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Author Archives: Clark Bunch
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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Tagged Advent, angels, Christmas, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, Jesus's birth, Luke 2, Peace
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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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Tagged Advent, angels, Bible, birth of Jesus, Christmas, heavenly host, Luke 2, Nativity
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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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Tagged Advent, Bethlehem, Christmas, faith, Jesus's birth, Luke 1, Matthew 1, Nativity
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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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May I Suggest Advent?
Originally published in The Calhoun Times November 21, 2015 I love Christmas and always have. I want to get that right out in the open before anyone gets the wrong idea. There are some things about the celebration of Christmas … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Advent candles, Advent Season, Advent wreat, faith, Hope, Joy, Peace
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Lessons in the Waiting
November 22, 2015 | text: Genesis 12:1-3, 15:12-16 When I was in the seventh grade I read The Red Pony by John Steinbeck. The main character in that story, Jody Tiflin, was 12 years old when … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, Advent, Advent Season, Christ, Israel, Jesus, Messiah, Moses, the Promise
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