Allan R. Bevere
@arbevere.bsky.social
Pastor(ret), Professor, Bible Moth, Foreigner and Exile in a Strange Land, Peddler of Hope.
Advent in the Shadows of Tyranny / Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Season
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Bonhoeffer spoke and wrote about Advent from within the shadows of rising tyranny, in a world where the promise of light wasn’t a decorative theme but a daring act of defiance. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/advent-in-...
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Bonhoeffer spoke and wrote about Advent from within the shadows of rising tyranny, in a world where the promise of light wasn’t a decorative theme but a daring act of defiance. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/advent-in-...
Advent in the Shadows of Tyranny
Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Season
allanrbevere.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Advent in the Shadows of Tyranny / Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Season
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Bonhoeffer spoke and wrote about Advent from within the shadows of rising tyranny, in a world where the promise of light wasn’t a decorative theme but a daring act of defiance. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/advent-in-...
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Bonhoeffer spoke and wrote about Advent from within the shadows of rising tyranny, in a world where the promise of light wasn’t a decorative theme but a daring act of defiance. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/advent-in-...
Ruth isn’t just pledging affection; she’s tying her future to Naomi’s, without conditions, without guarantees, and without any promise of a better life. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/a-defiant-...
A Defiant Act of Love
Preparing for the Third Sunday of Advent: Three Days before Sunday (Year A)
allanrbevere.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ruth isn’t just pledging affection; she’s tying her future to Naomi’s, without conditions, without guarantees, and without any promise of a better life. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/a-defiant-...
Everything Donald Trump does is motivated by one of two things: retribution or profit. www.the-sun.com/news/15620987/
Moment US troops rappel from helicopters & storm tanker off Venezuela coast
THIS is the stunning moment US troops rappel from helicopters and storm an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela with high-powered rifles. Well-oiled commandos swept through the ship as they execut…
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December 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Everything Donald Trump does is motivated by one of two things: retribution or profit. www.the-sun.com/news/15620987/
It was a rough week on the democracy front
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Musk controls the algorithms at X, Zuckerberg on Facebook, Silicon Valley is investing in AI—which offers its own version of “truth” while slowly strangling the information ecosystem. This is by design. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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Musk controls the algorithms at X, Zuckerberg on Facebook, Silicon Valley is investing in AI—which offers its own version of “truth” while slowly strangling the information ecosystem. This is by design. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
The Kakistocracy Report (12.10.2025)
It was a rough week on the democracy front
kakistocracyreport.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It was a rough week on the democracy front
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Musk controls the algorithms at X, Zuckerberg on Facebook, Silicon Valley is investing in AI—which offers its own version of “truth” while slowly strangling the information ecosystem. This is by design. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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Musk controls the algorithms at X, Zuckerberg on Facebook, Silicon Valley is investing in AI—which offers its own version of “truth” while slowly strangling the information ecosystem. This is by design. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
Words are not accidents but disclosures. They show attitudes, loyalties, resentments, hopes, and fears. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/idle-words...
Idle Words Are Not Idle
Reflecting on the Second Sunday of Advent: Three Days after Sunday (Year A)
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December 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Words are not accidents but disclosures. They show attitudes, loyalties, resentments, hopes, and fears. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/idle-words...
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble. Find Christ where he is least expected.
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble. Find Christ where he is least expected.
Recognizing Authoritarianism
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The past few weeks, I have been working through Hannah Arendt’s work on authoritarianism. This is the first post based on that work. Future posts will be directly targeted on specific aspects of authoritarianism. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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The past few weeks, I have been working through Hannah Arendt’s work on authoritarianism. This is the first post based on that work. Future posts will be directly targeted on specific aspects of authoritarianism. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
The Kakistocracy Report (12.09.2025)
Recognizing Authoritarianism
kakistocracyreport.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Recognizing Authoritarianism
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The past few weeks, I have been working through Hannah Arendt’s work on authoritarianism. This is the first post based on that work. Future posts will be directly targeted on specific aspects of authoritarianism. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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The past few weeks, I have been working through Hannah Arendt’s work on authoritarianism. This is the first post based on that work. Future posts will be directly targeted on specific aspects of authoritarianism. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
The Holy One Who Helps the Helpless: Explanatory Notes on Isaiah 41:14-20
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Israel’s glory resides not in military prowess but in belonging to the Holy One. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/the-holy-o...
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Israel’s glory resides not in military prowess but in belonging to the Holy One. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/the-holy-o...
The Holy One Who Helps the Helpless: Explanatory Notes on Isaiah 41:14-20
Reflecting on the Second Sunday of Advent: Two Days after Sunday (Year A)
allanrbevere.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Holy One Who Helps the Helpless: Explanatory Notes on Isaiah 41:14-20
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Israel’s glory resides not in military prowess but in belonging to the Holy One. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/the-holy-o...
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Israel’s glory resides not in military prowess but in belonging to the Holy One. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/the-holy-o...
Reflections on the Old Testament reading for the Third Sunday of Advent, Isaiah 35:1-10 (12.14.2025)
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The prophet envisions a world in which every broken system, every broken person, every broken heart finally works the way it was meant to. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
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The prophet envisions a world in which every broken system, every broken person, every broken heart finally works the way it was meant to. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
The Preacher's Lectionary Notebook - When the Desert Sings
The Third Sunday of Advent (Year A)
preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Reflections on the Old Testament reading for the Third Sunday of Advent, Isaiah 35:1-10 (12.14.2025)
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The prophet envisions a world in which every broken system, every broken person, every broken heart finally works the way it was meant to. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
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The prophet envisions a world in which every broken system, every broken person, every broken heart finally works the way it was meant to. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
Good night folks. All persons bear the image of God.
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Good night folks. All persons bear the image of God.
A literalist interpretation.
