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Praise the Lord
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 15 Jul, 2018
The Lord invites our praise not because he needs or wants it, but because it opens us up to receive what he wants to give us. We can praise the Lord for all the good He does and all He is with everything in us. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Last Judgment, Part 3 - Personal Last Judgment
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 24 Jun, 2018
The Bible uses the image of standing before the Judge to help us understand the process of evaluating our lives to determine our place in the next world. The devil prosecuse use. The Lord acts as our counsellor and our judge. Our end state is determined most ultimately by our character more than the a moment of truth. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
New Church Day - Pray for the Coming of the Kingdom
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 17 Jun, 2018
At the Book of Revelation ends with a promise, a warning, an invitation, and an assurance. All of these make up the blessings of entering the Lord's kingdom, and we are instructed to pray for the coming of His Kingdom. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Last Judgment, Part 2 - Consequences of the Last Judgment
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 10 Jun, 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, PA
Last Judgment, Part 1 - What about the Last Judgment
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 3 Jun, 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, PA
Remembering Dale Shultz - Loss and Meaning
Worship Service: Informal Family - 27 May, 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, PA
Joseph and Protecting
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 20 May, 2018
The Lord Jesus Christ needed an natural father and Joseph accepted that role. Joseph both adopted, provided, protected, and sacrificed for Jesus. The story of our Lord Jesus Christ does not spend much time on Joseph as natural father, but more on Jesus as Son of God. Jest like Joseph our fatherhood depends on our heavenly father. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Motherhood and Nurturing
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 13 May, 2018
Mary was the mother of Jesus, the man who became God. The relationship between Many and Jesus can teach us about motherhood. The role is to feed with goodness and the goal is to launch a successful human being. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Doing and Holding Still
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 6 May, 2018
The Lord has called us to serve our neighbor, but sometimes in serving we are distracted by ourselves. To serve with charity, we have to spend time holding still in the Lord's presence, as well as doing. | By Rev. Jared J Buss , Sarver, PA
From Heaven? Or from man?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 22 Apr, 2018
The question we must answer is Scripture from heaven or from man. If Scripture is from heaven we have a different obligation to believe it. The academic evidence can sometimes be used to indicate a belief in Scripture from man, but the evidence affirms our belief in Scripture and our Lord Jesus Christ. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Affirmative Attitude
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 15 Apr, 2018
When we approach the Word we can come with an affirmative or negative attitude. The negative attitude withholds belief in the Word of God until it can be proved by facts and rational arguments. The affirmative attitude approaches the Word of God as true because it is the Word of God. The question to ask to pursue a rational faith is not: is it true? The question to ask is: how is it true? | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Easter - The Lord Rises Again
Worship Service: Informal Family - 1 Apr, 2018
The Lord rises again for each of us when we accept His good and truth into our lives. And the New Church is a movement for the Lord to resurrect Christianity and bring our world new life. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Palm Sunday - If You Had Known . . .
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 25 Mar, 2018
The Lord teaches us that if we don't know what makes for peace we will not be able to have it. To have people we have to seek it a pursue it. The pursuit of peace is a pursuit of trust in and following the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Will of God, Part 4 - Covenant
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 11 Mar, 2018
The Lord invites to enter into a covenant or agreement with Him. Our part is to do what He says and His part is blessing and happiness. Taking the Holy Supper is like a signature on our part of the covenant. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Will of God, Part 3 - Marriage, Children, Service
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 4 Mar, 2018
The Lord teaches us that His will and care prioritizes marriage, children, and society in that order. If we wish to follow the will of the Lord, we should develop these as the ordered priorities for our life and find ways to pursue and support these priorities in the people around us. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Will of God, Part 2 - Abide in Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 25 Feb, 2018
The Lord teaches us to abide in Him as the source of life. It is the Lord's will that we love Him and love others. If we abide in this love, we will want what is good and therefore whatever we want can be brought to being. The way to get there is to unplug from our will and plug into the Lord's will. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Will of God, Part 1 - Why We Need to Seek the Will of God
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 18 Feb, 2018
What is God's will for you? This is a central question for our spiritual lives. We can listen to false messages about what that is. But if we really want to know and pursue God's will for us, we must become discipline students of the Lord Jesus Christ—we must become disciples. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 10 - Desires
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 11 Feb, 2018
The commandments against coveting will take you deeper and change you more, especially as you apply it to the other commandment. It can build your relationship with the Lord because it is about desires. To have our desires changed, we must fight against them because they sin or lead to sin against the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 9 - True Witness
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 4 Feb, 2018
Getting a true perspective on life depends entirely on what witnesses you believe. We are commanded to not bear false witness against our neighbor so that truth and justice can prevail for others. We also must seek the truth and trust the witness of the Lord, which happens as we flee from false witness of every kind. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 8 - Honesty Vs Fraud
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 28 Jan, 2018
The Lord commands us not to steal. Stealing is more than taking others belongings, but includes all the ways we defraud others. When we choose to banish fraud from our lives, we become honest and sincere. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 7 - Fundamental Loves
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 21 Jan, 2018
The Lord offers us good boundaries which enable us to receive his greatest blessing in true married love. We face stiff cultural challenge and wrestle with our own nature. The Lord can lead us to love Him, His Word, and to help the world while also promising us the blessings of the greatest eternal joys and delights. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 6 - Murder vs Charity
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 14 Jan, 2018
The Lord's commandment against murder provides boundaries against hurting another's body, reputation, and soul. If we follow flee from hurting people in this way, the Lord will lead us into loving our neighbor. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Word Became Flesh, Part 5 - Come and See
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 7 Jan, 2018
If we invite others to come and see the Lord, He will speak to their hearts and bring them into real, saving faith | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Word Became Flesh, Part 4 - Preferred Before Me
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 31 Dec, 2017
John had the humility to teach others that the Lord was preferred before Him. The Gospel of John sets out 3 days which are the transition from John to the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Excitement Before the Game
Worship Service: Informal Family - 24 Dec, 2017
All things have a process-a beginning, middle, and end. The Lord's coming is the earliest part of the process, His coming is like the excitement of the time before the game begins. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA