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What Angels Do
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 20, 2019
Useful services are the determining factor in the happiness imparted by the Lord in heaven, and those services are the chief way in which the Lord is worshiped. This goes to explain why John reclined at table on the Lord's breast, and why the Lord loved him more than the rest. It is not on account of John himself, but because he represented times when charity is exercised, or useful services performed (AC 7038:3) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralAngels Love to Be Useful
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 20, 2019
All the societies in the heavens are distinct in accordance with their goods so they are distinct in accordance with their uses. (HH 391). The opening hymn was replaced with the opening hymn from the next service because the former was copyright protected, | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralA House of Worship
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 06, 2019
"...the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord." (1 Kings 8:11). Lessons and sermon and brief re-dedication ceremony with Cathedral Director Meg Rohtla on the occasion of the 100 year anniversary of Bryn Athyn Cathedral's dedication. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Glory of The Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 06, 2019
Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. (Exodus 40:34) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralFoolishness and Stupidity
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 22, 2019
My people are foolish; they know Me not; they are stupid children, having no understanding; they are wise to do evil, and know not how to do good. (Jeremiah 4:22) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralUnderstanding the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 22, 2019
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him." (John 14:6-7) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralPhyllis Burnham Pitcairn Memorial Address
Memorial Service - September 16, 2019
August 9, 1929 to September 6, 2019 | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralPriorities
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 15, 2019
The natural world can be very frustrating when we focus on the limits it places on our lives. These limits are part of the Lord’s plan of providing us a place to make choices. These choices, large and small, are an opportunity to further define what we make most important. These choices lead to consequences, some happy and others far from it, in this world and the next. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallAn Unfair Fight?
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 25, 2019
An Unfair Fight? Dominating Evil Spirits and Gentle Angels. Then God spoke to Noah, saying, "Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you." (Genesis 8:15-16) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralA Good Kind of Blindness
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 04, 2019
Who is blind but My servant, or deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant? (Isaiah 42:19) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralReasons to Hide Your Thoughts
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 14, 2019
Beware the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. (Luke 12:1-2) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralActing Differently from What You Are
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 14, 2019
Beware the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. (Luke 12:1-2) We must refrain from evils as being sins and fight against them of ourselves. (Doctrine of Life 101) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralAbide in the Lord's Word and You Will Know the Truth
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 23, 2019
"If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:31-32) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThere Shall Be No More Sorrow, Crying or Pain
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 16, 2019
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. (Revelation 21:4) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralGratitude to the Lord
Worship Service: Informal Family - June 09, 2019
The book of Revelation includes angels praising the Lord. Why were they grateful to the Lord? What helps us to be grateful and what gets in the way? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallBeing Led: Seeing and Hearing
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 26, 2019
Your eyes shall see your teachers. Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it." (Isaiah 30:20-21) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralQualities that Nurture Us
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 12, 2019
"Honor your father and your mother." (Deuteronomy 5:16) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Church as a Mother
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 12, 2019
Then one said to Jesus, "Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You." But He answered and said to the one who told Him, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?" and He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, Here are My mother and My brothers!" (Matthew 12:50) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralWelcoming the Lord as King
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 14, 2019
Then those who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: "Hosanna! 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!' Blessed is the kingdom of our father David That comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" (Mark 11:9-10) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralJoseph and His Brothers
Doctrinal Class - March 27, 2019
How do we come to genuine wisdom? A four class series. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social HallBad Anger and Good Anger
Worship Service: Informal Family - March 10, 2019
Starting very early in life, anger can show up in our reactions. Sometimes it can be very destructive, and sometimes it can have something heavenly within it. The Lord wants us to seek His help to fight destructive anger, and to strengthen us to be ready to defend good things with power when this is important. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallFormed by the Potter's Hands
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 24, 2019
Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make. (Jeremiah 18:3-4) Offertory replaced by hymn from later service because it was copyright protected. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThr Lord's Leading
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 24, 2019
Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to make. (Jeremiah 18:3-4) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralOpening Up to Courage
Worship Service: Informal Family - February 10, 2019
Moses’ Mission. Choosing Vulnerability. For week three of the “Opening Up” series on Moses, we will consider the courage it took for Moses to face the opposition of the powerful Pharaoh of Egypt and to take the Israelites from their old life toward a new and easily uncertain future. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallChoosing to Trust in the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 03, 2019
Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few." (1 Samuel 14:6) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral