First off before you read the following please know that though I love sports I am not an athlete. I played some baseball as a kid and in high school and only one thing kept me from bein...

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in love, in life, in faith, and in purity.” – 1 Timothy 4:12...

There is a story I have always enjoyed and there have been variations of it. It is one that comes to mind whenever I hear pundits from various fields share their wisdom with us. There was a very...

I believe in the sanctity of life. That means that human life shouldn’t be artificially ended from the “womb to the tomb.” United States society is filled with political activism, legislation,...

I write a lot about Jews, our history, our beliefs and the issues that face us. I do so, among other reasons, because I want my readers to understand the significance of the Jewish experience in...

It is hard for this writer to believe that there are some people who are Christians who do not believe that we have a responsibility to the animals that we share this world with. There are even...

Unlike ancient mankind most Americans don’t bow down or pray to an image, a carved pole,  ancestors, rulers, or heroes. Twenty-first century westernized society believes it has evolved beyond the...

Pledge Sunday in most churches focusing on making a financial commitment to support the church. The standard for giving is set at 10% of income because that was the minimum standard set for early...

When Jordan’s Arab Legion seized half of Jerusalem, ethnically cleansed its Jewish population and annexed the city– the only entity to recognize the annexation was the United Kingdom...

We do not know if the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, was a Christian or not or if he intended for one of the world’s best known fictional characters to have religious beliefs....

(The following is an article by Bishop Greg Ortiz on Pentecost.  Originally, the article was published in a book that I copyrighted and published. Bishop Greg gave me permission to publish for...

“In deep confusion, in great despair   When I reach out for him, he is there    When I am lonely as I can be     And I know that God shines his light on me”   –Van Morrison, Whenever God...

Ascension Day is a religious holiday (holy day). Although it gets lost between Easter Sunday and Pentecost, Ascension Day was celebrated as early as 68 AD. The first written evidence of an...

Deathwatch This is not an article. But once upon a time this was a blog where I would post my unformed personal thoughts. The thoughts eventually became articles. The articles were picked up and...

Most of you know something about Jonah. Jonah’s ministry was almost 3000 years ago; but, the message is timeless. Jonah begins with God telling Jonah go to Nineveh, Assyria to warn the people to...

In today’s atmosphere of tension between genders – male vs. female – a common complaint among some females is that they do not believe that God is necessarily a man.  There is no factual basis...

As the pastor finished his sermon and before the Eucharist was consecrated, he said,  “Communion is a political act.” Well, that statement refocused my wandering mind. My immediate thoughts were,...

By the time that you read this, the 2019 observance of the holiday of Passover by Jews all over the world will be over. For those who are not familiar with the holiday, permit me to provide a...