Ash Wednesday: Consecrate a Fast—Joel 2:12-19 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/8Khdfy1cCkE

The Plagues–Ex. 8:1-10, 13-25, 32; 9:1-4, 7-35; 10:3-11, 20-29 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/uQYOPCtpiyU

The blind man did not analyze mercy; he received it. He cried for it and received it. So also here. At the altar, mercy is distributed in the most concrete way possible. At the altar, sinners who confess, “Have mercy on me,” are given Christ. Sins are forgiven. Faith is strengthened. Eyes are opened again and again. And this changes you. #biblestr View article →

The Lord Gives Signs—Exodus 6:28—7:25 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/F_VCj2tzNMU

The Lord Promises Deliverance—Exodus 6:1-13 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/natXx32oFJY

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 View article →

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

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 View article →

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

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 View article →

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

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

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

You have been baptized into Christ. That means where He is, you are. If He has stepped into the sinner’s water and taken your sin as His, then your sin is not free-floating anymore. It has an address: on Him. And if His righteousness is His—and He gives Himself to you—then His righteousness has an address too: on you. #biblestr View article → Audio:

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"Baptism is God’s public claim: 'This one belongs to Me.'" Octave of Epiphany 2026 by Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin

Januaray 14, 2026

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

Radical proposal: give a tithe of your time to hearing, study, meditation, and prayer of God's Word.