Swedenborg. The understanding of his works. Practical learning. » Word https://newchurch.net Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all things shall be added unto you (Matt. 6:33) Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:48:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 How should those in the Church regard the Teachings Concerning the Earths in the Universe? https://newchurch.net/how-to-undersand-teachings-concerning-the-earths-in-the-universe/ https://newchurch.net/how-to-undersand-teachings-concerning-the-earths-in-the-universe/#comments Sat, 21 Oct 2017 17:14:47 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=1106 Doctrinal Class by Rev. Philip Odhner. Thursday, February 13, 1969 Bryn Athyn, Penna. Whenever the earthly sciences appear to deny the factuality in the natural world of some teaching in the sense of the letter of the Word, there is a certain disturbance in the minds of those of the Church. There is the appearance […]

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]]> https://newchurch.net/how-to-undersand-teachings-concerning-the-earths-in-the-universe/feed/ 0 The Direction in which the church should go (speeches by Rev. Pitcairn and Mr. Groeneveld, 1954) https://newchurch.net/the-direction-in-which-the-church-should-go-rev-t-pitcairn-1954/ https://newchurch.net/the-direction-in-which-the-church-should-go-rev-t-pitcairn-1954/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:27:01 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=1043   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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]]> https://newchurch.net/the-direction-in-which-the-church-should-go-rev-t-pitcairn-1954/feed/ 0 Notes on the Teachings of the Word concerning Divorce https://newchurch.net/notes-on-the-teachings-of-the-word-concerning-divorce/ https://newchurch.net/notes-on-the-teachings-of-the-word-concerning-divorce/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:27:40 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=1039   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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]]> https://newchurch.net/notes-on-the-teachings-of-the-word-concerning-divorce/feed/ 0 Sermons on the Word by Rev. E.S. Hyatt https://newchurch.net/sermons-on-the-word-by-hyatt/ https://newchurch.net/sermons-on-the-word-by-hyatt/#comments Sat, 30 May 2015 11:02:44 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=918   FIRST SERIES. Nr. 14. September 13th 1891.    Reference: H.D. 260. “John (the Baptist) represented the Word, and by his food, as also by his clothing . . . the Word in the external sense was represented“, A.C. 7643. Therefore the Word when only seen in the external sense is not the Light which enlightens every […]

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]]> https://newchurch.net/sermons-on-the-word-by-hyatt/feed/ 0 A COMPARISON OF DR. ALFRED ACTON’S DOCTRINAL STUDY THE CROWN OF REVELATIONS, THE REV. E. S. HYATT’S SERMONS ON THE WORD, AND DE HEMELSCHE LEER https://newchurch.net/a-comparison-of-dr-alfred-actons-doctrinal-study-the-crown-of-revelations-the-rev-e-s-hyatts-sermons-on-the-word-and-de-hemelsche-leer/ https://newchurch.net/a-comparison-of-dr-alfred-actons-doctrinal-study-the-crown-of-revelations-the-rev-e-s-hyatts-sermons-on-the-word-and-de-hemelsche-leer/#comments Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:29:01 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=731   by Rev. Theodore Pitcairn   These who love the spiritual birth which took place in the Church with what is known as the Academy movement, will rejoice at the appearance of the small work of Dr. Acton The Crown of Revelations. The ACADEMY and the GENERAL CHURCH are founded upon the belief that the […]

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]]> https://newchurch.net/a-comparison-of-dr-alfred-actons-doctrinal-study-the-crown-of-revelations-the-rev-e-s-hyatts-sermons-on-the-word-and-de-hemelsche-leer/feed/ 0 “‘That the devil may not seduce them and put evils into their hearts; knowing that while they are not led by the Lord, he leads and breathes in evils of every kind, such as hatreds, revenges, cunnings, deceits as a serpent breathes in poisons.” [AE 1148] https://newchurch.net/hatreds-revenges-cunnings-deceits/ https://newchurch.net/hatreds-revenges-cunnings-deceits/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:24:52 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=639   As is generally known in the Church the devil in the most general sense stands for hell. In a less general sense as when compared to Satan, the devil stands for the hell opposed to the celestial kingdom, while Satan stands for the hell opposed to the spiritual kingdom. In the abstract sense the […]

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]]> https://newchurch.net/hatreds-revenges-cunnings-deceits/feed/ 0 “Knowing that while they are not led by the Lord, the devil will lead and breathe in evils of all kinds such as hatreds, revenges, cunnings and deceits” (A.E. 1148) https://newchurch.net/knowing-that-while-they-are-not-led-by-the-lord-the-devil-will-lead-and-breathe-in-evils-of-all-kinds-such-as-hatreds-revenges-cunnings-and-deceits-ae-1148/ https://newchurch.net/knowing-that-while-they-are-not-led-by-the-lord-the-devil-will-lead-and-breathe-in-evils-of-all-kinds-such-as-hatreds-revenges-cunnings-and-deceits-ae-1148/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:31:12 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=630 The general teaching of the text is that man is, at all times, led either by the Lord, or by hell. This is a well known teaching of the Lord, but one which few believe in the life. Man’s nature is to seek for his own life, which appears to be neither of Heaven or […]

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]]> https://newchurch.net/knowing-that-while-they-are-not-led-by-the-lord-the-devil-will-lead-and-breathe-in-evils-of-all-kinds-such-as-hatreds-revenges-cunnings-and-deceits-ae-1148/feed/ 0 Sermon on Heaven and Hell 480, 481 https://newchurch.net/sermon-on-heaven-and-hell-480-481/ https://newchurch.net/sermon-on-heaven-and-hell-480-481/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:35:23 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=605 “Man after death continues such as his will or ruling love is. The man who has celestial and spiritual love goes to heaven; while the man who has bodily and worldly loves and no celestial and spiritual love goes to hell.” (H.H. 480, 481) Much is said in the Word about man’s ruling or dominating […]

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]]> https://newchurch.net/sermon-on-heaven-and-hell-480-481/feed/ 0 De Hemelsche Leer https://newchurch.net/de-hemelsche-leer/ https://newchurch.net/de-hemelsche-leer/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:48:04 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=585 The leading theses propounded in “De Hemelsche Leer”: 1. The Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg are the Third Testament of the Word of the Lord. The doctrine of the new jerusalem concerning the Sacred Scripture must be applied to the three Testaments alike. 2. The Latin Word without Doctrine is as a candlestick without light, and […]

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]]> https://newchurch.net/de-hemelsche-leer/feed/ 0 Fourth sermon on the Lord’s Prayer https://newchurch.net/fourth-sermon-on-the-lords-prayer/ https://newchurch.net/fourth-sermon-on-the-lords-prayer/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:04:19 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=512 “Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.” (Matthew 6:12) Or as in Luke : “And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone that is indebted to us.” (Luke 11:4.) All things which a man has are from the Lord, whether they are celestial, spiritual, natural, or material things. They are […]

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