The New Age

Rev Julian Duckworth | Reading: John 20:1-2, 11-18 Text: John 20:15-16 Jesus said to Mary, “Why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said, “Sir if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, …

The 27th chapter of Genesis contains the account of Jacob conspiring with his mother, Rebekah, to deceive his father Isaac and stealing the blessing intended for Esau. What a remarkable story to find in the Word of the Lord. How are we to understand it? Jacob, the future patriarch of the twelve tribes of Israel, …

Lately, I’ve been reading through the book of Genesis and have gone through the stories where Abraham has been called by the Lord, the birth of Isaac, and then Jacob and Esau. And what really struck me about these stories is just how faithful these patriarchs were to God’s instructions. These men weren’t perfect, but …

What the disciples preached in the spiritual world on June 19th, 1770 by Rev Alan Cowley Every year on the 19th of June, we celebrate the birth of the New Church. We use this date because of the statement above from True Christian Religion, telling us that on this date, in the year 1770, the …

Text: Luke 12:2-3 “For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.” from Divine Providence 104 …

“There was in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias……” (Luke chapter 1 verse 5) from the Apocalypse Revealed 102 In the Bible there is the command “Be thou faithful even unto death”. This command has two levels of meaning. One is natural and the other is spiritual. The …

“I tell you not to resist an evil person. Whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.” (Matthew 5.39-41) In our consideration of …

– a suitable sermon for New Church Day, by Rev. George Dole Jeremiah 6 verse 16 Thus says the Lord, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it. Then you will find rest for your souls.” Heaven and Hell 280 “People who …

“Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by the devil” (Luke 4:1,2). Why do bad things happen? Why do bad things happen in our lives? One person recently made the comment that when he looked at the lives …

You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes, or figs of thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit; but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bring forth good fruit." (Matthew 7:16-18) It is the nature of love …