Allan R. Bevere
@arbevere.bsky.social
Pastor(ret), Professor, Bible Moth, Foreigner and Exile in a Strange Land, Peddler of Hope.
Once I came to understand this, our current religious, social, and political situation made more sense. When Christians argue through the lenses of left/right, and even liberal/conservative, they often miss the point. Arguing within the left/right continuum is itself a form of enculteration.
February 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Once I came to understand this, our current religious, social, and political situation made more sense. When Christians argue through the lenses of left/right, and even liberal/conservative, they often miss the point. Arguing within the left/right continuum is itself a form of enculteration.
Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a high mountain, away from the crowds, away from the noise, away from the constant demands. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/more-than-...
More Than an Ordinary, Dusty Rabbi
The Last Sunday after the Epiphany - Transfiguration Sunday (Year A)
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February 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a high mountain, away from the crowds, away from the noise, away from the constant demands. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/more-than-...
Give your love a Valentine's Day they will never forget.
February 14, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Give your love a Valentine's Day they will never forget.
The Cover-Up Chant
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They redact the guilty.
They hide their faces
but not the victims.
They laugh behind the doors
that lock themselves before anyone can enter. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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They redact the guilty.
They hide their faces
but not the victims.
They laugh behind the doors
that lock themselves before anyone can enter. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
The Kakistocracy Report (02.14.2026)
The Cover-Up Chant
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February 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The Cover-Up Chant
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They redact the guilty.
They hide their faces
but not the victims.
They laugh behind the doors
that lock themselves before anyone can enter. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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They redact the guilty.
They hide their faces
but not the victims.
They laugh behind the doors
that lock themselves before anyone can enter. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary / February 15-21, 2026
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SUNDAY: More Than an Ordinary, Dusty Rabbi
MONDAY: Divine Presence Is Life-Giving and Dangerous: Explanatory Notes on Exodus 33:7-23
TUESDAY: Yesterday’s Grace, Today’s Trust allanrbevere.substack.com/p/coming-thi...
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SUNDAY: More Than an Ordinary, Dusty Rabbi
MONDAY: Divine Presence Is Life-Giving and Dangerous: Explanatory Notes on Exodus 33:7-23
TUESDAY: Yesterday’s Grace, Today’s Trust allanrbevere.substack.com/p/coming-thi...
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary
February 15-21, 2026
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February 14, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary / February 15-21, 2026
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SUNDAY: More Than an Ordinary, Dusty Rabbi
MONDAY: Divine Presence Is Life-Giving and Dangerous: Explanatory Notes on Exodus 33:7-23
TUESDAY: Yesterday’s Grace, Today’s Trust allanrbevere.substack.com/p/coming-thi...
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SUNDAY: More Than an Ordinary, Dusty Rabbi
MONDAY: Divine Presence Is Life-Giving and Dangerous: Explanatory Notes on Exodus 33:7-23
TUESDAY: Yesterday’s Grace, Today’s Trust allanrbevere.substack.com/p/coming-thi...
The disciples are dazzled by glory but resistant to suffering. So Jesus tells them firmly, that the path to resurrection runs straight through loss. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/dont-be-su...
Don't Be Surprised When Faith Costs Something
Preparing for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany - Transfiguration Sunday: One Day before Sunday (Year A)
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February 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The disciples are dazzled by glory but resistant to suffering. So Jesus tells them firmly, that the path to resurrection runs straight through loss. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/dont-be-su...
My Latest Satirical Selection from the MAGA Jesus Gospel
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If your right eye causes scandal, call it fake news.
If your right hand makes outrage, call it persecution.
For it is better that truth be crucified again
than that the movement lose control. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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If your right eye causes scandal, call it fake news.
If your right hand makes outrage, call it persecution.
For it is better that truth be crucified again
than that the movement lose control. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
The Kakistocracy Report (02.13.2026)
Render Unto Caesar Everything - From the Sermon on the Mount of Nationalism
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February 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
My Latest Satirical Selection from the MAGA Jesus Gospel
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If your right eye causes scandal, call it fake news.
