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138 illustrations across all 22 chapters
In Silence, Jesuit missionaries in 17th-century Japan face persecution and apostasy. Father Rodrigues begs God to speak—and hears nothing. Or so he thinks. In the film's climax, Christ's voice finally comes, quietly, in his moment of greatest failure. After the fire came a gentle whisper.
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Elijah Elijah from Tishbe served as prophet of Israel during the reigns of Ahab and Ahaziah (874–852 BC). His name means “my God is Yahweh,” and his ministry involved demonstrating that the Lord is the one true God and calling Israel back to the Lord.
Jezebel Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31), married King Ahab of Israel, probably to confirm a political alliance between their countries. Jezebel promoted Baal worship and demanded absolute rights for the monarchy.
Arameans The Arameans were a Semitic group, descendants of Shem (Gen 10:22-23; cp. Gen 22:20-21). Bethuel and Laban were known as Arameans (Gen 25:20; 28:1-7).
Jeroboam I Jeroboam I, son of Nebat from the tribe of Ephraim, was the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel (931–910 BC). He led the northern ten tribes into the sins that brought about the destruction of the northern kingdom.
Rehoboam Rehoboam, the son of Solomon and an Ammonite woman (1 Kgs 14:21), was forty-one when he became king; he reigned for seventeen years (931–913 BC). He is remembered for instigating the split of Solomon’s kingdom and for being the...
Ahab Ahab, Israel’s eighth king, inherited the northern kingdom from his powerful father, Omri (1 Kgs 16:27-28), and reigned in Israel from 874 to 853 BC. Ahab married Jezebel, daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. Under her influence, Ahab began...
Solomon Solomon was the third king of Israel, the second son of David and Bathsheba (2 Sam 12:13-25); he reigned forty years (971–931 BC). Solomon began his reign with promising confidence in God but ended his life as an idol-worshiper who destroyed his kingdom.
In A Quiet Place, the Abbott family survives alien invasion by living in absolute silence. Any sound draws lethal creatures. They communicate in sign language, walk barefoot, eat without silverware. Survival requires stillness. The Lord was not in the wind,...
1 Kings 18: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Kings 18: From the underside of history, it doesn’t flatter us—names oppression as sin and calls the Church to liberating praxis.
1 Kings 18: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a exposes counterfeit faith—right words without repentance are still rebellion—today, not someday.
1 Kings 18: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Kings 18: Through the margins, it meets us gently—demands a faith that repairs harm and includes the excluded.
In 1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a, God meets sinners with a promise strong enough to carry shame away.
1 Kings 18: Within the deposit of faith, it doesn’t flatter us—draws us into grace through the Church’s sacramental life.
1 Kings 18: Under God’s sovereignty, it magnifies grace and summons covenant faithfulness to God’s glory.
1 Kings 18: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a joins personal faith with practical holiness that touches neighbor and society.
1 Kings 18: From the struggle for freedom, it meets us gently—proclaims hope, dignity, and God’s liberating justice.
1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a calls for personal faith—repent, believe, and follow Jesus with a clear conscience.
1 Kings 18: In God’s unfolding plan, it clarifies the times and calls us to readiness and hope.
1 Kings 18: From the underside of history, it meets us gently—names oppression as sin and calls the Church to liberating praxis.