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Church and its use [on evangelization]

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 17:30:02 +0000

In the days before the Academy it was generally considered that the main natural function of the Church was to extend itself to others by means of external evangelization, or missionary work. Finally, this use began to fail, and it was found that, due to the fact that there were relatively few children being […]

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The Direction in which the church should go (speeches by Rev. Pitcairn and Mr. Groeneveld, 1954)

Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:27:01 +0000

Rev. Pitcairn: The things which Mr. Groeneveld has said have given me reflection on a point which he presented in an informal talk recently on the way in which the Church should go. The sign of the First Coming was that the Lord would be born in a manger, wrapped in swaddling clothes, because […]

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Notes on the Teachings of the Word concerning Divorce

Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:27:40 +0000

It is needful for the Church to consider the interior causes of the laws of divorce given in the Word. By this all may come to a deeper understanding and love of the Conjugial, and of the uses of marriage, and hy this the Church may he protected against doubts and false reasonings about […]

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Good Friday Service [on the love of self in relation to the things of the Word, the Doctrine and the Church]

Sun, 04 Aug 2013 15:20:14 +0000

“And as they did eat, He said, Amen I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto Him, Lord is it I? “And He answered and said, he that dippeth hand with Me in the dish, the name […]

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The Tower of Babel

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:20:23 +0000

All churches and civilizations have had their infancy, childhood, and adult age, followed by a decline. When a church comes to its spiritual fall, although it may long continue for many centuries as an external organization, a new church is raised up. At the end of the Most Ancient Church, represented by Adam and his […]

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Second Sermon on the Lord’s Prayer

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:08:51 +0000

“Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth.” (Matthew 6: 10.) Before considering our text for today, let us review the first words of the Prayer, “Our Father who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy Name.” As we said in our last sermon, Our Father, or Father […]

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