If your right hand makes outrage, call it persecution.
For it is better that truth be crucified again
than that the movement lose control. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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If your right eye causes scandal, call it fake news.
If your right hand makes outrage, call it persecution.
For it is better that truth be crucified again
than that the movement lose control. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
By faith,
a child is hidden among reeds and breath—
not because fear is absent,
but because fear does not get the last word. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/by-faith-f...
a child is hidden among reeds and breath—
not because fear is absent,
but because fear does not get the last word. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/by-faith-f...
By Faith, Fear Does Not Get the Last Word
Preparing for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany - Transfiguration Sunday: Two Days before Sunday (Year A)
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February 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
By faith,
a child is hidden among reeds and breath—
not because fear is absent,
but because fear does not get the last word. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/by-faith-f...
a child is hidden among reeds and breath—
not because fear is absent,
but because fear does not get the last word. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/by-faith-f...
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble. We are in God’s image. Show God’s face.
February 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble. We are in God’s image. Show God’s face.
Good night, folks. Be courageous. Have hope. Imitate Jesus. God sees them and their abusers.
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Good night, folks. Be courageous. Have hope. Imitate Jesus. God sees them and their abusers.
On this episode, Michael and Allan discuss Ken’s Burns’ latest documentary highlighting the complexity of history and its multiple meanings. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/ken-burns-...
Ken Burns' American Revolution
An Episode of Calmly Considered
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February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
On this episode, Michael and Allan discuss Ken’s Burns’ latest documentary highlighting the complexity of history and its multiple meanings. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/ken-burns-...
A Heart of Worship
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Sarah Bucy Klinger writes, "My worship is the tears streaming down my face, as I lament our inability to lament the evil happening all around us." kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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Sarah Bucy Klinger writes, "My worship is the tears streaming down my face, as I lament our inability to lament the evil happening all around us." kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
The Kakistocracy Report (02.12.2026)
A Heart of Worship
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February 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Heart of Worship
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Sarah Bucy Klinger writes, "My worship is the tears streaming down my face, as I lament our inability to lament the evil happening all around us." kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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Sarah Bucy Klinger writes, "My worship is the tears streaming down my face, as I lament our inability to lament the evil happening all around us." kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
From the Mountain to the Valley; From the Cross to Resurrection: A Litany
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Leader: Why do the nations rage, and the peoples imagine empty things?
People: The rulers of the earth gather and conspire, but their plots cannot dim God’s glory. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/from-the-m...
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Leader: Why do the nations rage, and the peoples imagine empty things?
People: The rulers of the earth gather and conspire, but their plots cannot dim God’s glory. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/from-the-m...
From the Mountain to the Valley; From the Cross to Resurrection: A Litany
Preparing for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany - Transfiguration Sunday: Three days before Sunday (Year A)
allanrbevere.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
From the Mountain to the Valley; From the Cross to Resurrection: A Litany
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Leader: Why do the nations rage, and the peoples imagine empty things?
People: The rulers of the earth gather and conspire, but their plots cannot dim God’s glory. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/from-the-m...
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Leader: Why do the nations rage, and the peoples imagine empty things?
People: The rulers of the earth gather and conspire, but their plots cannot dim God’s glory. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/from-the-m...
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble.
February 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble.
Good night, folks. Be courageous. Have hope. Imitate Jesus.
February 12, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Good night, folks. Be courageous. Have hope. Imitate Jesus.
Photo of the Day: Victims of Jeffrey Epstein raise their hands because they have not been contacted by the DOJ. AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them.
February 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Photo of the Day: Victims of Jeffrey Epstein raise their hands because they have not been contacted by the DOJ. AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them.
In the next remake of "Narnia," Jadis will be played by Pam Bondi. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
In the next remake of "Narnia," Jadis will be played by Pam Bondi. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
We are seeing the “mark of the beast” play out in real time before our eyes
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In Revelation 13, the two beasts represent political authority (first beast) and political propaganda (second beast).
