The NFL Draft represents a fresh start for each NFL organization and offers each team an opportunity to add fresh talent who can help improve upon the problems of yesteryear while hopefully developing into the studs of tomorrow who will carry the club to greatness. The Miami Dolphins are an organization that has spent at least the last decade botching high draft picks, failing to prioritize their needs and misguidedly placing an emphasis on physical attributes and athleticism over raw talent and intangibles. However, each new year brings new football prospects. New prospects mean a new draft. And a new […]

Soon after arriving in 2008 as the new lead pastor of First Baptist Church in West Palm Beach, Jimmy Scroggins realized he was no longer in the Bible Belt. The realization occurred when seven of eight couples who signed up for a marriage preparation class were already living together—some after other marriages, some with children from multiple prior relationships in and out of wedlock, and most were not even Christians. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Scroggins’ more than 15 years of pastoral ministry experiences there and in Louisville, Ky., were meager preparation for what he found in South Florida. Scroggins, […]

According to a UNICEF report, it is estimated that there are between 143 and 210 million orphans worldwide. After considering abandoned and trafficked children, the population easily rises to over 300 million children. That number is far too big. Yet, unfortunately, each year the number of orphans only seems to grow. Sadder still is that much of what is done to help alleviate suffering does not seem enough. Orphanages are over-run and under-developed. The foster care system is broken. Abuse, neglect, and other intrinsic problems run deep. But there is hope! And there is a God who sees us, knows […]