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The Broken Set of the Ten Commandments
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 04, 2024
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? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Why Does the Lord Sometimes Seem Angry?
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 04, 2024
A person who reads a few chapters each day from the Old and New Testaments can read all of the stories that contain a continuous internal sense in one year. Reading through the Old Testament there are many stories that don’t seem to portray a loving God. Sometimes God seems to command genocide. Often, He expresses condemnation and severe consequences. How does the Heavenly Doctrine help us to see something very different within these stories? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Audrey Merrell Smith
Memorial Service - May 19, 2024
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Sylvia D. Parker
Memorial Service - February 17, 2024
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Helping Someone Who Doesn't Understand
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 16, 2023
When we see people with an important job and, although they mean well, are doing it in a way that is causing a serious problem, we can have many different reactions. Sometimes we might be very critical, or we might want to take that job away from them. How has the Lord reacted when angels have been causing problems as they try to fulfill an important job? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Two Last Judgments and Two Times Angels Were Causing Huge Problems
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 16, 2023
The teachings for the New Church tell us of the terrible spiritual darkness that filled the World of Spirits prior to the Lord’s first and then second advent. We also learn that angels in heaven had unfortunate roles contributing to this darkness. How did the Lord react to these angels and what does it say about His priorities that might prompt us to consider how we might want to react to problems in the future? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Christopher M. Carter
Memorial Service - June 12, 2023
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Jacqueline S. Bostock
Memorial Service - February 11, 2023
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Rescued by the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 04, 2022
Many of us are inspired by stories of someone being rescued. As we prepare for Christmas, we can remember it is the beginning of a story of the greatest rescue ever. The Lord rescued all of us from certain unhappiness through His life in this world. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Lord Came to Bring Us from Darkness to Light
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 04, 2022
Wise people know that without help, their lives would not go well. The joy of Christmas is that it is a story of the Lord coming to give us help through all He did while in the world. He truly provided that each of us can go from times of darkness to the light of hope and confidence in His salvation. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Elizabeth (Bussy) Hasen Sellner
Memorial Service - October 15, 2022
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Marian M. Nelson
Memorial Service - July 17, 2022
Address written by Rev. Charles E. Blair and read by Rev. Eric Carswell | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell; Rev. Charles E. Blair | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Qualities of the New Church: The Holy City
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 26, 2022
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Belief in Divine Revelation and Interacting with Others
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 26, 2022
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Wicked Creatures in the Book of Revelation
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 22, 2022
Why does the book of Revelation have a number of wicked creatures? What does the Lord want us to recognize in them that is a threat to our willingness to follow the Lord? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Dangers to the Church Represented in Revelation
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 22, 2022
The book of Revelation when understood in its internal sense presents a vivid picture of why and how the New Church came into existence. In it there are descriptions of several horrible creatures. These evil forms represent thoughts and motivations that are a particular threat to people who think of themselves as being part of the Lord's Church. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Kean Pitcairn
Memorial Service - May 22, 2022
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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What Does "I'm Sorry" Mean?
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 17, 2022
In this service, we explore what it means to apologize, and the tie in with forgiveness. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Jesus' First Miracle: Turning Water into Wine
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 01, 2022
When Jesus was at a wedding celebration with HIs disciples, the hosts ran out of wine well before the celebration was over. They could have just switched to drinking water. Why did the Lord transform water into the best wine of the day? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Receiving the Lord's Life in Ours: Turning Water into Wine
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 01, 2022
Jesus' first miracle recorded in the Gospel of John was that of turning water into wine at a wedding celebration. This miracle is a picture of the transformation that the Lord seeks to bring about in each of us and through us in the life of His Church on earth. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Wren Hyatt Doering
Memorial Service - April 20, 2022
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Palm Sunday: A Happy or Sad Event?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 10, 2022
As Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday many people rejoiced and Jesus wept. Why on this day of apparent triumph was Jesus sad? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Palm Sunday: Jesus Wept for the People of Jerusalem
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 10, 2022
Jesus' responses to events on Palm Sunday are reflections of His perfect love for all people and also His efforts to stop harmful events. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Faith: A Source of Death and Life
Worship Service: Informal Family - March 27, 2022
The internal sense of the story of Cain and Abel reflects the reality that religious knowledge can be both a source of death and a source of life. Why was Abel’s offering favored by the Lord and not Cain’s? Why was Cain protected even after committing a terrible act? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Why is Heaven Such a Happy Place?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 06, 2022
There are many ways of explaining the happiness of heaven. All of its blessings are a gift from the Lord. Part of how this occurs is the result of each angel receiving good things from all the other angels. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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