Jude — Chapter 1

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The Surgeon Who Carried Her Through

In 2011, a three-year-old girl named Elise fell into a frozen pond in rural Minnesota. By the time paramedics pulled her from the water, she...

Jude 1:24-25Universal

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The Firefighters of Station 12 Who Refused to Sleep

In 1991, a wildfire swept through the Oakland Hills of California, killing twenty-five people and destroying over three thousand homes in a single afternoon. Investigators...

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The Flame Keeper of Zurich

In 1519, Huldrych Zwingli stood in the pulpit of the Grossmünster in Zurich and did something almost no one dared. He set aside the prescribed...

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The Father Who Caught Her Every Time

In 2011, a four-year-old named Ellie Farmer stood at the edge of the community pool in Bend, Oregon, trembling. Her father, waist-deep in the water,...

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The Father Who Caught Every Fall

In 1952, a young aerialist named Elena Montoya joined the Flying Wallendas for their European tour. She was talented but terrified — not of the...

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The Manuscript Room at Chester Beatty

In 1950, a fire broke out in a small library near Dublin where the Chester Beatty collection of biblical papyri was stored. A young curator...

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Prayer for Those Struggling with Faith

God who welcomes questions, for those whose faith feels fragile— Doubting what they once believed. Wounded by the church. Angry at You. Wondering if any of it's real. Meet them in the questions. Don't demand they pretend. Don't shame them for honesty.

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