Solid.

So the Transfiguration teaches you how to be in church. It teaches you what to expect: not entertainment, not novelty, not spiritual fireworks—but Christ, hidden and given. It teaches you what to fear: not long readings, not a slow sermon—but ignoring the Son. It teaches you what to desire: not the pastor’s charm, not the congregation’s warmth, not a fog machine of “experience”—but the clear, saving voice of Jesus. #biblestr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z-D0pJba9E

Always.

Joseph Feeds Brothers, Sends Them to Jacob—Gen. 42:25-38 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/XXjwAkPjzXA

Treasure. That is the word. What you treasure fills you. What fills you comes out. If you treasure resentment, it will surface. If you treasure status, it will show. If you treasure yourself above all, your speech will orbit around you. But if Christ is your treasure—if His mercy, His cross, His righteousness fill you—then that too will come out. Forgiveness will not be theoretical. It will shape your words. Patience will not be sentimental. It will be spoken. #biblestr https://youtu.be/8CcNv21u0rw

So yes—there is a “not yet.” Your body still breaks. Your heart still aches. Your house still gets sick. Your relationships still strain. The grave still waits. And Christ will come again to finish what you cannot see finished yet: the dead raised, the blind seeing, the oppressed fully freed, the captives fully released, the whole creation set loose from corruption. #biblestr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm1Wf25gIHQ

Joseph Becomes the Prince of Egypt—Genesis 41:37-57 #bliblestr https://youtube.com/live/08bf0rnCTDQ

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams—Genesis 41:1-36 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/Bkpq9g4oqTQ

Coffee is as diverse as the people who drink it. Stay curious, friends.

Here is the good wine kept until now. Forgiveness that does not run out. Joy that does not depend on your mood. Hope that does not collapse when the test results, the bank statement, or the family meeting go badly. Fellowship with Him and with one another at a table that outlasts death. We are not playing religious pretend. He truly gives Himself. #biblestr https://youtu.be/fHRDTsMvrOk

The things you're not supposed to talk about in polite company are the very things we need to talk about. Don't be snookered into laying down your ideological arms and allowing the enemy to destroy family, church, and state.

Joseph Interprets Dreams in Prison—Genesis 40:1-23 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/mlo2U9E90EQ

Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Amos 9:11-15; Romans 12:6-16a #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/B6wsmZdMYYo

The way of the world is to refuse to call a thing what it is. This leads to malaise, despair, grayness, nihilism. The way of the cross tells the truth, calling evil and good what is.

Joseph’s Brothers Sell Him into Slavery—Gen. 37:1-36 #biblestr https://www.youtube.com/live/DDczO-l2tXI

LIVE THIS AM: The Baptism of Our Lord—Matthew 3:13-17 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/o2n41lHZYNk

It’s about time.