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Children’s Ministry of South Florida

Justin Young
3 Jul 2013
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Did you know that 80 percent of the children in America do not attend church on a regular basis? While many churches have amazing and dynamic children’s ministries, the sad fact is that of the over 40 million children between the age of 4 and 14 living in the United States of America, 80 percent do not attend church regularly. So, while your church may be doing a phenomenal job of reaching kids inside the church body, there is a great need to go out and meet unchurched kids in their own neighborhoods and communities. Research conducted by the Barna […]

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This Thing Called Love

Caroline Navega
2 Jul 2013
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“I think that possibly, maybe, I’ve fallen for you…” As the song played in the background of the quaint Italian coffee shop, people ordered their café lattes and pastries, walking mindlessly past the young couple. To the passersby, they were two regular people having coffee — nothing noteworthy. That’s a fair judgment, though, seeing as how they felt the same way. “No one understands me quite like you do…” The song kept on, as though hand-picked for the scene, fitting perfectly as they sipped their lattes and let their eyes do all the talking. The only words that seemed to […]

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It’s Not Me It’s You

Tullian Tchividjian
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The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel. And there is perhaps no group of people who better embody the sin of self-righteousness in the Bible than the Pharisees. In fact, Jesus reserved his harshest criticisms for them, calling them whitewashed tombs and hypocrites. Surprisingly to some, this demonstrates that the thing that gets in the way of our love for God and a deep appreciation of his grace is not so much our unrighteous badness but our self-righteous goodness. In Surprised by Grace: God’s Relentless Pursuit of Rebels, I retell the story of […]

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Tools of Gossip

Philip Huber
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Parties and picnics are a huge part of summer where we gather with friends and family for hamburgers and hotdogs, potato salad and coleslaw, watermelon and popsicles. In the midst of all this socializing, gossip seeps in virtually unnoticed. Constant exposure has deadened our sensitivity to its soiling effect. We have set a place for gossip at our table, and the table cloth has become dingy. The silverware is set neatly around a plate piled high with gossip. The knife “A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret” (Proverbs 11:13, NIV). Gossip is a knife that […]

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Trees of Hope

Justin Young
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15 years ago, local woman Dee Proietto had an awakening. Although she had come to Christ years earlier and was even serving in ministry, Proietto had deep wounds from sexual abuse she experienced as a child; wounds that had yet to be healed. She shares, “I didn’t realize how deeply the hurt from my past was still affecting me.” Proietto began an intense search for a Bible-based resource she could turn to in order to find healing from the wounds of her past but found nothing. She continues, “My journey of healing started off with just me and God. He […]

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Summer Priorities for Parents

Brody Howell
10 Jun 2013
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The heat is on! Which means that summer has arrived. As parents, you are now faced with the daunting task of figuring out what to do with your kids during what will seem like endless days for you and fast paced days for the kids. Now that the kids are out of school, it is no easy task trying to figure out how to fill their time and keep them busy without destroying the house, trashing the back yard and hanging the cat upside down from the tree while you are at work. Are there enough activities during the day, […]

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The Gospel > Complementarianism

Lori Harding
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If you are like me, you are probably wondering what in the world the word complementarianism means! If you looked for it in your Bible you would not find it. In fact, it is not in my dictionary or spell check. Many words we use today do not appear in the Bible and yet they do reflect truths and principles from the Bible. Male and female roles If I had to “label” my understanding of male and female as God created them I would say I am complementarian. But here is the deal. If you would have asked me about […]

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Silence Is Not an Option

Cory Nickols
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1.2 million children are trafficked each year for the very first time. 1.2 million children – that’s one child every 26 seconds. And sadly, by the time you finish reading this article, 18 children will have been enslaved – the majority of them lured or forced into the sex-trade. Now picture for a moment, you are with your own precious children or your nieces and nephews and all of a sudden they vanish from thin air, never to be seen again. They are screaming out at the top of their lungs for help, but no one is there to hear […]

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Father’s Day Gifts Your Dad Actually Wants

Rick Deal
9 Jun 2013
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Father’s Day is just around the corner, and we all struggle with trying to find the right gift for dad. The tie is too cliché, so what should you get him instead? The real challenge is finding a gift that your father will enjoy and actually use, so here we have a list of items that the patriarch of your household probably already wants. Keep in mind that no two fathers are exactly the same, so not everything on this list will be right for everyone. Read through, use your judgment and find what your dad is really is really […]

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How to Reap A Harvest

Jeremy McKeen
8 Jun 2013
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Doing good for others can grow old. Doing the right things can become tiring, especially when you do not see any tangible results, and especially when it seems like the people who do not do the right things are the ones actually achieving success. In the final chapter of his letter to the Galatians, Paul wrote to Christians who were tempted to go back to their old way of doing things and give up doing the right thing. They were growing tired of supporting the church, helping the weak, bearing with one another’s burdens and doing good in the lives […]

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