This is a family talk I gave on December 5, 2010, at the Olivet New Church in Toronto. Um, I realized afterwards that I forgot to say what happened with the man who prayed, “Lord, I believe, help my unbelief” – kind of an important part of the story. His son was healed. You can read it the story here, from Mark 9:14-29. Click here to download the mp3. Read more
UPDATE: Sermon audio available here. I preached this sermon on November 28, 2010 at the Olivet New Church in Toronto. A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM A Sermon by Rev. Coleman S. Glenn The season leading up to Christmas can be a busy time – students, parents, and teachers trying to fit in all the Christmas activities on the calendar, everyone trying to find time to get some shopping done, to clean the house, to prepare for guests or to... Read more
I preached this sermon in Dawson Creek, BC on November 21, 2010. PREPARING THE WAY FOR THE LORD A Sermon by Rev. Coleman S. Glenn “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, To give knowledge of salvation to His people in the remission of their sins.” (Luke 1:76-77) When John the Baptist was born, his father Zacharias prophesied that the child would... Read more
This talk was given for Remembrance Day on Thursday, November 11, 2010, at the Olivet New Church in Toronto. THE GOOD SOLDIER Remembrance Day Address by Rev. Coleman S. Glenn “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13) At 11:00 this morning, we will pause and join the rest of the country in 2 minutes of silence. In those 2 minutes we honour and remember those brave men and... Read more
This sermon was preached in Dawson Creek, BC, and Grande Prairie, Alberta, on Sunday September 26. THE DESOLATE LAND YIELDS FRUIT A Sermon by Rev. Coleman S. Glenn “Thus says the Lord Jehovih to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about.” Ezekiel 36:4 Imagine Ezekiel calling out... Read more
Phew. It’s been a busy summer. Now that school has started up again and I’m starting to have a regular schedule, I plan to start blogging more again. I’ve been researching in the Writings for a sermon on humility. In my research I was reminded of a passage on humility that used to really bother me but that I’ve gradually come to love. It’s Arcana Coelestia n. 1594. It says, But mutual love, which alone is heavenly, consists in a... Read more
I delivered this sermon on August 15, 2010, at the Olivet New Church in Toronto. DWELLING WITH THE LORD A Sermon by Rev. Coleman S. Glenn 15 August 2010 Olivet New Church, Toronto Sometimes the Word is hard to read. In the books of Moses, we find histories that might seem irrelevant to our modern times. In the prophets, we see predictions of events that never seem to have come to pass. In Revelation, we are confronted with cryptic imagery... Read more
There’s another fine critique of Calvinism, and especially the idea of double-predestination (God pre-ordains who will go to heaven and who will go to hell), over at Evangel blog. Read it here. This one’s by Adam Omelianchuk; a few months ago I linked to two similar posts on the same topic (here and here; my response here, and general thoughts on Calvinism here) by Anthony Sacramone. Again, it’s nice to be reminded that there are plenty of Christians who do... Read more
I preached this sermon at the Carmel New Church in Kitchener, Ontario, on July 18, 2010. BRINGING THE ARK TO JERUSALEM A Sermon by Rev. Coleman S. Glenn This morning we read the story of David taking the ark to Jerusalem, and the sad story of Uzzah touching the ark. But the story actually begins long before our reading takes place, before David was king, before his predecessor Saul was king, when Samuel had just become the leader over Israel... Read more
From Arcana Coelestia n. 4735: The Lord’s Human, after it was glorified or made Divine, cannot be thought of as human, but as the Divine love in human form; and this so much the more than the angels, who, when they appear (as seen by me), appear as forms of love and charity under the human shape, and this from the Lord; for the Lord from Divine love made His Human Divine; just as man through heavenly love becomes an... Read more
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