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The Fourth Man in the Fire

Tullian Tchividjian
1 Apr 2015
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My good friend Doyle Moore died on Sunday February 22nd, one hour after watching me preach on the Coral Ridge Live-stream from a hospital bed in Boston. Doyle was an elder at Coral Ridge, a Liberate board member, and one of my greatest encouragers. He had cancer. And he had been suffering with his cancer for years. I recently had the privilege of preaching at his memorial service. Another good friend, Dan Siedell, spoke as well. Like me, Dan had been on the receiving end of Doyle’s life giving joy and generosity. What Dan said was so moving to me […]

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Parents Should Take an Offensive Stance for Drug and Alcohol Prevention

Brody Howell
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Raising teenagers in South Florida is challenging. Pressure for teenagers to smoke cigarettes, do drugs and drink alcohol are prevalent in society. The problem can be found in our schools, neighborhoods and parks . My neighborhood is a family neighborhood, which backs up to a large church. And yet, my teenage boys have been offered drugs while shooting hoops in the park. Church kids skip out on church to smoke pot in the park. Most public schools have accepted teen drug and alcohol use, and Christian schools are facing the challenge of binge drinking parties and marijuana use. The problem […]

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Enjoy Your Life!

Jeremy McKeen
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Does Christianity take the fun out of life? There are some people who tend to think so. They have this idea that following Jesus means the end of joy rather than the beginning of joy. In their opinion, the God of Christianity is sort of a harsh cosmic killjoy, just trying to keep people from really enjoying life. This couldn’t be further from the truth.   God wants you to enjoy life Remember where God placed Adam and Eve? God didn’t put them in a barren desert and tell them to endure it; he put them in a garden of […]

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Fitness, Faith & Family – 4KIDS BiG Cardio

Keisha McDonnough Virtue
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What do foster care, fitness, fundraising and family have in common? Well, this spring, to kick off National Foster Care Month, 4KIDS will celebrate its 8th annual 4KIDS BiG Cardio 5K Fitness and Sports event on Saturday, May 2 from 7 – 11 am at Central Broward Regional Park. Focusing on families and team sports, 4KIDS Big Cardio will feature seven different fitness activities and sports including the 5K run/walk, cardio class, cycling, Kidfit, Crossfit & obstacle course, a volleyball tournament and a kickball tournament. The choice of the month is not just a convenient coincidence; 4KIDS has been recognized, […]

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A Strange Way of Judging

Jonathan Linebaugh
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“There are two kinds of righteousness.” This phrase from Martin Luther identifies a motif in Victor Hugo’s, Les Misérables. The story of Jean Valjean is at once a literary masterpiece and a thunderbolt of social commentary. The massacre of the students involved in the June Rebellion and the agonizing existence Hugo portrays as the life of the poor function as a narrative unveiling of the injustice of Restoration France. The book is, in Hugo’s description, a “sad story” and the title tells the truth: it is about Les Misérables – the sufferers, the “wretched of the earth” as the musical […]

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Are Legalism And Lawlessness Opposites?

Tullian Tchividjian
3 Mar 2015
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“Legalism in the church was a huge problem 7-10 years ago, but I honestly feel that the pendulum has swung in the other extreme full force, to a fault on the other side. Legalism and moralism is not the problem today; licentiousness is.” “It’s a mistake to say that every person needs to be rescued from legalism. I didn’t grow up in a legalistic church culture. I grew up in a liberal church culture where anything and everything was permitted. I didn’t need to be saved from legalism. I needed to be saved from lawlessness.” These are a couple of […]

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2-1-1 Broward Presents Non-Profit Academy Awards

The Good News
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In true academy awards style, nearly 800 executives, community leaders and members of the non-profit sector attended the sold-out 5th Annual South Florida Community Care Network Non-Profit Academy Awards hosted by Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and presented by 2-1-1 Broward on February 13. The prestigious awards honor the work of Broward County’s non-profit organizations and leaders. Distinguished winners of each of the 11 award categories were honored for their dedication to Broward County and the impact they have on the community. Winners in each category received an Academy Award statue and $1,000 for their non-profit organizations. Finalists in […]

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Artists in Church: An Untapped Resource

Dan Siedell
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Let’s face it. The creative response to creation that we call art doesn’t play a prominent role in the church. As pastors and Christian leaders, we’re just not quite sure what to make of it. But taking art and the artist seriously can be more than organizing art museum visits, hanging paintings in the sanctuary, hosting an artist in residence or talking about beauty. Through my twenty-year career as an art historian, museum curator and art critic, I am convinced that the artist is an untapped resource. One of the most important needs of the artist is in the conversation […]

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What Were They Thinking?

Patricia Hartman
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Isn’t that the question you ask when your pastor runs off with a church member or your friend runs off with his/her trainer from the gym?   The verdict is in: Count 1:  Infidelity – Guilty Count 2:  Not thinking – Guilty What were they not thinking about? The consequences of their actions – the devastation that can never be completely overcome. Before you start shaking your head and pointing your finger, realize that we are all only one thought, touch, look, gaze or Facebook contact from a fall.   Think it can’t happen to you? That’s what most adulterers […]

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Dealing with Death’s Reality

John Hawkins, Sr
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American culture does not deal well with the reality of death. Most people live in denial of it. We pretend it will never happen to us or to someone we love. When death touches our life in some way, most of us don’t know how to act, what to say or how to grieve. In other cultures death is accepted and confronted in all its reality. It used to be more so in our recent past. People would be cared for at home and often die there. The body would be viewed and the wake held at home over perhaps […]

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