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The orthodox, historical consensus of biblical interpretation.
Key question: “What is the most widely accepted and historically grounded understanding of this text?”
25,889 sermon illustrations through the Traditional lens
There’s a fascinating process in chemistry called “oxidation,” where substances transform when they react with oxygen. Picture a simple piece of iron left outside. At first, it shines, reflecting the light in vibrant hues. But as it stands exposed to...
In the animated film *WALL-E*, we encounter a poignant picture of humanity's plight. Picture this: Earth is buried beneath mountains of garbage, a once-vibrant planet now a desolate wasteland. In stark contrast, humanity floats above in a sterile spaceship, lulled...
By 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven had not heard a single sound for nearly a decade. The piano he once played with such ferocity sat fitted...
In 1871, Fisk University in Nashville was weeks from closing its doors. The school, founded to educate formerly enslaved men and women, had no money...
In California's White Mountains, at nearly 10,000 feet, bristlecone pines have survived for over 4,000 years. Methuselah, the oldest known specimen, was already ancient when...
When Christopher Wren stood in the charred ruins of old St. Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire of London in 1666, he already carried the...
In 1998, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin launched Google, the internet's most popular homepages were cluttered monuments to self-importance. Yahoo packed hundreds of links...
In 2019, Marcus Rivera of Dallas, Texas, was placed on the national organ transplant waiting list for a new heart. His cardiologist told him the...
In sickle cell disease, red blood cells that should be round and flexible become rigid, twisted into crescent shapes by a single genetic mutation. These...
In 1521, a young English priest named William Tyndale sat across from a fellow clergyman who sneered, "We were better without God's law than the...
In 1871, a group of formerly enslaved students from Fisk University in Nashville set out on a desperate concert tour to save their school from...
In 1892, German surgeon Julius Wolff published a discovery that still guides orthopedic medicine today. Known as Wolff's Law, it describes something remarkable about how...
In the heart of El Salvador, amidst the chaos of civil unrest, stood Archbishop Oscar Romero—an ordinary man thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Picture a dimly lit cathedral, the air thick with tension as worshippers gather, their faces etched with concern...
When Apple introduced Face ID with the iPhone X in 2017, they built something remarkable into the front-facing camera: an infrared dot projector that maps...
In 2021, NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope after twenty-five years of design, delays, and nearly being canceled. Engineers built it for one breathtaking...
In *The Return of the King*, the final film of Peter Jackson's *Lord of the Rings* trilogy, there is a moment that has moved audiences...
In 1957, scientist Edmund Schulman discovered something astonishing in the White Mountains of California. Growing at nearly 10,000 feet, battered by freezing winds and rooted...
On October 3, 1904, Mary McLeod Bethune welcomed five little girls and her own son into a rented cottage in Daytona Beach, Florida. She had...
If you own a pair of Bose QuietComfort headphones, you have experienced something remarkable. You slip them on in a noisy airport terminal, tap the...
Johann Sebastian Bach spent twenty-seven years as a church musician at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, composing cantatas, passions, and organ works week after week....
In the 1990s, Rich Mullins was one of the most successful artists in Christian music. His song "Awesome God" became an anthem sung in churches...
In 1886, Daniel Towner was leading music at one of D.L. Moody's evangelistic meetings. During the testimony portion of the service, a young man stood...
In July 2016, Tim Duncan retired from the NBA after nineteen seasons with the San Antonio Spurs. Five championships. Two league MVP awards. Fifteen All-Star...
In 1944, a four-year-old girl named Wilma Rudolph contracted polio in Clarksville, Tennessee. The disease left her left leg paralyzed. Doctors fitted her with a...