What Israel’s story makes painfully obvious is that following the Lord is a lifelong lesson in “I believe, but help my unbelief” (Mark 9:24).
Faith holds on to the truth of who Jesus is revealed to be, despite our sometimes incongruent experience with God.
This is an excerpt from the first chapter of A Reasoned Defense of the Faith by Adam Francisco (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 1-3.

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Amazing things. That’s what happens when the Triune God shows up in Jesus Christ.
This is a weekly article series working through the book of Revelation.
This is a weekly article series working through the book of Revelation.
It’s the First Century, the early days of the of the Post-Pentecost Church. Something is in the air.
It may seem like a strange place to begin: the end of the beginning.
I bet you have seen this verse pop up in Bible study before.
Have you ever watched The Matrix? Crazy movie, right? The thing that continually keeps reminding me of that movie is the last thing you’d probably think of, even though the movie is rife with motifs, themes, and analogies of it.