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1,814 illustrations — Illustrations from diverse theological traditions
A young surgical resident once confessed to her attending physician that she felt overwhelmed — so many decisions, so many variables, so many lives depending...
In 1881, B.B. Warfield arrived at Princeton Seminary carrying a conviction that would anchor his entire career: every word of Scripture is God-breathed, wholly without...
In 1998, a young seminary student sat in John MacArthur's expository preaching class at The Master's Seminary, struggling with a passage. He had been assigned...
In the monastery at Gethsemani, Thomas Merton once described a moment during centering prayer when every thought finally fell silent — not the silence of...
In 1978, a structural engineer in Kansas City discovered that a contractor had quietly modified the steel connection design for the Hyatt Regency hotel walkways....
When James writes, "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault," he invites us into...
In the writings of Teresa of Avila, she describes seasons when prayer feels like drawing water from a deep well with a broken bucket —...
In Luke 9:23, Jesus says, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily, and follow me." We...
Rachel Held Evans once wrote that the Bible is not a book about people who got it right — it is a book about God...
When Rachel Held Evans wrote about the kingdom of God, she often returned to the image of a table — who gets a seat, who...
In 1923, a family in rural Kentucky discovered a deed to forty acres of prime timberland tucked inside the family Bible. The deed was legitimate,...
A seasoned cartographer once explained why sailors in the age of exploration trusted Mercator's projection above all others. It was not merely beautiful or convenient...
In the monastery at Gethsemani, Thomas Merton once described how words spoken from the surface of the mind remain merely words. But a word that...
When B.B. Warfield defended the doctrine of biblical inerrancy, he insisted that every word of Scripture carries divine authority down to its verb tenses and...
In the early days of westward expansion, surveyors drove iron benchmarks deep into bedrock across the American frontier. Floods washed away bridges. Tornados leveled towns....
In centering prayer, there comes a moment when every thought, every ambition, every carefully constructed image of ourselves dissolves into silence. Thomas Merton called this...
In the writings of John of the Cross, there comes a season he calls the dark night — when every familiar consolation withdraws, when prayer...
In 1787, when the delegates at Philadelphia debated every comma of the Constitution, they understood something we often forget: the precise wording of a document...
A shortwave radio operator in rural Alaska depends on precise frequencies published by the Federal Communications Commission. These frequencies are not suggestions or approximations —...
In 1859, when workers began constructing the Great Eastern — the largest ship ever built at that time — they discovered that Isambard Kingdom Brunel...
In 1731, a devastating fire swept through Ashburnham House in London, threatening the Cotton library — one of the most important collections of biblical manuscripts...
In 1945, a team of Army engineers received orders to build a bridge across a flooded river in the Philippines. Their commanding officer handed them...
When B.B. Warfield defended the absolute trustworthiness of Scripture, he was not engaged in mere academic exercise. He understood that if God's Word is wholly...
Jonathan Edwards once described holiness as "the beauty of the Divine nature" — not a list of prohibitions, but the very character of God shining...
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