Who is On the Lord’s Side?

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9 Mar 2014
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By: Penni Bulten “Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, ‘Are you for us or for our adversaries?’ He said, ‘No; rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the LORD’” (Joshua 5:13-14). As Joshua discovered, God transcends the question, “Are you on our side or on our enemies’ side?” He also transcends the American version of the question: Is God a Republican […]

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Unmarketing: Jesus’ Unconventional Method of Spreading His Message

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6 Mar 2014
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I’ve thought for the longest time that marketing and advertising (my chosen profession) is probably the most useless things in the world of Christianity.  My rationale goes something like this: Jesus didn’t have a brand. He didn’t even have logo. Jesus didn’t have the media. He didn’t even have the internet for crying out loud. Jesus wasn’t worried about ROI (his Return On Investment) And yet the entire known world was changed by a man with no marketing plan. Inconceivable. And yet. And yet there are still some things we business people can glean from Jesus’ un-marketing methods.  Let’s start […]

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Local Church Meeting at the Movies

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5 Mar 2014
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Special to the Good News Choosing a 20-foot movie screen and comfy chairs with cup holders over the traditional pew and pulpit, Coastal Community Church launched its church services in the Muvico Broward 18 Theater on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 10:15 a.m. Holding a church service in a movie theater may seem odd, but Coastal is actually the latest in a nationwide trend of progressive churches that meet in movie theaters in an effort to be more accessible to the community. “Everyone goes to movie theaters,” says TJ McCormick, Coastal’s pastor. “It’s a comfortable, non-threatening environment for people who […]

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Ripped Apart By Suicide

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4 Feb 2014
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By: Julie Woodley A couple of months ago, a friend came to me and told me that his 74 year-old father-in-law committed suicide. This man was an upstanding Christian and of course, it shocked the whole family. As I reached out to his daughters, I began to reflect how suicide had impacted my own life – something I never felt I had the strength to speak out about – and a part of me felt that to speak it out would be to betray the distorted family messages that I had carried all these years. God continued to nudge me […]

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Jesus Christ, Victor over the State

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By: Penni Bulten Jesus was constantly turning the tables on iron-fisted hypocrites who undermined the rule of law, especially two groups who regularly tried forcing him and everyone else into their molds: religious legalists and bureaucratic statists. Statists The Herodians, sometimes teaming up with hypocrites among the Pharisees, tried to trip up Jesus (Matthew 22:15-22) with the question: Is it lawful to pay tribute to Caesar or not? His answer draws the line: Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to him. Government claims only its own privileges, not God’s nor anyone else’s. Legalists Legalists […]

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Holiday Safety Tips

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5 Dec 2013
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By: Sheriff Scott Israel As we enter the holiday season, the Broward Sheriff’s Office reminds you of a few important safety tips to help protect your identity and keep you safe now and throughout the year. Usually a festive time of celebration, the holidays are also a time when people become vulnerable to identity theft and other crimes. Too often, opportunistic criminals prey on holiday shoppers – both online and in retail stores. When making purchases this holiday season, BSO reminds you to follow these important safety tips. REMEMBER – To protect your identity: • Pay for purchases with a […]

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Rebuilding Lives of Asian Flood Victims

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17 May 2013
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Six-month Ongoing Ministry Anticipated for Rebuilding Lives of Victims Losing Everything CARROLLTON, Texas – In Bangladesh and parts of Myanmar (Burma) where Tropical Storm Mahasen left hundreds of thousands displaced and homeless, Gospel for Asia (GFA) missionaries are on the job delivering food, clothing and temporary shelter. Gospel for Asia (www.gfa.org) will still be involved in this crisis far into 2013. No immediate aid will substitute for the long-term recovery of those who lost everything in one storm. “There will be months of agony for these suffering people long after the media has forgotten,” said K. P. Yohannan, Gospel for […]

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10 Steps to Setting Achievable Goals

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7 Dec 2012
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Colleen Webb Good News Christmas is around the corner, and it’s time to drag the boxes of decorations down from the attic and start hanging the lights! For many, this is also a time for reflection on the past year, and our lives in general, as we wonder where the time has gone. As the year races to a close, this is a great time to hold a personal performance review. It is the prelude to goal setting for a fresh start; a new beginning for a new year. Often it doesn’t take much for us to acknowledge that we […]

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More Than a Thrift Store

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5 Dec 2012
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Brian and Victor know how it feels to be battered, frightened, and alone – and their heart-wrenching story is repeated every day here in South Florida. The brothers came from a family broken by alcohol, abuse and drugs. At the ages of nine and ten, they were removed from the only family they knew and placed into foster care. As the years passed, Brian and Victor moved from one foster home to another to another. Then, as each turned eighteen and “aged out” of the system, they managed to pull together their meager resources and move into a small room […]

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Winning Against Wildfires

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20 Jul 2012
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Colorado Springs faces hundreds of homes and millions of dollars lost to the record-breaking Waldo Canyon fire, but with a renewed spirit of togetherness By Sarah Padbury (WNS)– On Tuesday, June 26, a three-day-old wildfire on the northwestern edge of Colorado Springs screamed out of control and roared into the city, forever changing the landscape and the reputation of the community known as much for its idyllic mountain views as for being an evangelical mecca for Christian nonprofits. The Waldo Canyon fire burned through 18,247 acres to become the most damaging fire in Colorado history. Hundreds of families only had […]

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