Faith holds on to the truth of who Jesus is revealed to be, despite our sometimes incongruent experience with God.
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04/07/26
This is an excerpt from the first chapter of A Reasoned Defense of the Faith by Adam Francisco (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 1-3.
04/05/26
The resurrection means your ultimate problem is no longer ahead of you. The grave is not waiting for you. It is behind you.
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08/09/18
The only obedient son is shunned so that the disobedient one may return. Why? Because God loves sinners. He doesn’t leave them alone.
08/08/18
This is a weekly article series working through the book of Revelation.
08/01/18
It’s the First Century, the early days of the of the Post-Pentecost Church. Something is in the air.
07/24/18
It may seem like a strange place to begin: the end of the beginning.
07/18/18
Our complaints about God's grace always sound the same: "It was good to see him in church with his son this morning.
07/18/18
We too believe that we can be just like God, perhaps even by helping God to be a God in our image.
07/16/18
Perhaps you’ll forgive my reticence to care very much about all of this End of Days talk as it seems that opinions on the matter are very personal and can be really intense.
07/09/18
Why confess sin? Is it so we can get rewarded by God? A little extra grace or material good for our troubles, maybe.
07/02/18
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” But the fool also says in his heart, “There are many gods.” And we, dear friends, are the fools.
06/28/18
The author, Flannery O'Connor, said, "All I can say about my love of God is, Lord help me in my lack of it."
06/25/18
Led by God’s Word we can grasp why this gap exists, grows, and threatens us. Simply put, we don’t take sin seriously. We don’t take the effects of our sinful rebellion on all of creation seriously.
06/12/18
It's easy to become habituated to sin. It comes naturally, after all. The power and pressure of sin on us, from conception to the grave, is immense.
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