Anchorage Baptist Temple

 In one of the Bible's most unexpected chapters, God interrupts the story of Joseph to zoom in on Judah — a man running from guilt, compromised by culture, and blind to his own hypocrisy. Genesis 38 is a raw, unfiltered portrait of what happens when we drift from God, suppress our sin, and project our shame onto others. But it's also the story of Tamar — a woman overlooked, sidelined, and wronged — whose quiet, steadfast righteousness earns her a place in the very bloodline of Jesus Christ. This message challenges us to ask the hard question: what are we hiding? Because God doesn't expose our sin to humiliate us — He exposes it to heal us, restore us, and use us for something far greater than we could imagine.