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Does This Dress Make Me Look Fat?

Patricia Hartman
3 Feb 2015
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Men, does this question strike fear in your hearts? It is the title question raised by Stephen James and David Thomas in their book subtitled “A Man’s Guide to the Loaded Questions Women Ask.” Other no-win questions they teach you to answer are: • “Do you notice anything different about the house?” • “Do you think that woman is pretty?” • “Am I like my mother?” • “Are you as happy as I am?” • “Is there anything you don’t like about me?” While her girlfriends may be “allowed” to answer these questions logically or honestly, you cannot. Your wife […]

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Insights to Emotional Health for Couples

Steve Davis
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What’s the difference between couples whose marriages remain faithful, upbeat and nourishing (FUN) and those who get stuck in the routine, unhappy and tedious (RUT)? Current psychological research verifies repeatedly that emotional intelligence (EI) and emotional health (EH) have a direct effect on maintaining quality FUN relationships. The following three potent secrets discovered in EI and EH research studies have a strong tendency to super-charge a relationship.   Take self-talk to the next level Before we say anything to others, we have said something to ourselves. Self-talk is an essential part of inter-personal communication, particularly with our mates. To take […]

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I Stand Corrected

Jeremy McKeen
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Nobody likes to be corrected. Yet, correction is often like bad tasting medicine; it doesn’t make you feel good in the moment, but it can help you to become better in the days to come. Solomon put it like this, “It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools” (Ecclesiastes 7:5 NIV). The song of fools is figurative for being serenaded with flattery. So, in other words, both correction and compliments are good, but when it comes to developing your inner life and character, correction has more value.   […]

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Who Is This Man?

Dr. Tommy Boland
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In what is commonly referred to as the “love month” due to the celebration of Valentine’s Day, I have a word of unimaginable comfort for you from the One who loves you more than you could ever imagine. “But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them’ ” (Luke 15:2 NIV). Who is this Man? Who is This Man who welcomes sinners and eats with them? He is none other than God incarnate who left the throne room of heaven, took on the flesh of man in the form of a […]

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Rekindling the Father-Daughter Bond with Your Teen

Lyette Reback
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It’s Valentine’s Day…a day where husbands (should) spoil their wives with chocolates and flowers — a sweet card full of gushy memories, a nice dinner out with your sweetheart — Ahhhhh…l’amour. Recently a father wrote me asking about how to relate to his teenage daughter. How can he read her, know what she needs or understand what she is really asking for? And I thought this being the season for love maybe I could help you dads out a bit — woman to man. I’ll let you in on some secrets about what women want…really want — even if they […]

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Helping the Homeless with LoveBags

Melissa Presser
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Born out of a call to be doers of the Word and not just hearers of it, Bob Denison, a yacht broker from Fort Lauderdale, and his friends began a ministry known as LoveBags. Desiring to reach the homeless for Christ in a real and tangible way, Denison and a group of friends from Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale about nine years ago began putting together bags for the homeless that included sandwiches, water, socks and other necessary items for daily living. The bags were ultimately put together to encourage people and to spread the love of Jesus through a simple […]

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Coach Rick Recognized as a “Hero Among Us”

The Good News
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Coach Rick Andreassen, founder of Saints International, a physical education program for home school students, received the “Heroes Among Us” award at the Panthers vs. Blue Jackets hockey game on January 29. The award recognizes South Florida heroes who strive to serve and show selflessness in our community. CJ George, a home school student who attended Saints, nominated Coach Rick for the award. George, who was often anxious and struggled with panic attacks, said Coach Rick always displayed patience, love and encouragement toward him. George said the athletic spirit he learned at Saints carried him through stage three cancer and […]

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Disabled Crew Enters Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race

The Good News
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Among forty-two sailboats participating in the 40th Annual Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race in January was the Impossible Dream, a sixty-foot sailing catamaran specifically built for wheelchair access. A four-man crew of disabled sailors operated the ship. Daniel Evans, a U.S. Paralympic champion, captained the Impossible Dream. His crew consisted of two other Paralympians, Julia Dorsett and Bradley Johnson and lastly Deborah Mellen, founder of Impossible Dream Project. The Impossible Dream makes disabled sailors’ dreams truly attainable. Boat designer Mike Brown, himself a paraplegic, set out to create a yacht that could sail the oceans, entirely operated by a […]

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Hope in the Land of Giants!

Dr. Susan Michael
2 Feb 2015
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“There is hope in your future,’ says the Lord, ‘That your children shall come back to their own border’” (Jeremiah 31:17). The story of the Jewish people is unlike any other history of a people group known on the earth. First, their very birth was a miracle because Sarah was well past child-bearing years when the promised son, Isaac, was conceived. Their survival through 4,000 years of enslavement, wanderings, exiles and attempts at annihilation is also miraculous. None of the other small people groups from the Genesis story exist today because one exile alone is enough to wipe out a […]

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G-rated Romance and Relationships in an R-rated World

Brody Howell
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We live in a sexually saturated society. There is no secret to Victoria. There is nothing subtle about Miley Cyrus. And the sanctity of marriage is no longer sanctified. Parents, your children need to have a God Rating when it comes to romance and relationships. The world’s R-rated messages and images bombard our children. It’s in direct conflict with God. Parents having “the talk” can feel like jumping off a cliff without a parachute. So, most parents put it off too long or avoid it all together. As a preteen, I was given a book and instructed to “ask questions […]

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