Author Archives: Clark Bunch

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About Clark Bunch

Pastor (Unity Baptist) author (God is Near) husband, father, blogger, coffee enthusiast.

The Lord is Come

Published in The Calhoun Times Saturday, December 26th How was your Christmas? I don’t know if you will get the paper on Friday or Saturday but I’m sure by now the stockings are empty and we’re all stuffed. Now we … Continue reading

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Worth the Wait

December 27th     |     text: Lamentations 3:21-26 Even though Christmas is two days past the sanctuary is still decorate for Christmastide, the Advent wreath is still front and center, and we are getting one more Christmas message. … Continue reading

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The Incarnation

Published in The Calhoun Times Saturday, December 19th I love Christmas. That’s exactly what I said before writing a series of articles about angels, wise men and the nativity. As a pastor, Bible teacher and religion columnist I wanted to … Continue reading

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Advent Peace

December 20     |     text: Luke 2:8-14 This is the fourth and final Sunday in the Advent season. The theme is Peace and we light the Angels candle. The angels called for  peace on earth. It’s easy for … Continue reading

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God Is In the Manger

Published in The Calhoun Times Saturday, December 12th  Have you ever seen a live nativity? Instead of plastic figures of shepherds and wise men, a live nativity scene has actors in costume and real animals. The shepherds bow and worship, … Continue reading

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Advent Joy

December 13, 2015     |     text: Luke 2:8-20 I had a high school biology teacher that believed science was all about vocabulary. If you could define the terms you were most of the way to understanding the … Continue reading

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Rethinking the Wise Men

Published in The Calhoun Times Saturday December 5th. Last week we took a look at Christmas Card theology and compared popular notions about angels to what is recorded in scripture. We decided the heavenly host looks more like an army … Continue reading

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Rethinking the Angelic Choir

Published in The Calhoun Times Saturday, November 28th Think about all the Christmas cards you receive each year. Imagine for a moment that everything we knew about Christmas was based on the images pictured on those cards. I call that … Continue reading

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Advent Faith

December 6, 2015 text: Luke 1:26-38, Matthew 1:18-25 The theme of last week was Hope and we lit the Prophet’s candle in our Advent wreath. This week our theme is Faith and we light the Bethlehem candle. It took great … Continue reading

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Advent Hope

November 29, 2015     |     text: Isaiah 40:1-5 Why does Charlie Brown even try to kick the football? He knows exactly what will happen when he does; Lucy will pull it away and he will fly through … Continue reading

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