Our failing economy, our national security, our governmental corruption, our immoral culture, our personal struggles—it’s enough to get you down, keep you down and kick you while you’re down.  And you can spend your days and nights focusing on (i.e., worrying about) these kinds of things and drive yourself into a near panic. Or, you can focus on (i.e., enjoy and appreciate)…

Summertime in South Florida means rainy afternoons.  Sometimes we find the rain, or specifically its timing, to be frustrating to our plans and activities.  However, like a string tied around a finger might be a visual reminder, let us allow the rain to cue our minds to pause long enough to remember some things. The rain should remind us of the providence…

The youth work at Palm Beach Lakes is about to enter a new and exciting phase.  On June 1, Casey and Hannah Haynes will arrive to begin working with PBL youth, to help build and cultivate their faith, in order that they might continue to “grow in the grace and knowledge of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 3:18). Casey and…

Some folks have been conditioned to believe that studying the Bible is dull, boring, difficult or some kind of chore to endure.  Whoa!  Somebody is using the wrong conditioner! Or, some folks have not tried to genuinely study the Bible for themselves!  For, when one takes the time to read and study this book, he will discover that doing so is actually…

In an effort to exhort his readers to obey God and not neglect the great salvation of which they had tasted, the inspired writer of Hebrews drew a lesson from the past, making a compelling argument from the lesser to the greater. The “lesser”:  “For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward”…

A gas pipe line near the Turnpike in Stuart exploded this morning and a car accident happened about the same time.  Which came first? Initially, it was believed that the car ran into the pipe line (accident first, then explosion), but later it was determined that the pipe line must have exploded first, then flying debris caused the car accident. An elderly…

It is intriguing to read the Bible and read the accommodative language and terms that are used for God, in order that His care, activity and awareness of those things on this earth might be abundantly clear to us.  While “a spirit does not have flesh and bones” (Luke 24:39), such are ascribed to God in Scripture repeatedly to make Him more…

How concerned are you about your brethren’s spiritual wellbeing?  Too often we allow the world and all the busyness of our lives to prevent us from truly caring for our brothers and sisters and building the kind of relationship that God desires for us to have with each other.  Let us consider the example of Paul and try to emulate the genuine…