The 2nd Annual Amoeba Summit presented by Florida Hospital For Children was held at the Florida Hospital SDA Church on September 9, 2016.  Naegleria fowleri is the amoeba that is found in freshwater and causes Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis.

Levitical laws aren’t the most popular of texts, but they are there for a reason.  Could it be that our relationship with these bloody texts have secrets of understanding Christ’s shed blood for us more appropriately? God gave that which is most valuable.

Rahab’s life was a mess, and she knew it. So when the opportunity presented itself, she sought mercy. All of us have, in one way or another, made a mess of our lives. If God’s grace can so change the life of Rahab that she becomes part of the lineage of sovereign royalty, what does […]

The story about the cities of Sodom and Gomorra has been told and retold for thousands of years. At first glance, it seems to hold just exactly what we want: the Bad Guys lose, and the Good Guys win. Is that really all there is to this story? Are we missing something if we only […]

God takes sinful people and turns them into true heroes This is great news for us! If God can use sinners like Samson to accomplish his work, he can use us—imperfect yet forgiven, fallen yet raised up again, sinners and saints at the same time—to serve him now.

Even when we try, our hearts are rarely, if ever, pure and our efforts have unintended consequences—sometimes radically unintended consequences. Worse yet, the example of our lives can sometimes reveal characteristics we would never want attributed to God: greed, selfishness, judgment, laziness, impatience, etc. And sometimes we don’t even have good intentions. So why should […]