Foundations of Hope — a gold cross rising from a stone wall marked with an anchor.

The campaign · 12 missions · 2 bonus ops

Foundations of Hope

Twelve missions from the 2026 book, then two bonus ops from the 2025 cloths. Walk one mission. Run the checklist. Open the chapter when you want more. Not to win arguments. To be ready with gentleness and respect.

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The Foundation of Faith

Weeks 1–3 · Why there is a universe, why it looks designed, and why we know right from wrong.

  1. 1Mission 01 · First CauseThe Cosmological ArgumentWhy is there something rather than nothing?
  2. 2Mission 02 · The DialsThe Teleological ArgumentWhy does the universe look designed?
  3. 3Mission 03 · The LawThe Moral ArgumentDoes objective morality point to a Moral Lawgiver?

The Reliability of Scripture

Weeks 4–5 · Whether we have what the authors wrote, and whether what they wrote is true.

  1. 4Mission 04 · The RecordThe Reliability of the New TestamentCan we trust the record?
  2. 5Mission 05 · The WitnessEyewitness EvidenceIs what they wrote true?

The Resurrection Evidence

Weeks 6–9 · Death, empty tomb, appearances, and the transformed lives of the witnesses.

  1. 6Mission 06 · The DeathThe CrucifixionDid Jesus really die?
  2. 7Mission 07 · The TombThe Empty TombWhere is the body?
  3. 8Mission 08 · The AppearancesThe AppearancesWho saw Him alive?
  4. 9Mission 09 · The ShiftThe Transformed LivesWhat changed the cowards?

The Corroborating Evidence

Weeks 10–11 · The Bible’s inner unity, the stones in the ground, and — from the 2025 edition — the Shroud and the Sudarium.

  1. 10Mission 10 · One StoryThe Internal WitnessWhy does the Bible read as one story?
  2. 11Mission 11 · The StonesThe Stones Cry OutWhat has the ground confirmed?

The cloths from the 2025 edition are bonus ops below — corroboration, not the load-bearing beam of Week 10 and 11.

The Commission

Weeks 12 · Turn the case into a personal, gracious reason for the hope that is in you.

  1. 12Mission 12 · The CommissionGiving a Reason for the HopeHow do I actually say this?

Bonus ops · 2025 edition

The two cloths

Optional. Faith does not rest on them. 0 of 2 complete.

  1. B1Bonus · The ShroudThe Shroud of TurinThe Silent Witness · What does this linen say that the Gospels already said?
  2. B2Bonus · The SudariumThe Sudarium of OviedoThe Face Cloth · What does the face cloth add that the Shroud cannot say alone?