The Shack: success as ‘God thing’

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1 Dec 2009
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William Paul Young, author of the best-selling book The Shack, told Baptist college students Oct. 31 that his novel’s remarkable success was a “God thing.” Speaking during homecoming festivities at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C., Young told an audience of around 1,000 about the book’s journey from its humble beginnings to its worldwide sales topping 10 million copies. Over the years, Young said, he had written stories as gifts to his children. So in 2005, when his wife, Kim, asked him to think outside the proverbial box and write a deeper and more involved story for the kids, The […]

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Giving Back This Holiday Season

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Congregations across the Nation to Team Up with Worldwide Charity Soles4Souls, a Nashville based not-for-profit charity, is teaming up with congregations across the United States this holiday season, with the hopes of collecting 250,000 shoes to distribute to those in need. This year’s event, “Thanks4Giving”, is a unique project that allows people across the nation to share their new or “gently used” shoes with those less fortunate.  One local church that is participating in the event is Calvary Chapel in Coral Springs. Calvary Chapel, a non-denominational Christian church that is committed to teaching the message of Jesus Christ, is holding […]

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Should preachers keep book royalties?

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Joel Osteen is fond of telling reporters that he hasn’t accepted a salary from the church he pastors,  Houston’s mammoth Lakewood Church, since 2005. When Pastor Rick Warren’s “The Purpose-Driven Life” made bestseller lists, he went on Larry King Live to tell America that he has reimbursed his church for all the money he had ever received from Saddleback Church and that he and his wife Kay are now “reverse tithing”: they keep 10 percent of their income and give away 90 percent. Fans and some in the media swooned at these conspicuous displays of generosity. The Orlando Sentinel’s Mark […]

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Celebrate 12 Days of Christmas w/ meaning

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Have you ever wanted more meaning from the Christmas season? In their new book, The 12 Days of Christmas, authors Linda Coates and Leslie S. Kelly help you and your family get just that.  This is not just another Christmas book. It is a way to recapture what has been lost in the hustle and bustle of Christmas so that this year can be different. The 12 Days of Christmas helps families discover that Christmas Day is the kickoff for the celebration, not the final affair. The twelve-day adventure begins on December 26. In it, you will learn more about […]

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Christmas Classics… Great Holiday films

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A list of great Holiday films Grab some popcorn balls and enjoy these fun, festive holiday features! “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965). The Peanuts gang searches for the true meaning of Christmas in this half-hour animated treasure. It features funny dialogue, charismatic voice performances and an award-winning jazzy score by Vince Guaraldi. And how often do you hear cartoon heroes quoting from the gospel of Luke, proclaiming the Christ-child as the Messiah? “The Little Drummer Boy” (1968). The moving seasonal song comes to animated life in this 30-minute claymation parable with the highly-capable voices of Greer Garson, Jose Ferrer and […]

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My response is my responsibility

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My response is my responsibility Last month my wife and I finished “Love and Respect,” a married couples study, for the second time. Not that we didn’t get it the first time but it was so good that we wanted a refresher course. I think everyone has a need for refresher courses. Our daily routine can get so busy we can forget the basics of how to live every area of our life according to how God wants us to. I know I have taken several studies a second time over the last 12 years, and I will probably do […]

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The Good News makes big front pages at WayFest

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15 Nov 2009
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Over 230 front page were taken at this year’s WayFest.   If you were one who made it on the front page of The Good News you can download yours by replacing the 000 with your assigned number. www.goodnewsfl.org/wayfest000.jpg (Copy and paste into your browser)

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The Good News makes big front pages at WayFest

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Over 230 front page were taken at this year’s WayFest.   If you were one who made it on the front page of The Good News you can download yours by replacing the 000 with your assigned number. www.goodnewsfl.org/wayfest000.jpg (Copy and paste into your browser)

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Food For The Poor: life changing ideas

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28 Oct 2009
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In today’s current economy, the South Florida-based humanitarian organization, Food For The Poor, offers unique gift ideas to fit any budget. Food For The Poor’s gift catalog is filled with opportunities to shop for a worthy cause and change lives this holiday season. “I encourage you to invest in feeding a starving family this Christmas,” said Angel Aloma, Food For The Poor’s executive director. “For only $12 a month – $144 a year – you can feed a starving family in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Rural families, already struggling with soaring food prices in Haiti, were […]

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Sleeping our rights away

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Imagine if you will, that you own a home in South Florida that’s not your primary residence. One day, a person comes along and takes over the house … out in the open, for all to see. They turn on all the lights, bake cookies for the neighbors and enroll their children in the school down the street. Maybe your neighbors assume that you’ve sold them the house, and they simply go on with their day. The squatters residing in your property even pay your property taxes! And they do so for seven uninterrupted years. If this little dream sequence […]

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