There is ONE worldwide Christian Church - right? Our Bible says it - ONE Lord - ONE faith - ONE baptism - ONE God and Father of all! Jesus prayed for us - that they may be ONE! There should be ONE unified belief system that all Christians everywhere agree on - and live by - right? Not so much. There are certain core beliefs that Christians everywhere adhere to - but from there it gets crazy! Every time there is a disagreement about one nuance or another - a division occurs. This group separates and goes off in their own little corner and forms a - you guessed it - DENOMINATION! There are thousands! 42,000 Christian denominations in North America alone! How did we get here - and what are the contentious deal-breakers that cause us to disagree - divide - and separate? Today we begin a series on DENOMINATIONS. We start in this episode by going back to ancient Israel and tracking all the way through to the Protestant Reformation. It's an amazing journey - fraught with drama - deception - and downright treachery! Join us as we navigate through this labyrinth of DENOMINATIONS!