The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-8)

Rev. Austin Pfeiffer explores the Transfiguration of Jesus in Matthew 17, where Peter's anxious chatter and the disciples' frozen silence reveal how easily we sort Jesus into a manageable category. A good teacher, a moral example, someone worth honoring, but not the God worth falling on our face before. When the Father interrupts with "This is my Son, listen to him," Jesus speaks the full claim of the text: that the Ancient of Days himself has come down the mountain, to the cross, to reclaim the Peters and the quiet ones alike. Not because of anything we do, but because he keeps speaking a better word.