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Ocean’s Edge University Equips Christian Leaders

The Good News
14 Sep 2023
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How Ocean’s Edge Equips Leaders Our heart at Ocean’s Edge is to equip the next generation of leaders to find their purpose and fulfill their calling. We exist to bridge the gap in education and discipleship to raise up leaders who passionately love God and have a heart to grow in their giftings. If you are a college-age student looking to grow in leadership, and desire to be invested in by leaders who care about you, this is the place for you. We provide the opportunity to get a degree through our partner schools while being equipped and trained with […]

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Omar Aleman: On The Run

Omar Aleman
12 Sep 2023
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Paul Harvey’s voice and delivery were exceptional, not to mention the mandatory ending to his daily broadcast. I take monthly license with these articles by utilizing his familiar format; a personal experience followed by a weaving tale until we get to “the end of the story.” And today will be more of the same. Run in the relay There I was in the afternoon gym class prepared to give it all for the team. The coach had broken us into four groups of four for a relay race only available to the swiftest. We were running dead last as I […]

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Omar Aleman, Aleman and Associates, Good News Media Group, September 2023

Stephan Tchividjian: We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Box

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Stephan Tchividjian, National Christian Foundation South Florida, Good News Media Group, September 2023

Box of mystery Years ago, when our children were younger, we used to schedule “mystery family vacations.” The idea was a brilliant one, I might add. The concept was simple. Lisa and I would devise a fun family vacation but keep it a secret. We would simply share with our children the date of departure, the date of return and provide them a packing list, inserted with a few decoys to throw them off. The first year our children complained that we were terrible parents trying our best to ruin their lives, (jury is still out on that one) but […]

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Dr. Tommy Boland: Your Work Matters to God

Dr. Tommy Boland
6 Sep 2023
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On September 4, Americans celebrate the federal holiday known as Labor Day. So I’d like to give you a word of eternal encouragement about your labor: No matter where you work and what you do, your work matters to God. First, we must remember that work is not a result of the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Work was given to them before they sinned and rebelled against God. Work is one of God’s many good gifts to mankind. Theologians frequently refer to this as the Cultural Mandate or the Creation Mandate. “God created man […]

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Dr. Tommy Boland, Cross Community Church, Good News Media Group, September 2023

Dr. Debra A. Schwinn: PBA Equips Believers to Faithfully Defend the Gospel through Apologetics

Dr. Debra A. Schwinn
17 Aug 2023
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Dr. Paul Gould was confronted with the truth of the gospel when he was just 18 years old, a freshman in college.   “Someone shared the gospel with me, and I realized that if what that person was saying was actually true, then I had missed the boat,” said Gould. “I had grown up in church, but I just didn’t have an understanding of the gospel, and I didn’t know Jesus personally.”    A faith journey This evangelistic encounter sent Gould on a journey as a freshman in college, and he began going to an apologetics class with a friend.  “I […]

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The Rev. Dr. Mark George Van Dorn: Covid and Christianity, What Happens Now?

Dr. Mark George Van Dorn
16 Aug 2023
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The church in the words of C.S. Lewis, “…exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time.”  There is absolutely no doubt that the Church in our post-pandemic world has changed. Just ask any Christian how their faith has been impacted since the “pandemic” and you are likely to get an ear full. If you ask your local pastor the same question, they are apt to take you down a path of […]

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The Rev. Dr. Mark George Van Dorn, The International Swimming Hall of Fame, Florida Faith Church, Good News Media Group, August 2023

Dr. Tommy Boland: Prayer Changes Almost Everything

Dr. Tommy Boland
10 Aug 2023
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Dr. Tommy Boland, Cross Community Church, Good News Media Group, August 2023

God has commanded us and encouraged us to pray, and if we are going to be obedient to His revealed will, we must live a life marked by prayer.  “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (Romans 12:12). “Pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18). We are commanded to pray, but we are not to come to our Lord out of a sense of duty. Rather, we come into His presence because of a thankful, joy-filled devotion to the One who invites us to […]

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Omar Aleman: All’s Well That Ends Well

Omar Aleman
9 Aug 2023
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Manuel Sibila and I entered his Rambler, dialed WKIZ/AM and prepared to start celebrating the end of another school week by listening to tunes. Instead we heard chaotic reporting of an ongoing event that shook the world. As a high school freshman and a recent arrival to this country, it seemed inconceivable to me that the President had been shot and killed that November afternoon. The loss of JFK was a reality check for baby boomers. All of us would always remember where we were when we heard the news; it would never be the same again.  Tradition, transgression and […]

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Kevin Stowe: Make Time to Grieve

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Kevin Stowe, Trinity International University, Florida, Good News Media Group, August 2023

Summer is a fun time for families. There are visits and visiting, playing at the splash park, going to the beach, vacation Bible school and many other activities to keep the body and mind busy. It is good when the mind is busy, and if you are like me, your mind may be far too busy. Most of us do not like to think about, much less talk about our grief, but the reality is that we all have loss, and we all grieve. We also carry that grief with us to work, school and the marketplace even when we […]

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Rob Hoskins: The Church in a Digital Revolution: Navigating Digital Missions

Rob Hoskins
8 Aug 2023
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I was recently talking to a friend whose father pastors a megachurch in a majority world country. She and her husband had just left to plant a new church focused on the next generation. She explained, “We can’t lead the way my dad did. The very nature of the church has to change.”  She shared the story of a young lady named Camilla, who reached out to her through Instagram and expressed her suicidal thoughts. They met over coffee, and Camilla talked for over an hour about her struggles. Then, she asked if she could be prayed over. So there […]

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