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Dec 2020
Serving While We Wait Bob Stillerman Second Sunday of Advent, 12/6/2020 1 Samuel 25:1-35 (Abigail) Serving While We Wait 1 Samuel 25.1-35 12-6-2020 Waiting in the Advent season is not a passive verb; it’s an active one. To wait on the forthcoming peace of God’s presence among us (not to mention God’s hope, joy, and love) is not to sit around in our pajamas until the visitor pulls in the driveway. To wait for such things is more akin to serving. Advent waiters keep watch like sentinels; make ready like nesting mothers;......
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Sep 2018
Not Your Ordinary Feast A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman 1 Samuel 25:1-35 9-9-2018 Not Your Ordinary Feast 1 Samuel 25.1-35 9-9-2018 Saul was still king of Israel. He wouldn’t be for too much longer. David would soon replace him. But not before their armies engaged in several years of aggressive posturing, and the occasional battle. During this time, David and his army were encamped in Carmel. And while there, his armies offered protection for the local shepherds. But an army can only stay encamped for so long before it......
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