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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Conflict demands resolution, tension demands a balancing act in the face of uncertainties.
How strange and yet how comforting: God prays to God for us, the Spirit to the Father. He sees through the fog of our emotions to what we truly need.
Proper preaching of good works is never for our encouragement.
Let’s take a look point-by-point to better understand why apologetics is really just part of sharing the Gospel.
What do the events of good stories, like The Lord of the Rings teach us about the rise and fall of civilizations in our own world?
One of the biggest challenges to the Christian faith is sorting through our question of “Where is God in the trials of our lives?”
Christianity isn’t about our faith. It’s about God’s faithfulness to His promises.
He was providentially injecting streams of light into the darkness, that thereby he might lead them toward the true light of Christ.
Show me. If I’m going to believe, I need to be convinced—on my terms.
Eucatastrophe combines two Greek words: ‘eu’ meaning ‘good’ (as in eulogy or euphoria), and ‘katastrophe’ for destruction.
Whether one believes Jesus to be God or not, His words and actions proclaim that He did not come to be served but to serve.
Don’t let anyone tell you the academy denies the concept of truth...good gracious, I hope by the end of the semester they are still alive.