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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09/02/25
While ambiguous “Christ-centeredness” by its very nature fragments Christianity by way of its subjectivism, Christological commitments beget unity or, at least, move strongly in that direction.
09/01/25
The Word seems like it is so little, like five barley loaves and two small fish, but it is all that God used to create the heavens and the earth.
08/27/25
Here is the true story, the one worth remembering: You are a gift.
08/25/25
Bitterness took root when he began approaching the Word merely as a burden he was called to carry rather than a balm that his soul needed, too.
08/22/25
The “mystery of faith” entails the article of faith: Incarnation, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension, and, finally, his Parousia.
08/19/25
Can we then honor Mary without falling into error? I believe we can by focusing on four things Scripture does teach about her.
08/12/25
Protestants, in my view, don’t suffer from a Goldilocks problem. They have an arrogance problem.
08/11/25
We need redemption, and we receive it in our church community through God’s Word.
08/07/25
We don’t need another brand. We need a people who remember who they are. And that’s us, Gen-X.
08/04/25
Why reflect on these three men — MacArthur, Ozzy, and Hulk Hogan — in the same breath?
08/01/25
When you step into the Lord’s house, he gives you a liturgical imagination to see with eyes of faith all of his goodness and grace.
07/24/25
The danger is not destruction. It is reduction.
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