The word “longsuffering” is found sixteen times in the New King James Version of the Bible.  The number of occurrences is split almost half-and-half – nine times the word is used of the longsuffering of God toward man, and seven times the word is used of God’s expectations for man to be longsuffering with his fellowman. God’s longsuffering is almost always coupled…

Near the end of his short epistle, Jude urged his readers, “keep yourselves in the love of God” (Jude 21).  But, how can I do that?  First of all, we need to remember that Jesus said, “If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love” (John 15:10).  So, I cannot abide in the love of God without obeying His commandments.…

Of all the legal trials that are happening in courtrooms around our country right now, why is the murder trial of Casey Anthony making national television?  No doubt, we could explain it by pointing to the satisfaction that our society finds in sick, twisted and disturbing matters that are really none of their business (or any other number of explanations). Here’s the…

If you could grab Satan by the neck (can you picture doing that?), what would you do with him?  Are you like me and get totally frustrated with the deceit, the traps, the lies, the temptations and the pretty picture that he puts on evil and all of its vices?  What would people’s lives look like (more specifically, what would the lives…

There are often one or two qualities or facts that stick out and characterize someone in our minds.  For example, we might say or think something like this – “Oh, yes, I know him…he’s a huge Gator fan…he’s the one who drives that black Acura…he’s the one who always wears that orange shirt…”  “Oh, yes, I know her…she’s always dressed so immaculately…she’s…

Save the African Elephant.  Save the African Rhino.  Save the African Gorilla.  Save the Amur Leopard.  Save the Bonobo.  Save the Giant Panda.  Save the Sumatran Orangutan.  Save the Kemp’s Ridley Turtle.  Save the Polar Bear.  Save the Irrawaddy Dolphin.  Save the North Atlantic Right Whale.  Save the Vaquita.  Save the South China Tiger.  Save the Sumatran Tiger.  Save the Tree Kangaroos. …

Owning a business or running a company must be so much more challenging today than it was just a few years or decades ago.  The way that our society has changed (not always for the better), the way that the average person’s work ethic has changed (rarely for the better), amidst all of the other economic challenges and government regulations, it must…

When our government talks about balancing the national budget, they are always talking about taking the existing budget (with all that has been accumulated over the years) and cutting things out of it.  When we look at our busy schedules and try to find room for something else, we always take the entirety of our existing schedule (with all that has been…