In mid-May, the Olympic flame began its ceremonial journey from Greece to the site of the Summer Games in London. It was carried in a relay by some 8,000 torchbearers over the course of 70 days. It arrives at the opening ceremonies of the XXX Olympiad today.

Hebrews 11 in the Bible describes another flame of sorts. The flame of faith and truth. The writer of this inspired text traces the path of this precious torch through the ages of human history and highlights a few of the torchbearers.