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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We believe in a Savior who raises the dead: this is why the church is the one place on earth that can speak plainly about abortion without collapsing into despair.
“Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.” That word isn't just for Israel; it's also for you.
Illness is not romantic. It is not a test, a metaphor, nor a blessing in disguise.
To confess Christ crucified and risen as the only hope in a world that has lost its mind to wickedness and rage.
This is the third installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”
Below is the Thinking Fellows Essential Reading List with contributions from each of the Thinking Fellows hosts.
God does not give us an undebatable answer to suffering. Instead, God suffers, too.
For you who are struggling to navigate grief, to cope with pain, or breathe through anxiety, the gospel announces that there is a person whose heart throbs for you.
You are the baptized, for in Christ we are all wet. The demographic dividers are washed away.
Do our petitions move God?
C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
While midnight might seem long, the mercy of God assures us that the morning will come.