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2009 Issues

• September 2009 (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Loving the Lord, by Brian W. Keith
  • Article: I Have a Dream, by Ragnar Boyesen
  • Article: Whom Can We Trust? , by Norman E. Riley
  • Editorial: The Religious Experience
  • Church News: Report of Trip to West Africa, by Brian W. Keith
• August 2009 (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Got Holy Spirit?, by Martie Johnson, Jr.
  • Article: Interview with the Rev. Donald L. Rose, by Carina Heinrichs
  • Article: The Bright Lady, by Landon Synnestvedt
  • Article: A Brief History of the New Church, by Richard Linquist
  • Editorial: An Ancient Custom: Discussing Doctrine
  • Communication: A Response to “Hope”, by Bob Heinrichs
  • Communication: Announcement from Bishop Kline
  • Church News: News from Kenya, by Erik J. Buss
  • Church News: Smiles from Miles, Kenya, by Isaac Synnestvedt
  • Church News: Outreach Journey Program
• June 2009 (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: For the Former Things have Passed Away, by Göran Appelgren
  • Article: The New Church, by David Roth
  • Article: How We Look to Angels, by Donald L. Rose
  • Article: Heaven or Hell? It’s Our Choice, by Chandra Hall
  • Editorial: What is the Point of the New Church
  • Editorial: No Intercession by Prayer
  • Article: Hope, by Wystan Simons
• May 2009 (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Trust, by Ragnar Boyesen
  • Article: Correspondence, Origins, Causes & Uses of Disease, by Fredrik Bryntessson
  • Article: The Kingdom of Heaven, by Peter M. Buss, Jr.
  • Past Editors of New Church Life
  • Editorial: How Does the New Church Increase
  • Editorial: NoTry-Out for Evil
  • Editorial: There is no Fatalism
  • Editorial: There is No Predestination
  • Editorial: How Easily the Lord Leads to This or That Heaven
• April 2009 (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Lessons from the Lord’s Childhood, by Lawson M. Smith
  • Memorial to Geoffrey Childs, by Walter E. Orthwein
  • Article: Science and Religion, by Justin Soderberg
  • Editorial: The Lord Our Savior
  • Communications: Reply to “Atheism, No Proof of God”
  • Book Review: by Ron Schnarr
  • Article: Do’s and Don’ts of Religion, by Ryan M. Sandstrom
  • Article: Greeting Others About the New Church, by Robert Cole
• March 2009 (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Being Raised from the Dead, by Kurt Horigan Asplundh
  • Article: Church: A Personal Exploration, by Janet Briggs
  • Article: Influenced, by Richard Linquist
  • Editorial: Judas
  • Book Review: by Goran Appelgren
  • Church News: Confession of Faith
  • Church News: Eldergarten
  • Church News: Announcing the President of Bryn Athyn College
  • Church News: Olivet New Church School
• February 2009 (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Weeping at the Sound of an Angel Voice, by Donald L. Rose
  • Article: Loving the Lord, by Daniel W. Heinrichs
  • Stage Play: Nunc Licet, by Arthur Greisiger
  • Editorial: What Happened in 1688?
  • Editorial: 1758 and the Earths in the Universe
  • Review: There is an Answer
  • Communications: A Reply to "Men and Women in the Ministry"
• January 2009 (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: The Integrity of the Word, by Grant R. Schnarr
  • Article: The Baptism of the New Church Part III, by Howard Roth
  • Article: Gifts from the Lord, by Coleman Glenn
  • Article: Academy Collections of Swedenborg Documents, by Marvin B. Clymer
  • Article: A Letter from Swedenborg, by Marvin B. Clymer
  • Editorial: Renewal
  • Church News: Ordination Photographs, and The Journey into the New Year

