Bryn Athyn Church Adult Service
Weekly readings and sermons from the 11 a.m. adult service at the 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 Adult Service
Latest Episodes
“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, the Lord tells His disciples and the crowd, “A good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit” (Luke 6:43). He wasn't simply teaching them how to judge others. He was i...
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...
The Hidden Benefits of Freedom | Rev. Jeremy F. Simons
The Heavenly Doctrine has little to say about forms of government and many of the political issues of our time. But it has a great deal to say about the value of political freedom -- the freedom of speech and freedom of the press. You might be ...
Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament | Rev. Malcolm G. Smith
After His resurrection, on the road to Emmaus, the Lord showed two of His disciples that the entire Old Testament was about Him. “And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning ...