Whenever I share my story with others, I’m inevitably asked how I’ve managed to persevere in spite of the many difficulties I’ve experienced, especially in my faith. I was raised in an abusive home, by a silent mother who never wanted me and an angry father who struggled with mental health issues. I bear the scars of physical, emotional and verbal abuse, as well as what I refer to as “religious abuse.” While salvation in itself is a miracle for each human soul, it is by an extra measure of God’s grace that I am a follower of Jesus Christ […]

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past five years, you know that our economy and real estate market have been tumultuous in recent times. It seems that every state has its own story about the current real estate market, and while this article will focus mainly on South Florida, you may be interested to know that we all share a similar nemesis in the real estate market. This common enemy comes in the form of well-established hedge and private equity funds that leave little or no inventory for standard buyers in search of a good deal […]

  “If you don’t know where your starting point is, then how do you know where you are or where you are going?” A similar statement was made by the Alabama Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge Roy Moore, who famously took on the ACLU when he prominently displayed a two-and-a-half ton granite monument of the Ten Commandments in the public courthouse building. Judge Moore believed in the paramount importance of starting with God from whom all morality originates. The Creator is the Lawgiver, and if we do away with the Creator, there is no law. Moreover, without law, […]

Question: Are there evidences for young earth that can easily be observed?  This month’s article is the last of the three part series on evidences for a young earth. Last month, we focused on exposing the underlying fallacy of slow and gradual change in terms of millions and billions of years. It was concluded that fossil and geological records actually revealed a cataclysmic worldwide event as witnessed in the Genesis Flood account and affirmed by God’s Word. Assuming long ages with gradual changes, what does one actually observe? We see the absence of millions and billions of years of time […]

Oh, how the cunning serpent slithered his way into the hearts of Adam and Eve! He made a promise of life, to “be like God,” but he could not deliver on his promise (See Genesis 3:2-8). The life the devil promised lead only to death . . . it always has and it always will. Adam and Eve were made in the image of God; they were his image-bearers. But evidently they were not satisfied with being made in the image of God; they wanted to be God. They traded the worship of the Creator for the worship of the […]

Question: What do the fossils and rocks really say about the origins of the world? This month, we will look at the second of a three part series dealing with the topic of the young Earth and the evidences for Young Earth Creationism found in the rocks and fossils. One of the most important underlying principles for evolution is that there was a gradual change that took place very slowly over long periods of time. If this is true, it should be seen in the way rocks and fossils were laid down. This is where the controversy begins. Both young […]

We all understand the concept of weather forecasting, which is a prediction meteorologists make about what the weather will be on the basis of correlated atmospheric observations. They study and analyze all available pertinent data and make an educated guess about what is most likely to occur. This month, I would like to share a word of encouragement—not about weather forecasting, but rather “faith forecasting” and two different types of faith. Fair weather faith This faith is strong when the sky is blue, the clouds are fleecy, and the sun is brightly shining. Under these balmy conditions, there is barely […]

What evidence is there that the earth is thousands of years old rather than millions? Part 1 If you hear and see the same thing over and over again, you are in the process of being “brainwashed.” Webster’s dictionary gives the definition as, “A forcible indoctrination to induce someone to give up basic political, social, or religious beliefs and attitudes and to accept contrasting regimented ideas.” As Adolph Hitler, who took the lives of 11 million innocent people using this technique, stated, “If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” The old […]

“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God” (Exodus 20:4-5a). When we read the second commandment in the year 2013, we may have a tendency to think this word was for a primitive people who made graven images of wood, stone and gold. But if we think this is the limit of idolatry, we will miss our portion in it! Graven Images […]