2008 Issues

• December Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: The Lord The Savior Promised in Isaiah, by Michael D. Gladish
  • Article: The Baptism of the New Church, Part II, by Howard Roth
  • Editorial: Christmas Explained
  • Communication: Men and Women in the Ministry, A Response, by Julie Conaron
  • Review: The Five Ages, by William H. Clifford
  • Directory of the General Church 2008-2009
• November Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: The Integrity of the Word, by Douglas Taylor
  • Article: Love & Judgment: a Big Spiritual Dilemma, by Michael D. Gladish
  • Article: The Theological School, by Dean Andrew M.T. Dibb
  • Article: The Baptism of the New Church Part I, by Howard Roth
  • Article: The Joseph Project, by David Lindrooth
  • General Church Schools Directory
  • Annual Report of the General Church
• October Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: The Importance of Fear in Our Lives, by Geoffrey H. Howard
  • Article: Progressive States in Creation from the Creator, by Norman E. Riley
  • Article: Beyond Number Boards, by Jonathan Cranch
  • Article: A Russian Connection, by Richard Lindquist
  • Contacts for Worship
  • Book Reviews: Secrets of Heaven, and This Republic of Suffering
• September Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Why A College? by Rt. Rev. Tom Kline
  • Article: Elegy to Charles S. Cole, by Stephen B. Gladish
  • Article: Theology of Sexuality, Part II, by Rev. Alain Nicolier
  • Declarations of Faith and Purpose
  • Editorial: Those Who Will Be in the New Church
  • Church News from West Africa
• August Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Destined for Marriage (PDF) by J. Clark Echols, Jr
  • Sermon: Created for A Specific Purpose (PDF) by Jan H. Weiss
  • Article: The Transition—Widowhood and Widower-Hood (PDF) by Julie Conaron
  • Article: Highlighting The Word (PDF) by Fred Elphick
  • Article: Useful Indices (PDF) by Joe David
  • Article: Theology of Sexuality (PDF) by Alain Nicolier
  • Editorial: What is the Meaning of Life? (PDF)
  • Church News: NewChurchLive.tv (Internet Church) (PDF)
  • Church News: Bishop's Report (PDF)
• July Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: The Parable of the Leaven: A Sermon About Chang (PDF) by Jeremy F. Simons
  • Article: Why Young People Leave The Church (PDF) by Tom Fiedler
  • Article: Not "Three Aspects" of God (PDF) by Daniel W. Goodenough
  • Article: What? The Christian Church Has Ended? (PDF) by Kenneth J. Alden
  • Editorial: Male and Female Created He Them (PDF)
  • Editorial: Be Perfect (PDF)
  • Church News: South Africa and Great Britain (PDF)
• June Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Wings for the New Church (PDF) by Cristóvão R. Nobre
  • An Address: Ressurection Address for Charles Cole (PDF)
  • Article: Prayer From A Buddhist/Swedenborgian Perspective (PDF) by Jeremy K. Finkeldey
  • Article: June the Nineteenth (PDF) by Dawn Barnitz Potts
  • Editorial: From New Heaven to New Church (PDF)
  • Article: Testimonies About Swedenborg (PDF) by Don Rose
• May Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Be Still and Know that I am God (PDF) by Thomas H. Rose
  • Article: New Church Education for People with Special Challenges (PDF) by Kirsten R. Rogers
  • Article: When Prayers Go Unanswered (PDF) by E. Kent Rogers
  • Editorial: Laying Down Your Life (PDF)
  • Church News: Hurstville Society Sydney Australia (PDF)
• April Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Small Talk With God (PDF) by Garry B. Walsh
  • Article: Looking Beyond Self and the World (PDF) by Bill Hall
  • Article: A Prayer: Our Connection to the Spritual World (PDF) by Annika Fitzpatrick
  • Editorial: The History of the Word on Earth: The Writings (PDF)
  • Review: A Lexicon to the Latin Text (PDF) by Erik E. Sandstrom
  • Church News: Brazil (PDF)
• March Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Walking on Water (PDF) by Stephen D. Cole
  • Article: Reflections on the Sermon (PDF) by Kenneth & Janet Briggs
  • Article: Bound on Earth, Bound in Heaven (PDF) by Don Brandis
  • Editorial: The Lord's Redemption At Easter (PDF)
  • Editorial: How Does the New Church Increase? (PDF)
  • A Communication: Sciences and Corespondences (PDF) by Julie Conaron
  • Church News: Eldergarten 2008 (PDF)
• February Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Arise & Measure: A Personal Rule (PDF) by Frederick C. Elpick
  • Sermon: Happy Epiphany (PDF) by Rev. Martie Johnson
  • Memorial: Memorial Service for Kenneth Stroh (PDF)
  • Memorial: Resurrection Address: Rev. Erik Sandstrom (PDF)
  • Editorial: The History of the Word on Earth: The New Testament (PDF)
  • Church News: First Offical Meeting of the New Church in India (PDF)
  • Church News: They Were New Church (PDF)
• January Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Three Paths Into The Kingdom (PDF) by Scott I. Frazier
  • Article: Renewing The Culture (PDF) by Walter E. Orthwein
  • Editorial: The Case Herein Is This, In the Lord's Mercy below (PDF)
  • Editorial: The History of the Word on Earth: The Old Testament (PDF)
  • Church News: Ordinations and Church Dedication (PDF)

