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Dr. Debra A. Schwinn: Camp Provides Fun, Friendship and Caring Community

Dr. Debra A. Schwinn
9 Feb 2022
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For those of you, like me, who cherish memories from a Christian summer camp, I invite you to imagine what it takes to provide youngsters that exuberant, life-changing experience. Consider, for example, what you’ll find at Camp Canaan in Rock Hill, South Carolina.  On the front lines, look for attentive, patient, fun-loving camp counselors like Palm Beach Atlantic University senior Brenna Brown, who loves romping through a mud-fest with a passel of screaming teens. Brenna at Camp Canaan “I just fell in love with Camp Canaan,” said Brenna. “There’s so much passion there, passion in teaching about God and passion […]

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Dr. O.S. Hawkins: Finding Jesus in Genesis

Dr. O.S. Hawkins
7 Feb 2022
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Dr. O.S. Hawkins, Guidestone Financial Resources, Good News Media Group, February 2022

“Then He (God) said, ‘Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you…And he (the Angel) said, ‘Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.’ Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So […]

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Edwin Copeland: Church United Prepares for 2022 Kickoff Event with Expectancy

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2022 feels different. It feels important. There’s an expectancy in the air — a sense that God has been preparing us (the local Church in South Florida) for this moment — to lean in, to seek him, to come together united on a mission that’s fueled by prayer, repentance and dependency on God to do what only He can do: move.  Throughout the journey of Church United over the last six years we have been praying and trusting God to do a work in South Florida that was of such magnitude we’d have to look back and say only God […]

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Edwin Copeland, Church United, Good News Media Group, February 2022

Rob Hoskins: Nothing Matters More

Rob Hoskins
3 Feb 2022
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Rob Hoskins, OneHope, Good News Media Group, February 2022

Serving a global ministry like OneHope, I’ve had the opportunity to hear hundreds of incredible testimonies from young people all around the world who have experienced the life-changing message of the gospel. Each story I hear reminds me of the necessity of reflection, of taking a moment to look at our past and thank God for seeing us through. What Matters More? My good friend, Pastor Mayo Sowell, recently brought a prophetic reminder to the OneHope team from Philippians 1:18, and I believe it has application to all of our lives. The verse reads: “But what does it matter? Nothing […]

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Omar Aleman: Opposites Attract

Omar Aleman
20 Jan 2022
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(Scroll down to leave a comment on these two opposites) The Princess The luxurious European vehicle sped from the Hotel Ritz Paris with pursuers in tow. It traveled to the Pont de l’Alma tunnel, where shortly thereafter the car was involved in a horrific crash that caused the death of three of its occupants, among them a member of British royalty and her  rich boyfriend. It occurred just after midnight on August 31, 1997. The passing of Diana Spencer, the beloved former Princess of Wales, convulsed the world into such a state of grief that three million mourners and onlookers […]

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Omar Aleman, Aleman & Associates, Inc., Good News Media Group, January 2022

Newton Fairweather: The Company Line

Newton Fairweather
12 Jan 2022
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Newton Fairweather, Faith and Joy Church and CBMC Fort Lauderdale Board Chaplin, Good News Media Group, January 2022

(Scroll down to leave a comment on the “company line.”) “A Few Good Men” Recently I was in a bible study that I have been attending for almost two years. I was one of many that attended the class, and I have grown to appreciate not only the fellowship but the friendships that have emerged. It is really a unique space. From this, I am convinced that GOD has a sense of humor, as it is a gathering of people who are all from different sides of the tracks. From time to time, I have asked myself, what am I […]

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Amber Harrison: VH Support Matches Worship Leaders with Churches

Amber Harrison
11 Jan 2022
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Last year provided Village Hymns many opportunities to continue developing and supporting worship leaders as they lead their own worship ministries across South Florida. As we at Village Hymns reflect on 2021, we are grateful and excited for what God has done in and through our organization. We wrote and released new music, met with the Village Hymns cohort monthly, and found new ways to support worship ministries throughout our region. In the middle of the year, a few worship and church leaders began to contact us, asking for help finding musicians who could fill temporary worship team positions. Through […]

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Amber Harrison, Village Hymns, Good News Media Group, January 2022

Lisa May: 2022: Resolve to Obey

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Lisa May, Live the Life South Florida, Good News Media Group, January 2022

Last year I closed out the year with an article on resolving to forgive in 2021. I’d be curious how we did with the resolution to forgive. For me, I continued to wrestle with hurt from someone that I said would never, ever betray me. It’s been a hurt that continued for several years, but God reminds me of what Jesus said as He was being crucified: “Forgive them, for they know not what they do.”  I was also reminded of the verse, “All things work together for the good of those that love the Lord and are called according […]

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Dr. Tommy Boland: Toooo Infinity . . . and Beyond!

Dr. Tommy Boland
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As we launch out into a new year together, let’s begin with a vision that transcends the details of daily living. Let us pause together for a moment in the presence of our Lord and consider all that He has planned for us in 2022. The title for this month’s message recalls the iconic words from Buzz Lightyear in the beloved movie “Toy Story.” If you are anything like me, when you hear the first part of the statement — “Toooo Infinity . . .” — you immediately follow up with, “and Beyond!” Infinity is Everything At this point you […]

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Dr. Tommy Boland, Cross Community Church, Good News Media Group, January 2022

Gene L. Green, PhD: There’s A Method to the Madness

Dr. Gene L. Green
10 Jan 2022
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Gene L. Green, PhD, Trinity International University – Florida, Good News Media Group, January 2022

(Scroll down to leave a comment on how the maddening global spread of Christianity has affected you.) A back-stage tour At the beginning of this year, dear reader, I would like to invite you to come backstage with me and take a tour of the ideas that sit behind the “There and Back Again” columns.  As you may have guessed, my administrative work at Trinity International University – Florida grows out of a concern for the well-being of the church. I firmly believe in Christian higher education, as you can read in the September 2021 edition of Good News. My […]

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