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Ikondo is Redefining Mission Trips

Anitra Parmele
8 Aug 2017
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Your Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat are flooded with pictures of you and your family. There’s that moment when you conquered a stand-up paddle board, your triumphant grin just a little brighter than the sunlight reflected off the crystal clear ocean waves. The expression of exhilaration as you explored a mountain bike trail that wound up the side of a real mountain, a foreign concept when your only previous point of reference was Mount Trashmore. Pictures that capture a trip full of laughter, adventure, hanging with your family and late-night conversations about life. Pictures from your recent trip to . . […]

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When Do You Need a Financial Advisor?

Edward Jones
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Are you a “do-it-yourselfer”? If you can take care of home repairs, lawn work and other types of maintenance by yourself, you’ll save money and probably gain satisfaction. But you will almost certainly need some help in other areas of your life – one of which may be investing. In fact, you could benefit from the services of a professional financial advisor at several points in your life:Are you a “do-it-yourselfer”? If you can take care of home repairs, lawn work and other types of maintenance by yourself, you’ll save money and probably gain satisfaction. But you will almost certainly […]

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Cosmic Compassion

Dr. Tommy Boland
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“Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll – are they not in your record?” (Psalm 56:8). How do you see God? Sadly, far too many of us see Him as some distant deity, a “blind watchmaker,” disengaged from His creation and uninterested in them individually. Yet this verse makes it crystal clear that nothing could be further from the truth. Several of the best Bible translations render the middle section of Psalm 56:8, “Put my tears in your bottle.” Now, how is that for cosmic compassion?! How blessed we are to have a God who is not like […]

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A Theology of Addiction

John Hawkins, Sr
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Life is hard because of the curse of sin. God looked over His finished creation and said, “It is good.” God is working out His plan of redemption and restoration to return to the “it is good phase.” Until then we must deal with the realities and consequences of sin’s curse. Some do so successfully while others don’t. This is where addiction enters the human story. Escape from life realities At the core addiction is about escape as a coping mechanism. We have studies about the effects of substances on the brain and genetic predispositions to addiction. These things can […]

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Trinity International University Breaks into Criminal Justice

Gabriella Morris
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Trinity International University has recently introduced a Criminal Justice major to its curriculum at their sites in Miramar and Kendall. The Criminal Justice degree was created in response to a need to prepare students for a wide variety of career choices in law enforcement including corrections, cyber-crime and paralegal work. The degree will also prepare students for postgraduate study. Their hope is that this program based on Christian values will help students develop a deeper moral perspective into the realm of criminal justice in our society. According to Deborah Wiles, Director of Academic Operations, “The university exists to educate students […]

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Sidewalk Advocates for Life Expands in South Florida

Gabriella Morris
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One morning a mother of four approached the Fort Lauderdale Women’s Center with her husband seeking to abort her fifth child. Tom Walker, local director of Sidewalk Advocates, intercepted her and started a conversation with her as to why she wanted an abortion. She told him she was able to afford a child, but wasn’t comfortable with the pregnancy. After talking with him more, she told him she was a Christian, and had prayed that God would give her a sign if she wasn’t supposed to abort her child. She said that Walker sitting with her and talking to her […]

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Did Forrest Gump Get It Right?

Dr. Gary Hewins
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“I am not a smart man Jenny, but I know what love is,” said the fairly, simple-minded Forrest Gump. Who would disagree that living our lives in love is the most important calling upon each of us? Maybe Forrest Gump did have it figured out, but I am not sure I have quite mastered living a life of love. I am a work in progress. How about you? The very subject of love has its challenges. Love means so many different things to each of us. We each were “taught” love as a child and we each “caught” love as […]

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Back to School Prayer Lays a Foundation for Success

Shelly Pond
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As students return to school, people throughout South Florida will once again gather in prayer at their local elementary, middle and high schools on the Saturday before school starts to pray for the local campuses. Initiated by First Priority, a ministry passionate about connecting the church to reach the campus for Christ, Back to School Prayer 2017 simply encourages every person from every church to meet at their school’s flagpole at 9 a.m. and spend an hour in prayer. If you cannot access the flagpole, gather by the main school sign along the road. For Palm Beach County public schools […]

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Seamlessly Defining Worship, Work, Ministry, Service and Craftsmanship

Brad Schmidt
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Worship. Work. Ministry. Service. Craftsmanship. In our time and culture, we’ve defined each of those concepts differently, so that each needs its own distinct word in the English language. It’s become common, then, to think of worship as something you do on Sunday; work is what occupies your time Monday through Friday during business hours; ministry is something clergy does; service is a Saturday spent volunteering with Habitat for Humanity; and craftsmanship is an artist’s trade. In ancient Hebrew, however, there was one word to describe all of these concepts, and that word was avodah. It’s used by God first […]

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Faith-Based Organizations Helping Overcome Opioid Addiction

Shelly Pond
3 Aug 2017
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The nation is facing an opioid epidemic. In May, Governor Rick Scott declared a public health crisis in Florida. Opioid overdoses claimed 582 lives in Broward in 2016, nearly two each day, which is higher than lives claimed by car accidents or gunshots, according to Broward Sheriff Scott Israel. Fighting the Opioid Addiction A Community Action Team, comprised of 45 to 50 treatment providers, doctors, community organizations and enforcement officials, is working hard to find solutions. And in July, 82 drug dealers and traffickers were arrested during a three-day crackdown in Broward to help curb opioid abuse and the rise […]

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