2007 Issues

• December Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: The Word Made Flesh (PDF) by Eric H. Carswell
  • Sermon: The Christmas Season (PDF) by N. Bruce Rogers
  • Editorial:The Shepherds Rejoicing (PDF)
  • Editorial:The History of the Word on Earth: The Ancient Word (PDF)
  • Directory of the General Church 2006-2007 (PDF)
  • New Church Annual Index 2007 (PDF)
• November Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: You Can Heal Spiritual Suffering (PDF) by Glenn M. Frazier
  • Article:Two Gates: Baptism and the Holy Supper (PDF) by Eric H. Carswell
  • Editorial: O Give Thanks Unto the Lord (PDF)
  • Editorial: The Lord and Judgement Day (PDF)
  • Editorial: The History of the Word on Earth (PDF)
  • Church News: Caryndale School Dedication (PDF)
  • Secretary of the General Church Annual Report (PDF)
  • General Church Schools Directory (PDF)
• October Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Preparation for Life After Death (PDF) by The Rev. Philip B. Schnarr
  • Address: Uses & Usefulness (PDF) by Rev. Michael Gladish
  • Editorial: The History of the Word Revealed on Earth (PDF)
  • Editorial: Creation Out of Nothing? (PDF)
  • Music in Heaven: 90 Minutes in Heaven - Second in a Series (PDF) by Donald L. Rose
  • Church News: Rededication of the Dawson Creek Church (PDF) by Nina Kline
  • Ministers and Worship Contacts (PDF)
• September Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Realizing the Dreams of Marriage (PDF) by David H. Lindrooth
  • Article: General Church Outreach Effort (PDF)
  • Article: Paradigms Revisited (PDF) by Alfred Acton II
  • Editorial: I Love the General Church (PDF)
  • Editorial: How Does the New Church Increase? (PDF)
  • Editorial: The History of the Word Revealed on Earth (PDF)
  • Book Review: 90 Minutes in Heaven (PDF) by Donald L. Rose
  • Church News: General Church on the Ivory Coast (PDF) by Sylvain Agnes
  • Church News: Dawson Creek Society (PDF)
• July-August Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Predestined to Heaven (PDF) by Brian W. Keith
  • Article: The Spirit of Truth (PDF) by Walter E. Orthwein
  • Article: Growing Older (PDF) by Donald C. Fitzpatrick, Jr.
  • Article: Paradigms Revisited - Part Two (PDF) by Alfred Acton II
  • Declaration of Faith and Purpose: Ekow Essiedu Eshun (PDF)
  • Declaration of Faith and Purpose: Godwin Zattey-Agboga (PDF)
  • New Minister Assignments (PDF)
  • Editorial: The New Editor (PDF)
  • Paradigms Revisited - A Response (PDF) by Bruce R. Jarvis
  • The Republic of Georgia (PDF) by Göran Appelgren
  • Academy of the New Church 2007-2008 Calendar (PDF)
  • Bryn Athyn College Graduates 2007 (PDF)
• June Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: The Lord God Jesus Christ Reigns(PDF) by Daniel W. Heinrichs
  • Christmas, Easter, and June Nineteenth (PDF) by Erik Sandström, Sr.
  • Responding to the Lord's Word – Part Two (PDF) by Grant H. Odhner
  • Editorial: A Celebration of Spiritual Freedom (PDF)
  • Church News: New Dean of the Theological School (PDF) by Thomas Kline
  • Church News: The Ukraine and Georgia (PDF) by Göran Appelgren
  • Church News: A New Location for the Boston Society (PDF)
• May Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: The Lord's Coming in Conjugial Love (PDF) by Fred Elphick
