August 26, 2025
Have you ever had a difficult or confusing experience in which your faith was tested? In Genesis chapter 22, we read that God asked a great hero of our faith, Abraham, to do the unimaginable—offer up his long-awaited son, Isaac, as a sacrifice. At first glance, it seems difficult to reconcile this request with what we know about the Lord’s character. How could a God who is entirely holy, upright, loving, and good ask such…
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August 14, 2025
Have you ever built a campfire? The presence of a fire can dramatically shift an environment—even softening an untamed wilderness with a warmth that draws people together and soothes body and soul. For just a moment, imagine that you and a group of family or friends are at a campsite where you’re working to build a fire together. Suppose that each person surveys the surrounding forest and retrieves a single piece of wood. Each selection…
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July 30, 2025
In July of 2002, nine men found themselves in a dire situation—trapped hundreds of feet below ground in a flooded mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. They were imprisoned there in the darkness for over 77 hours before being miraculously rescued, a story that gained widespread media attention and public interest. It’s difficult to fathom the undulating waves of hope and despair they must have endured in those days spent huddled within the earth—and the immense…
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