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Category: Isaiah Advent Calendar

Isaiah Advent Calendar

Isaiah Advent Calendar Videos

Posted on December 1, 2025 by bjm@spu.edu / 0 Comment

This year, instead of writing a new advent calendar, I’m going to convert one of mine into video format. These are available as an Advent Calendar here: https:/...

Isaiah Advent Calendar

December 24: Water and Light, On Earth as it is in Heaven

Posted on December 24, 2023 by bjm@spu.edu / 0 Comment

“While rejoicing you will draw water from the wells of salvation.” (Quinn-Miscall p. 99, 108) We are at the end of this Advent road, on the cusp of the night wh...

Isaiah Advent Calendar

December 23: A Road Through the Sea

Posted on December 23, 2023 by bjm@spu.edu / 0 Comment

“He will wave his hand over the River with his mighty wind; He will split it into seven streams and allow people to cross it in sandals. Thus there will be a hi...

Isaiah Advent Calendar

December 22: From the Moon to the Cathedral

Posted on December 22, 2023 by bjm@spu.edu / 0 Comment

“The Lord will extend his hand again to gather the remnant of his people that remains from Assyria and Egypt. … He will raise a signal to the nations, and he wi...

Isaiah Advent Calendar

December 21: The Root Who Rises and the Servant Who Suffers

Posted on December 21, 2023 by bjm@spu.edu / 0 Comment

“On that day the root of Jesse will stand as a signal for the peoples; nations will come to him to inquire.” (Isaiah 11:10, Quinn-Miscall p.64) “And again, Isai...

Isaiah Advent Calendar

December 20: A Rich Ocean of Knowing

Posted on December 20, 2023 by bjm@spu.edu / 0 Comment

“They do neither evil nor corruption on my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” (Isaiah 11:9 Quin...

Isaiah Advent Calendar

December 19: The Path Back to Eden

Posted on December 19, 2023 by bjm@spu.edu / 0 Comment

“The wolf dwells with the lamb, and the leopard lies down with the kid, the calf, the young lion, and the fatling all together. A small child leads them. The co...

Isaiah Advent Calendar

December 18: Beyond the Appearances of Fear and Time

Posted on December 18, 2023 by bjm@spu.edu / 0 Comment

“The Spirit of the Lord rests on it, a Spirit of wisdom and understanding, a Spirit of counsel and strength, a Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.” “His i...

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December 17: Jesse’s Window in His Grandchildren’s Cathedral

Posted on December 17, 2023 by bjm@spu.edu / 0 Comment

“A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.” (Isaiah 11:1 NIV) In Chartres cathedral, Isaiah 11:1 is set in colored ...

Isaiah Advent Calendar

December 16: Green Shoots and Stump Sprouters

Posted on December 16, 2023 by bjm@spu.edu / 0 Comment

“A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.” (Isaiah 11:1 NIV) Moving onward to Isaiah 11, the storm is past and the...

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