  • Article: Paradigms Revisited, Part One (PDF) by Alfred Action II
  • Article: Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness (PDF) by Stephen Smith
  • Article: The Lord's Word – Part Two (PDF) by Grant Odhner
  • Editorial: Spring (PDF)
  • Reincarnation (PDF) by Erik Sandström, Sr.
  • Church News: Under the Mango Tree (PDF) by Ron Schnarr
  • Church News: New President of the Academy (PDF) by Rt. Rev. Thomas Kline
  • Church News: Director of Development (PDF) by Rt. Rev. Thomas Kline
  • Church News: New Young Adult Connection Coordinator (PDF) by Rev. David Lindrooth
• April Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Entering Into Glory (PDF) by Kurt Horigan Asplundh
  • Responding to The Lord's Word – Part One (PDF) by Grant Odhner
  • Reports: The Council of the Clergy Meetings – 2007 (PDF)
  • Reports: First Asia Missionary Course Commencement (PDF)
  • The General Church Council, LTD. (PDF)
  • Editorial: Serving the Church (PDF)
  • Church News: Toronto, Canada (PDF) by Doris McDonald
  • Contacts for Worship around the World (PDF)
• March Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: The Hour Has Come (PDF) by Grant Odhner
  • Article: The Last Judgment, After Two Hundred and Fifty Years (PDF) by Andrew M.T. Dibb
  • Article: The South African Corporation, Second in a Series on General Church Corporations (PDF) by Gerald G. Waters
  • Editorial: Anniversary of the Last Judgment (PDF)
  • Why Not Reincarnation? A Reply (PDF) by Daniel W. Goodenough
  • Church News: The Establishment of the General Church in Ghana (Conclusion) (PDF) by William Ankra–Badu
• February Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: No, the Devil did not Make You Do It (PDF) by Rev. Amos Glenn
  • Article: Growing Young (PDF) by Rev. Geoffrey S. Childs
  • Article: Why Spanish? Why Now? and Spreading the Doctrines in Mexico (PDF) by David Simpson
  • Article: Tribute to Tatsuya Nagashima (PDF), by Bishop Buss (August 2006)
  • Article: Tribute to Tatsuya Nagashima (PDF), by Rev. Donald Rose (January, 2007)
  • Book Review: One Heart: Finding True Happiness in Marriage (PDF), by Erik J. Buss, review by Kurt Asplundh
  • Editorial: The Age of Wisdom (PDF)
  • Responses to 'Why Not Reincarnation?‘ (PDF) by Jenny Keal and by Rev. Jan H. Weiss
  • Announcement: Applications for Admission to the Academy of the New Church Girls School and Boys School (PDF)
  • Announcement: Holy Supper (PDF)
  • Announcement: Book Store featuring "One Heart" by Rev. Erik Buss (PDF)
• January Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Spiritual Spheres; What are we going to Attract Today? (PDF) by Rev. George D. McCurdy
  • Article: Why Not Reincarnation? (PDF) by Rev. Dan Goodenough
  • Article: Predestination and Human Prudence, Part Two (PDF) by David Simpson
  • Article: Ndaizane Albert (Lucky) Thabede Resurrection Service (PDF), by Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss
  • Editorial: How Should We Think of the Future? (PDF)
  • Predestination and Human Prudence, Part One (PDF) by David Lister
  • The Dawson Creek Society and a 50th Anniversary (PDF) by Rev. Michael Gladish
  • Announcement: A Special Garden in Hurstville, Australia (PDF) by Norman Heldon
  • Announcement: Applications for Admission to the Academy of the New Church Girls School and Boys School (PDF)

