God made the human mind to function like the ark of Noah during the floods of our lives.

By Pastor Tom Kline. Recorded in 2003 at Bryn Athyn Cathedral (newchurchaudio.org)

In this sermon series we’ve talked about how the Lord is working in every little detail of what happens in our lives. That can be a profoundly comforting thought but, in other moods, it can make us feel like it doesn’t matter what we do. If it’s all in God’s control, then our decisions mean nothing, really. In other moods, it can feel like God is just some distant force (if He’s there at all) and it’s entirely up to us to figure out what we need to do with our lives and what God is doing or not doing is largely irrelevant to our daily lives. The teachings of the New Church provide another option for how to understand this.

From Pastor Malcolm Smith at New Church Westville, South Africa (www.newchurchaudio.org)

This week we continue our series on misconceptions about Divine Providence. There are moments when something so unlikely and unexpected, and yet so wonderful, occurs, that we cannot help but see it as the hand of God at work in the world. But if God intervenes so forcefully in the world sometimes, it serves to highlight the many times when He does not (apparently) intervene. Why is one person miraculously spared from cancer, while thousands of others are condemned to die? The truth is that God’s Providence is not just at work in the unlikely and the obvious ways we see. His Providence extends to each and every moment of our lives, even down to the most mundane. He is never absent.

From Pastor Joel Glenn at New Church Westville, South Africa (newchurchaudio.org)

Part 1 of 3

A sermon series on misconceptions about Divine Providence. Often when something difficult happens we want to know why—why did this happen? Sometimes the answer that people come to is that “it was meant to be”. But is that true? What does that even mean? How should we think about all the different things that happen in our lives?

Pastor Malcolm Smith, New Church Westville, South Africa (www.newchurchaudio.org)

This sermon from Rev. Chris Barber examines the selfhood of a nation, a church, and a person, and discusses how the foundations that lead to greatness can also lead to division.

Recorded on July 5, 2020 at Bryn Athyn Cathedral (www.newchurchaudio.org)

What can we learn from the humbling of a king in the Old Testament about humbling our own hearts?

Rev. Donald L. Rose at Bryn Athyn Cathedral, recorded in 1992. (www.newchurchaudio.org)

The story of Jonah touches on issues of bigotry and prejudice. 

Pastor Jeremy Simons at Bryn Athyn Cathedral (www.newchurchaudio.org)

Prayer in this sermon: God, help me today to do your will.

Pastor Glenn Alden at Tucson, Arizona. Recorded in 2003. (See full library at www.newchurchaudio.org)

What is a church about? What did Jesus say?

From Pastor Frank Rose at Sunrise Chapel in Tucson, AZ. Recorded in 2001. See www.newchurchaudio.org for a full audio library.

June 19, 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of the New Church.

Prayer is speech with God. 

Five simple steps to improving your prayer life.

From Rt. Rev. Thomas Kline at Bryn Athyn Cathedral in 2012. (See newchurchaudio.org for complete library.)