I just “googled” on the internet and asked this question. How many different denominations are there? There were various answers because there is no precise, uniform definition as to what a denomination is which makes it difficult to answer, but the answer given is astounding. What would be your answer to this question? You look around where you live and there are…

The word “suffer,” in some form, is found 81 times in the New Testament.  It is used of the trials through which Christians go, the physical calamities that come upon individuals, the eternal punishment awaiting the wicked, etc.  But more than anything else in the New Testament, the word “suffer” is used (at least 27 times) of Christ and what He endured…

In these times it seems science trumps spirituality, philosophy over piety, and glamour glitters more than goodness. While that is true, it isn’t new to our time. There have always been these sentiments from one generation to the next. There may have been golden eras when things were better than they are now, but Adam and Eve enjoyed the only truly perfect…

To imagine what it would have been like for those who, in the first century, received the books of the New Testament which had just been written and sent to them is beyond comprehension. Before the books were written, there were apostles and prophets who could tell them about Jesus, about His life and the new way of living He revealed. However,…

One evening last year, Person “A” made some of the very worst decisions a person could ever make and killed Person “B.”  If you didn’t know anything else, what would your thoughts be?  The following details will start to reveal the exact case, but just pretend like you had no prior knowledge of any of this.  What if you learned that Person…

He forgave her!  She went into the wrong apartment and fatally shot his brother. Her sentence was seemingly light for murder—10 years. Prosecution was asking for 28, the age of the victim. The closing comments of the victim’s brother were words of forgiveness. “I don’t hold anything against you.” “I want the best for you.” “The best for you would be to…

Different people “go to church” different places on Sunday.  That’s pretty obvious, isn’t it?  Where is “your church”?  That may sound like a simple question, or it may sound like an odd question.  Consider this as the context. In a recent issue of Sun Sentinel, there was a Community News report about an event called “Cars & Coffee Palm Beach,” which is…

Perhaps as we meditate, we should spend more time with Jesus in Gethsemane. On the night of His betrayal, that garden was filled with intense emotions. Do not just read what happened there but take time to feel the emotions: the emotions of the sleeping disciples whom Jesus rebuked; the emotions of Judas as he betrayed the Lord; the emotions of the…