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Temptations
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 17, 2023
All temptation is an attack against the love present in a person, the degree of temptation depending on the degree of that love. If love is not attacked there is no temptation. (Secrets of Heaven 1690:3) | By Rev. J. Bheki Dube | Westville, RSA
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Tempted in the Wilderness - 3 - Putting Self First
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 13, 2022
This is the conclusion of our three-part series on temptations. In the end we have to confront our love of ourselves. This is at the heart of any spiritual struggle. We want to be in charge, so much so that we want to be able to control the Lord. This is represented in the Lord’s last temptation. The devil took Him up onto the pinnacle of the temple, and told Him to throw Himself to the ground. Doesn’t the Word say that “He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you,” and, “In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone”? (Luke 4:10, 11). In others words, test the Lord. The Lord says that He’ll keep you safe. But let’s see if He really will. Force His hand. Make Him rescue you. Yet that is not how it works. The Lord will help us when we have made it clear that we want His help. In order to do this we must put aside love of self and put our trust in Him. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Tempted in the Wilderness - 2 - Twisting the Truth
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 06, 2022
Last week we talked about resisting the urge to pursue pleasure above all else. This week we will look at the more intellectual side of temptation: the temptation to twist the truth to suit our own needs. This is represented in the Devil offering Jesus the kingdoms of the world, if only He would worship him. Jesus rebuked the devil, saying that God, and God alone, is to be worshipped and served. We are tempted to make ourselves the rulers and arbiters of what is right and wrong. Yet true freedom lies in serving the Lord and abiding by His rules for life. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Tempted in the Wilderness - 1 - Hungering for Pleasure
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 30, 2022
This Sunday we will begin a three-part series on spiritual battles, or temptation. The template for entering these spiritual struggles can be found in the Lord’s temptations: before He began His ministry the Lord was tempted by the devil in the wilderness for forty days. The three main temptations that He faced and in which He was victorious encapsulate all of the temptations that we also grapple with: the craving for pleasure, the compulsion to twist the truth, and the drive to elevate ourselves above all others. 2. Twisting the Truth – 6 November 3. Putting Self First – 13 November | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Facing Floods
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 28, 2022
This week we are going to talk about being in the middle of the flood, coping with the challenges as we experience them. In the midst of struggle we suffer from doubt but the Lord’s promise is that He has prepared you and that He will bring you through alive, to find a new beginning. There is no challenge that you cannot overcome. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Coming Through the Fire
Worship Service: Informal Family - January 23, 2022
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego followed the Lord even when doing so meant they would be thrown into a fiery furnace. How can we find that kind of courage and confidence? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Under Siege - III: Pray
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 08, 2020
| By Rev. Glenn (Mac) Frazier | Mitchellville, MD
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Under Siege - II: Turn to The Word
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 01, 2020
The second in a series titled "Under Seige." | By Rev. Glenn (Mac) Frazier | Mitchellville, MD
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Under Siege - I: Do Not Answer
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 23, 2020
First of three worship services on the theme "Under Siege." | By Rev. Glenn (Mac) Frazier | Mitchellville, MD
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Self-Compulsion
Doctrinal Class - November 13, 2019
The missing discipline in today's culture. Can we do anything to help raise an awareness of this God given ability that each person is supposed to be utilizing? | By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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When the Lord and the Angels Seem Absent
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 27, 2019
Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble? (Psalm 10:1) | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Shame and Humility
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 28, 2019
| By Rev. Brian D. Smith | Mitchellville, MD
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The Reason He Came, Part 3 - To Send Fire to the Earth
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 07, 2019
Lord came to send fire and bring a sword not peace. In other places the Lord says He bring peace. So how do we understand this paradox? The Lord goal for us is peace, but his process is division. We need the truth to get to love. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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HOPE
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 17, 2019
In these times of fear and uncertainty, what can we learn from The Lord about hope, and how can we keep hope alive? | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MD
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Close Enough to Catch
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 10, 2019
It is often said that the Lord will never give us more than we can handle. And yet, sometimes we still feel totally overwhelmed, just like Peter, who tried to walk on water, but found himself sinking. - JB | By Rev. Jared J. Buss | Mitchellville, MD
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Gospel - Good News for Repentance and Reformation
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 30, 2018
Addiction and repentance have a lot in common. And the good news, the _gospel_ that the Lord offers us is that He can fully reform and heal us. An introduction to a series on the Sermon on the Mount. "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of heaven is near; repent and believe in the gospel." Readings: Mark 1:15; Matthew 4:12-25; Heaven and Hell 533; True Christian Religion 571; Last Judgement posthumous 352 | By Rev. Pearse M. Frazier | Atlanta-Morningstar Chapel (Alpharetta GA)
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Joshua, Part 4 - Losing Battles
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 11, 2018
We will face failure, loss, and our own sins in life. It is part of the process and we should not expect otherwise. If we approach failure as feedback and take our failures to the Lord and look for our inner falsities that are part of the problem, we can face every failure and grow through process. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Joshua, Part 3 - Spiritual Combat
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 28, 2018
The Lord leads us into spiritual combat, the conflict between truth and falsity, between lusts and love. The key to victory is marching according to the 10 Commandments. If we encircle false thinking and lustful behavior with the Ten Commandments, the Lord fights for us. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Give Us a King - Part III
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 26, 2018
About the spiritual meaning of kings in the Word Lessons: Genesis 14 Arcana Caelestia #1652,1653, 1655, 1656, 1661 selections | By Rev. Brian D. Smith | Mitchellville, MD
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Simulations of Love & Wisdom
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 22, 2018
"Why Self-Compulsion is Useful and Not Hypocritical." - MDG | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MD
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From 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, MD
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The Lord's Prayer: Part 5 - Battling Temptations
Here in Part 5 of our 6-Part series considering the Lord's Prayer, we reflect on the nature of temptation and why we ultimately need some of it in order to grow spiritually. While we need to fight temptation, we need to know that only the Lord can be victorious. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Facing Floods, Part 2 - Get Ready
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 05, 2017
Noah has been told by God that a flood is coming that will destroy everything and everyone, except for those people and animals that God saves on the ark that He tells Noah to build. There are times when we know something big is coming. The Lord can help us to get ready and help us to keep safe what is most important. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Facing Floods, Part 1 - See it Coming
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 29, 2017
Spiritual growth is a destructive process. Without the destruction of old habits, old ways of thinking, old wants and desires, there would be no room for the Lord to build us up as angels. Over the next four Sundays we will be exploring this topic of spiritual destruction and reconstruction using the story of Noah's Flood. This story offers powerful insight into how we deal with the spiritual floods that come our way. In the course of this story we'll talk about seeing the flood coming, how to get ready for it, riding it out, and then the beautiful things the Lord creates when we get to the other side. For this Sunday our focus will be on the first part: seeing the flood coming. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Withholding Bread From Gideon
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 22, 2017
Family Service - Talk Title - Withholding Bread From Gideon 1st Lesson: Judges 8: 1-23 2nd Lesson: True Christian Religion 400 3rd Lesson: New Jerusalem and Her Heavenly Doctrine 103 (portion) | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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