The Birth of Christ Is Announced to Shepherds—Luke 2:8-14 https://youtube.com/live/XOl21BtpvCo #biblestr

Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Philippians 4:4-7 https://youtube.com/live/zUG6GwALI1Y #biblestr

The Nativity of Our Lord—Luke 2:1-7 https://youtube.com/live/Rke5G2wJC7k #biblestr

The Nativity of St. John the Baptist—Luke 1:57-66 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/_iyqb-c2z3Q

Stop trying to keep God at a manageable distance. He will not be managed. He will be received. “The Lord is with you.” (Luke 1:28). And the One who is with you is not an idea. He is Jesus—true God and true man—your Brother in the flesh, your Savior from sin, your King whose reign does not end. #biblestr View article →

The Visitation—Luke 1:39-45 https://youtube.com/live/4MFvkkQW_CU #biblestr

Christ’s Birth Is Foretold to Joseph—Matthew 1:18-25 https://youtube.com/live/sZ2NxSu5WZ8

Any rebellion against God's Word disintegrates into chaos, even if it has the semblance of law and order. #biblestr

The Annunciation of Our Lord—Luke 1:26-38 https://youtube.com/live/hYzXCwTN6Ao

Doubts will still come. Until the Lord returns, you will still be tempted to ask John’s question in a hundred different forms: “Are You really the One? Are You really good? Are You really for me?” When that happens, learn from John. Don’t sit alone in the dark trying to crush your questions or nurture them. Send them to Jesus. Bring them where He has promised to be—in His Word, in His Church, in the gifts that bear His name. #biblstr View article →

Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Isaiah 40:1-11; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/ci2EpVTL3yQ

Contentment is not giving up on life. It is resting in Christ. It is receiving what the Father provides, using it wisely for family and neighbor, and trusting that Jesus—not money—is our life and our hope. In a world that feels like a casino, this is real freedom. #biblestr View article →

All that judgment that should have burned you to stubble falls on Him instead. The refiner’s fire consumes Him, not because He is impure, but because He has taken your impurity as His own. The wrath that should fall on you for your indifference, compromise, lust, and self-righteousness—that wrath is poured out on Him. He, the Bridegroom, lets Himself be treated like the harlot so that His Bride can wear the white robe. He, the righteous Son, is cut off so that you can be called sons. View article → #biblestr

Jacob Returns to Bethel—Genesis 35:1-15 https://youtube.com/live/SHBLlPxOqpQ #biblestr

Jacob Wrestles with God—Genesis 32:22-32 https://youtube.com/live/mfeYDrd8JUE

Esau Comes to Meet Jacob—Genesis 32:1-21 https://youtube.com/live/cLIvyv4NXx4 #biblestr

But the fall into sin did not remove that dominion; it corrupted the heart that wields it. So the problem is not the tools. The problem is the hands and hearts that hold them. The same mind that designs a medicine can design a weapon. The same organizational power that can coordinate relief can also coordinate slaughter. Evil is not less active in a technological age; it is more efficient, more organized, more far-reaching. One of the greatest inventions of coordination, currency like the dollar, is manipulated to devalue the value of your time, effort, and property. As time moves forward the battle does not calm down; it escalates. Wars become more brutal. Hatred becomes more destructive. Inflation runs hot. One catastrophe now can touch the whole world. View article →

Laban Pursues Jacob—Genesis 31:22-42 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/OpbalZjGxRs

Advent is the season where God puts John in front of you and says, “Listen to him. Learn from him.” Not because John is the Savior, but because John knows he isn’t. He prepares the way by preaching repentance and by baptizing sinners. He shows the church how to live in the in-between time: hear preaching, receive baptism, repent. #biblestr View article →