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In Revelation 13, the two beasts represent political authority (first beast) and political propaganda (second beast).
kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
The Kakistocracy Report (02.11.2026)
We are seeing the “mark of the beast” play out in real time before our eyes
kakistocracyreport.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
We are seeing the “mark of the beast” play out in real time before our eyes
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In Revelation 13, the two beasts represent political authority (first beast) and political propaganda (second beast).
kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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In Revelation 13, the two beasts represent political authority (first beast) and political propaganda (second beast).
kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
For Jesus to say he is the light is to say that everything else, including the religious confidence of his hearers, is suddenly up for inspection.
February 11, 2026 at 3:37 PM
For Jesus to say he is the light is to say that everything else, including the religious confidence of his hearers, is suddenly up for inspection.
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble. Tell the truth.
February 11, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble. Tell the truth.
Do you know what other countries lost scientists leading to national brain drain? Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia.
February 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Do you know what other countries lost scientists leading to national brain drain? Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia.
Reflections on the Epistle Reading for Transfiguration - 02.15.2026 - 2 Peter 1:16-21
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The Christian message didn’t start as a clever story cooked up to impress the masses. This isn’t myth, propaganda, or some spiritual fan fiction. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
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The Christian message didn’t start as a clever story cooked up to impress the masses. This isn’t myth, propaganda, or some spiritual fan fiction. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
The Preacher's Lectionary Notebook - Not From Imagination, But From Memory
The Last Sunday after the Epiphany: Transfiguration Sunday (Year A)
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February 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Reflections on the Epistle Reading for Transfiguration - 02.15.2026 - 2 Peter 1:16-21
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The Christian message didn’t start as a clever story cooked up to impress the masses. This isn’t myth, propaganda, or some spiritual fan fiction. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
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The Christian message didn’t start as a clever story cooked up to impress the masses. This isn’t myth, propaganda, or some spiritual fan fiction. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
MAGA and What I've Learned Since 2016
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Matt Tebbe writes, "a summation of my thought since 2016, re: MAGA not to be too dramatic but here’s what i’ve learned-" kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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Matt Tebbe writes, "a summation of my thought since 2016, re: MAGA not to be too dramatic but here’s what i’ve learned-" kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
The Kakistocracy Report (02.10.2026)
MAGA and What I've Learned Since 2016
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February 10, 2026 at 1:19 PM
MAGA and What I've Learned Since 2016
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Matt Tebbe writes, "a summation of my thought since 2016, re: MAGA not to be too dramatic but here’s what i’ve learned-" kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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Matt Tebbe writes, "a summation of my thought since 2016, re: MAGA not to be too dramatic but here’s what i’ve learned-" kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
Romans 13 has to be one of the most misused and abused passages of Scripture. In this episode, we set chapter 13 in the larger context of the letter, especially chapter 12, What counsel is Paul giving the church; and what is he NOT saying. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/romans-13-...
Romans 13 and the Governing Authorities
A Short Take
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February 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Romans 13 has to be one of the most misused and abused passages of Scripture. In this episode, we set chapter 13 in the larger context of the letter, especially chapter 12, What counsel is Paul giving the church; and what is he NOT saying. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/romans-13-...
Reflections on the OT reading for Transfiguration - 02.15.2026 - Exodus 24:12-18
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God’s guidance often comes wrapped in delay and mystery. We want clarity right away, but God seems comfortable with process. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
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God’s guidance often comes wrapped in delay and mystery. We want clarity right away, but God seems comfortable with process. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
The Preacher's Lectionary Notebook - Between Heaven and Earth
The Last Sunday after the Epiphany: Transfiguration Sunday (Year A)
preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Reflections on the OT reading for Transfiguration - 02.15.2026 - Exodus 24:12-18
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God’s guidance often comes wrapped in delay and mystery. We want clarity right away, but God seems comfortable with process. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
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God’s guidance often comes wrapped in delay and mystery. We want clarity right away, but God seems comfortable with process. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...