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A literalist interpretation.
That interesting moment of pondering the possibilities when you are writing about the Incarnation and spell check wants to change "enfleshed," to "unflushed."
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
That interesting moment of pondering the possibilities when you are writing about the Incarnation and spell check wants to change "enfleshed," to "unflushed."
Isaiah confronts an uncomfortable truth that many prefer to ignore—when society is built upon self-serving interests and exploitation, it ultimately crumbles. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/praise-in-...
Praise in the Distance of the World's Ruin
Reflecting on the Second Sunday of Advent: One Day after Sunday (Year A)
allanrbevere.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Isaiah confronts an uncomfortable truth that many prefer to ignore—when society is built upon self-serving interests and exploitation, it ultimately crumbles. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/praise-in-...
The Kakistocracy Report (12.08.2025) / Dehumanization Normalized
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Dan Hawk writes, "Is it just me? Or has the Trump regime grown more brazenly atrocious in its dehumanizing racism and its infatuation with violence?" kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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Dan Hawk writes, "Is it just me? Or has the Trump regime grown more brazenly atrocious in its dehumanizing racism and its infatuation with violence?" kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
The Kakistocracy Report (12.08.2025)
Dehumanization Normalized
kakistocracyreport.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Kakistocracy Report (12.08.2025) / Dehumanization Normalized
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Dan Hawk writes, "Is it just me? Or has the Trump regime grown more brazenly atrocious in its dehumanizing racism and its infatuation with violence?" kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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Dan Hawk writes, "Is it just me? Or has the Trump regime grown more brazenly atrocious in its dehumanizing racism and its infatuation with violence?" kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble. Be Advent ready.
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble. Be Advent ready.
Good night, folks.
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Good night, folks.
The Preacher's Lectionary Notebook - A Litany for Advent on Psalm 146:5-10
The Third Sunday of Advent - 12.14.2025 preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
The Third Sunday of Advent - 12.14.2025 preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
The Preacher's Lectionary Notebook - A Litany for Advent on Psalm 146:5-10
The Third Sunday of Advent (Year A)
preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Preacher's Lectionary Notebook - A Litany for Advent on Psalm 146:5-10
The Third Sunday of Advent - 12.14.2025 preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
The Third Sunday of Advent - 12.14.2025 preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...
Repentance is not about shame or guilt so much as direction. It means turning from the old path and walking a new one. John’s message insists that this turning becomes visible in the kind of life someone actually lives. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/repentance...
Repentance That Can Be Seen
The Second Sunday of Advent (Year A)
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December 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Repentance is not about shame or guilt so much as direction. It means turning from the old path and walking a new one. John’s message insists that this turning becomes visible in the kind of life someone actually lives. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/repentance...
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary / December 7-13, 2025
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SUNDAY: Repentance That Can Be Seen
MONDAY: Praise in the Distance of the World’s Ruin
TUESDAY: The Holy One Who Helps the Helpless (click link for more) allanrbevere.substack.com/p/coming-thi...
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SUNDAY: Repentance That Can Be Seen
MONDAY: Praise in the Distance of the World’s Ruin
TUESDAY: The Holy One Who Helps the Helpless (click link for more) allanrbevere.substack.com/p/coming-thi...
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary
December 7-13, 2025
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December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary / December 7-13, 2025
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SUNDAY: Repentance That Can Be Seen
MONDAY: Praise in the Distance of the World’s Ruin
TUESDAY: The Holy One Who Helps the Helpless (click link for more) allanrbevere.substack.com/p/coming-thi...
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SUNDAY: Repentance That Can Be Seen
MONDAY: Praise in the Distance of the World’s Ruin
TUESDAY: The Holy One Who Helps the Helpless (click link for more) allanrbevere.substack.com/p/coming-thi...
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble. Don't be a useful tool.
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Good morning, folks. Give thanks to God. Have some coffee. Find good trouble. Don't be a useful tool.
John’s public impact is large enough to draw attention from Jerusalem’s authorities. John’s role is defined in relation to Jesus; he is a witness, not the Messiah. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/john-jesus
John < Jesus: Explanatory Notes on John 1:19-28
Preparing for the Second Sunday of Advent: One Day before Sunday (Year A)
allanrbevere.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
John’s public impact is large enough to draw attention from Jerusalem’s authorities. John’s role is defined in relation to Jesus; he is a witness, not the Messiah. allanrbevere.substack.com/p/john-jesus
Donald Trump is an American anti-Christ and his entire Administration is the Great Whore of Babylon.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
Family says critically ill man was pressured into deportation order after 'Charlotte's Web' sweep
Relatives of a 27-year-old Honduran man say he was denied dialysis and pressured into signing a voluntary deportation order after being detained during "Operation Charlotte's Web." ICE denies the alle...
www.wfae.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Donald Trump is an American anti-Christ and his entire Administration is the Great Whore of Babylon.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
The Kakistocracy Report (12.05.2025) / Woe to Those Who Legislate Injustice - Isaiah 10:1-2
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Woe to the hands that shape injustice,
to fingers inked in laws that lie,
parchment heavy with the weight
of rigged decrees. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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Woe to the hands that shape injustice,
to fingers inked in laws that lie,
parchment heavy with the weight
of rigged decrees. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
The Kakistocracy Report (12.05.2025)
Woe to Those Who Legislate Injustice - Isaiah 10:1-2
kakistocracyreport.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Kakistocracy Report (12.05.2025) / Woe to Those Who Legislate Injustice - Isaiah 10:1-2
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Woe to the hands that shape injustice,
to fingers inked in laws that lie,
parchment heavy with the weight
of rigged decrees. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...
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Woe to the hands that shape injustice,
to fingers inked in laws that lie,
parchment heavy with the weight
of rigged decrees. kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakist...