spiritual and natural worlds. The Lord flows down through the heavens and ultimately into this natural realm. The result is that we can always know that the Lord and heaven are very near. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell Pt. 8 - Innocence and Peace in Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 10, 2017
This is Part 8 in our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell'. This week we think about the innocence of heaven's angels, and how this is similar but also distinctly different to the innocence that little children have. The Lord tells us in Scripture that we must become like a little child in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell Pt. 7 - The Voices of the Angels
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 03, 2017
In Part 7 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell' we explore the language of angels as they communicate with each other. We also think about how the Lord, through angels, communicates with us. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell Pt. 6 - Working for the Common Good - Government in Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 27, 2017
This is Part 6 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell'. Here we consider the nature of government in heaven, and how ultimately everyone is led by the Lord in accordance with how wise they are relative to the rest of their angelic community, and how everyone strives to serve the common good. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell Pt. 5 - Time and Appearances in Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 13, 2017
This is Part 5 in our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell'. We consider what it might be like to be angels in heaven who have no sense of time and space the way we in the world do. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell Pt. 4 - The Lord's Light and Warmth in Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 06, 2017
In Part 4 of our study of the book 'Heaven and Hell' we think about the sun in heaven. We are taught that this is the Lord entering into the realm of the angels. From that sun comes the light and warmth that brings everything in heaven into being and gives the angels the ability to love others and become wise. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell Pt. 3 - The Correspondence of Heaven and Earth
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 30, 2017
In Part 3 of our study of the book 'Heaven and Hell' we consider the nature of the correspondence that exists between all level of the Lord's creation. The Lord teaches us this so that we might freely choose to individually become more aligned with Him and the loving nature of His heaven. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell Pt. 2 - Heavenly Communities
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 23, 2017
Part 2 of our study of the book 'Heaven and Hell' considers the nature of heavenly communities and the homes of the people who live in there. The primary message is that it is the nature of the love and usefulness of any angel that determines where their heavenly home and community is, and what these will look like. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHeaven and Hell Pt. 1 - The Lord Jesus Christ is God of Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 16, 2017
This week begins an extended series of talks following the book "Heaven and Hell'. The most important truth of all, is that there is one God, the Lord Jesus Christ, and He is Ruler of heaven and earth. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZPushing Over the Pillars of Self-Love
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 09, 2017
This message shows that the two pillars of the temple of the Philistines that Samson pushed over at the end of his life, represent problematic things that a person's life might be based on that cannot stand up to the Lord and His teachings. Our life, instead, should be supported by the pillars of His message, which teaches us that we need faith and charity together in our hearts, minds and actions. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZThe Symbolism of Samson - or: The Lord has all the answers
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 02, 2017
The biblical story of Samson is a metaphor describing the Lord's incredible strength. That strength can give us the answer to any question in life, so long as we are actively looking for those answers in the stories of His Word. The answer might not be obvious in the literal text, but it can flow from the Lord Himself, through that text. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZSafe Within the Walls of the Holy City
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 18, 2017
The walls of the Holy City New Jerusalem are a picture of the Lord's love and protection. Once a person is within those walls, they are safe from every attack of the hells. The people who are there, are those who have allowed the Lord to transform them. Their inner and outer lives have come to shine with the spirit and activity of true charity. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZThe Innocence of a Lamb
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 04, 2017
In the Book of Revelation, the Lord presents Himself as a Lamb that has been led to the slaughter. This was a picture of how He is innocence itself. It also shows us how people throughout the years have tried to destroy innocence. But, like the Lord Himself, innocence with any person is never dead. Instead, it can be brought back to life by the Lord and become a true willingness to be led by Him. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZWhat Does God Look Like?
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 28, 2017
This week we ponder the question: What does God look like? The Scriptures make it clear that people have been unable to see God at anytime. Yet, John on the Isle of Patmos (Revelation 1) did appear to see Him. This, though, was not God Himself in His essence, but an important manifestation suited to our finite comprehension, and therefore is a very useful image to help us in developing our relationship with Him. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZStanding Up for Her Children: A Mother's Day message
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 14, 2017
The mother of the disciples James and John approached the Lord and asked if it were possible for them to sit at His right hand and His left in His kingdom. Her understanding of the nature of the Lord's kingdom might have been faulty at the time, but, that doesn't mean that she wasn't being led by two powerful united forces from the Lord, the love of marriage, or conjugial love, and the love of children, or storge. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZBehold, the Days Have Come
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 07, 2017
This message reflects on the risen Lord and the secrets He revealed to His disciples on His final walk with them from Jerusalem to Bethany before He rose to heaven before their eyes. The primary secret was that His love for each of us is contained within every minute detail of His Word. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZPeace Be With You
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 30, 2017
When the Lord suddenly appeared in the room with His disciples on the evening of Easter Sunday, His first words to them were, "Peace be with you." New Church teachings help us to understand that the risen Lord was Peace itself. Therefore, He was saying to, not only His disciples, but all people, "I am Peace, and I am with you!" | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZUnderstanding Easter and the Lord's Glorification
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 16, 2017
When the time was right, the Lord intervened in the most perfect way to ensure that humanity's pathway to Him would forever remain open. He took on a mortal body, allowed it to be crucified, and rose again on the third day. He glorified His body, meaning that the natural was transformed and became Divine. In doing this, the Lord ensured that He had the last tool that He needed to ensure that all people could be saved. Humanity continues to exist, and the way to heaven remains open, because the Lord came into the world. We can say that these things exist because of Easter. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZThe Qualities of a King: A Palm Sunday message
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 09, 2017
The Lord as He rode triumphantly into Jerusalem, was appearing as the type of earthly leader that the people thought they wanted. His true intension, was to present Himself as the heavenly and eternal leader He knew that they needed. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZA High Quality Life leads to a High Quality Faith
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 02, 2017
In the New Church we are given the vital teaching, that it is the quality of the charity in our life that most defines us. As the charity in our life grows, so the faith we have in the Lord will also grow. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