2006 Issues

• December Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Why the Lord was Born a Man (PDF) by David Ayers
  • Article: The Kingdom Within, Charter Day Address (PDF) by Barry C. Halterman
  • Editorial: The Annunciation to Mary (PDF)
  • The Authority of the Writings (PDF) by Yadah H. Alden
  • A Reflection (PDF) by Donald Fitzpatrick
  • New Church Life Index (PDF)
• November Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Years of Plenty, Years of Famine (PDF) by Kurt Horigan Asplundh
  • Article: Predestination and the Human Race, Part I (PDF) by David Simpson
  • Declaration of Faith and Purpose: Charles Edmund Blair (PDF)
  • Declaration of Faith and Purpose: Glenn McKinley Frazier (PDF)
  • Declaration of Faith and Purpose: Scott Innes Frazier (PDF)
  • Declaration of Faith and Purpose: Vicente Henrique Rabelo Nobre (PDF)
  • Declaration of Faith and Purpose: Langalibalele Abraham (Phila) Xaba (PDF)
  • Guest Editorial: Horn of Plenty (PDF) by Fred Elphick
  • Church News: The General Church of the New Jerusalem in Canada (PDF) by Michael Gladish
  • Report of the Secretary of the General Church 2005-2006 (PDF) by Susan Simpson
  • General Church Schools Directory (PDF)
• October Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Separation from the Merely Natural (PDF) by Bruce Rogers
  • Article: Introduction to Rise Above It (PDF) by David Roth
  • Article: Uncovering a Conspiracy to Keep People From the Writings (PDF) by Donald Rose
  • Article: From a Resurrection Service for Tristan Caleb Smith by Grant Schnarr
  • Editorial: More to the Commandments (PDF)
  • Rise Above It in Japanese (PDF) by Shiro Matsumoto
  • Book Review: The Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer (PDF) by Kurt Ho. Asplundh
  • Book Review: From the Top of the Yardstick (PDF) by Wendy Soneson
• September Issue (PDF)

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Chastity (PDF) by Peter Buss
  • Article: Real Marriage: Proclaiming the Good News about Conjugial Love (PDF) by Rt. Rev. Tom Kline
  • Article: Conjugial Love: A New Concept (PDF) by Daniel Goodenough
  • Editorial: Hope for Marriage Eternal (PDF) by Kurt Asplundh
  • The Da Vinci Code by Norman Riley (PDF)
  • Book Review: Emanuel Swedenborg: Essays for the New Century Edition on His Life, Work and Impact (PDF) by Erik Sandstrom
  • Book Review: Afterlife: A Guided Tour of Heaven and its Wonders (PDF) by Donald Rose
  • Newly Ordained and Authorized Candidates (PDF)
  • Church News: Rise Above It Program (PDF)
  • Church News: New Church Life is Now Online (PDF)
  • Church News: Charter Day (PDF)
• August Issue

  Inside this issue:

  • Sermon: Now I See (PDF), by Walter Orthwein
  • Article: Three Curious Stories, Clues to the Limits of Rational Thought (PDF), by Joseph David
  • Article: The Da Vinci Code and The New Church (PDF), by Ray Silverman
  • Article: Uncovering a Conspiracy to Keep People From the Writings, Part II (PDF), by Donald Rose
  • Guest Editorial: The Self-Evidencing Reason of Love Will Reestablish the Church (PDF), by Geoffrey Howard
  • Book Review: General Index to Swedenborg's Scripture Quotations (PDF), by Donald Rose
  • Book Review: Be of Good Cheer (PDF), by Robert Cole
  • Church News: Episcopal Trip to West Africa (PDF), by Brian Keith