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.

All Articles

We cannot overstate that no person outside the Bible has been as influential to Christian theology as Augustine.
Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment.
I trust that because of the gospel, God will continue to mend what I, in my sin, continue to break.
It turns out that when Elijah battled depression, God sent someone to just be with him. To comfort him.
In writing City of God, Augustine sought to demonstrate that the events of 410 were but a glimpse of all history.
Take away the communal aspect, take away the communal gathering around Christ’s body and blood, and the Christian will begin to suffer a malnutrition of faith.
By his initiative alone, he remakes our hearts to love him and others unselfishly.
In schools and on barstools and in delis and where two or three gather, your Savior turns you loose to encounter those who are delightful and loveable.
Apathy, melancholy, and disillusionment plague the footsteps of the up-and-coming generations more than ever, especially in the realm of religion, and it’s worth asking, “Why?”
What greater friend could we have than Jesus?
Bonhoeffer’s simple little book makes clear how privileged many of us are to enjoy the Communion of the Saints here on earth.
Sometimes we have to strain hard to hear words deeper than our hearts. Words not from inside, but outside. Words from God, not our own self-spun narratives.