Category Archives: Advent

Why Advent?

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

Because it’s good for you, as Rob Bell explains. Advent, then, is a season. Lots of people know about holidays—one day a year set apart. The church calender is about seasons, whole periods of time we enter into with a … Continue reading →

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Tuesdays with Mary (2): Mary's Scandal

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

Another gem from Jeanie Miley: We talk about the Ten Commandments, and when we do I always think about how God asked this young Jewish girl to put herself in the position of being censured and shunned, at the least, and even … Continue reading →

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O Immanuel

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, … Continue reading →

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O King of the Nations

Posted on December 22, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

For thus says the LORD of hosts: Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land; and I will shake the nations, so that the treasure of all … Continue reading →

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O Radiant Dawn

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. … Continue reading →

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O Key of David

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens: … Continue reading →

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O Root of Jesse

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, … Continue reading →

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O Adonai

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us, we cried to the LORD, the God of our ancestors; the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. The … Continue reading →

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O Wisdom

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars. She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table. She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls from the highest places in … Continue reading →

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Fear Not

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

In Sunday school, we’ll be looking at the angel’s message to the shepherds in the Christmas story from Luke 2. Today’s theme was “Fear not.” Toward the end of the session, after exploring in stimulating detail what “the fear of … Continue reading →

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