In the challenges that we face, and that many of us are facing right now, it is important that we continually go back to the Lord. Spiritual life does not just happen: it takes intentional and persistent work, work that goes on even when life is at its hardest.

Second in a series about connections between the story of Elisha and the life of Jesus.

From Pastor Joel Glenn. New Church Westville, www.newchurchaudio.org. Recorded in 2020.

At the deepest level, the stories in the Bible are about the Lord and what He went through while He was in this world. We are going to be looking for connections to the life of Jesus in the dramatic and sometimes quite confusing stories of the prophet Elisha. In this first part we will be looking at the relationship between Elijah and Elisha and exploring how the Lord in the Word made flesh can help us with our real problems and challenges.

From Pastor Malcolm Smith at New Church Westville, www.newchurchaudio.org. Recorded in 2020

By Rev. Grant Odhner. Recorded at Bryn Athyn Cathedral on March 22, 2020. So much of life is out of our control. We can feel helpless in the face of that. The Lord experienced similar circumstances when He was in the world. Before He was glorified, His conscious awareness was bound by limits, just as ours, so that He could be attacked by hell. In these moments, He was able to overcome because He could draw on an inner power that was His own. We are indeed powerless in such moments; but the Human God is with us. Can we trust in him?

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The story of when the Lord turned water into wine parallels how we can see his presence in everyday life.

By Pastor Erik Buss. Recorded March 15, 2020 at Bryn Athyn Cathedral. www.newchurchaudio.org

This week we continue to explore the teachings of the New Church and what they can mean for us. One of the more unusual aspects of these works is the descriptions of conversations with spirits and angels and the surroundings in which they took place. Swedenborg did not just share ideas, but also the things that the Lord allowed him to see, hear, and feel. Although unusual, what can these experiences teach us about heavenly life that mere ideas could not?

From Pastor Joel Glenn at New Church Westville, recorded on September 1, 2019. www.newchurchaudio.org

People are often intimidated to try reading Emanuel Swedenborg’s books. He wrote a lot of books and they get into some pretty deep and complex topics. And yet in his own words, these books are "the coming of the Lord." So how do we approach these books in a way that moves beyond philosophy and enters into a real, living relationship with the Lord?

By Joel Glenn. Recorded in 2019 at New Church Westville, South Africa; newchurchaudio.org

A New Year's message from Rev. Derek Elphick. Recorded at The New Church at Boynton Beach, Florida in 2001.

A Christmas sermon from Rev. Walter Orthwein. Recorded at Bryn Athyn Cathedral in 2011. Visit www.newchurchaudio.org for sermons, classes and more.

A Christmas season sermon. By Pastor Tom Kline. Recorded at Pendleton Hall in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania in 1984. www.newchurchaudio.org

Why did God need to come to earth?

A Christmas preparation class.

Recorded in Bryn Athyn, PA in 1991. www.newchurchaudio.org