Bryn Athyn Church Family Service
Weekly readings and sermons from the 9:30 family service at Bryn Athyn Church in Bryn Athyn, PA, a congregation of the General Church of the New Jerusalem. Readings are drawn from the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Heavenly Doctrine for the New Church contained in the theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg.
Bryn Athyn Church Family Service
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Finding Reason to Hope in the Lord’s Creation | Rev. Malcolm G. Smith
When Abram was feeling despair that he would never have a child, Jehovah comforted him by taking him outside, telling him to look at the stars, and promising him he would have as many children as the stars in the heavens. When we feel despair, ...
“I Was Blind, Now I See...” | Rev. Derek P. Elphick
(John 9:25) Like the man born blind in this account, we are “blind” from birth. We can certainly see the world around us, but we need knowledge from the Lord to interpret what it is we’re looking at otherwise we remain “blind” to the true signi...
Use and The Lord’s Purpose | Rev. Pearse M. Frazier
In what is commonly called the Sermon on the Plain, we hear an example of what the Lord taught as He traveled from town to town during His three years of preaching. Near the end, in what we might call the crescendo of the sermon, He te...
In the World, Not of the World | Rev. Jeffrey O. Smith
We are told that Obadiah “feared the Lord greatly” (1 Kings 18:3), and yet he managed the house and palace of Ahab, who was the worst king up until that point. For our part, how can we continue working with the Lord when our efforts seem fruitl...
250 Years of Freedom | Rev. Jeremy F. Simons
On June 19th we celebrated the freedom given to us by the victory of the Lord on the white horse over the forces of evil 256 years ago. On July 4th this year, we will be celebrating 250 years of freedom in our country since we declared our inde...