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 and Esau Meet—Genesis 33:1-11 https://youtube.com/live/KiSghcLUXdM

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

Bible Study: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 — December 7, 2025

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 →

The vice responsible for every immoral, unethical, and illegal financial scheme—whether fractional-reserve banking, Ponzi schemes, stock trading, or crypto lending—is usury driven by greed.

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 →

Jacob Flees from Laban—Genesis 31:1-21 https://youtube.com/live/-KrzGroZCRM #biblestr

Laban Agrees to Divide the Livestock with Jacob—Gen. 30:25-43 https://youtube.com/live/uRR7RCH_dhI

Imagine having a monthly budget you overspend by 25% on average. Imagine you had a family emergency that added another 25%. Imagine that you forgot to stop paying for the emergency. Imagine you kept at it month over month, doing nothing and changing nothing. Imagine that you think this is a good time to spend even more on a big home remodeling. And then imagine you thought there would be no consequences because of your magical economic theory. Imagine.

St. Andrew, Apostle (obs)—John 1:35-42a #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/VGB7UVUdZSw

Christ does not come to stir your emotions or decorate your December. He comes to forgive your sins. He comes to cleanse your conscience. He comes to break your death and give you His life. He comes into your mouth, into your body, into your grave-bound flesh. #biblestr View article →