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January is Parental Half-Time

Dr. Bob Barnes and Torrey Roberts
3 Jan 2019
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If you are a parent, January isn’t really the beginning of your child’s year, its half time. Your family year begins in August as the children start school and all their other activities. The question is, what do you do with half-time? What do coaches do with half-time? Do they take the players into the locker room and celebrate that they are almost over with the game? Do they just relax before going back on the field?  No! Leaders of the team make adjustments, and that’s exactly what the first weeks in January are for: making the necessary evaluations and […]

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Dr. Tommy Boland
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“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it — he will be blessed in what he does” (James 1:23-25). A kind of mirror The great Protestant reformer, John Calvin, who contributed so much to our present-day understanding of Scripture, undoubtedly had James […]

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Man of Spectacular Dreams, Dr. Jess Moody, Founding PBA President, Dies

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Dr. Jess C. Moody, founding president of Palm Beach Atlantic University, died Friday, Dec 7, 2018. He was 93. “As the University celebrates its 50th year, we give thanks for a giant of a Christian crusader, a Bible preacher, a visionary dreamer and our founding president,” said President William M. B. Fleming, Jr. “Dr. Moody’s mark is on every Palm Beach Atlantic graduate and student. His sweet love and unlimited devotion to young people is legendary. Stories will continue to be written and told about Dr. Jess Moody, a servant for all seasons and all mankind.” Moody came to West […]

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Veritas et Vino Begins Speaker and Apologetics Forum

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The red carpet was rolled out in December for the unveiling of Veritas et Vino (V2), South Florida’s new and uniquely engaging Speaker and Apologetics Forum.  This new Happy Thinking Hour is the passion and brainchild of businesswoman Rose Ann Lovell. Kelly Monroe Kullberg, Lovell’s Chief Collaborator and best-selling author of “Finding God Beyond Harvard” was the first featured speaker.  As founder of the Veritas Forum at Harvard, Kullberg brought Ravi Zacharias to speak at Harvard. Zacharias credits Kullberg in the foreword of her book to changing the course of his life. (View event video at veritasetvino.org) Changing the course […]

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Good News Readers Donated $1,100 to Charities

The Good News
27 Dec 2018
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For the second consecutive year the GOOD NEWS reader donors have partnered with the Good News Media Group Foundation in an expression of Thanks as we honor those in need at South Florida Charities with $1100 split evenly between eleven outstanding groups that honor God every day in their faithful service to His kingdom. The group below is varied and cover a panoply of heart endeavors. For our readers and sponsors we wish to share that these charities were not chosen because of a high profile but contrary because of a greatest need and to provide some level of encouragement […]

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Money Sense-Save More for Retirement With These 5 Tips

Franz Koch
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Even if you are juggling other financial goals, here are some steps from Merrill Lynch Wealth Management to help you get back on track. YOU ARE BUSY WITH YOUR CAREER, maybe buying a home, having kids, saving for college — even starting a business. It is the stuff of life — and retirement often takes a backseat to all of those immediate financial priorities. Suddenly, you are hitting your 40s or 50s, and you realize you have fallen behind on planning for your future. So how can you catch up? Debra Greenberg, director, Personal Retirement Strategy and Solutions at Bank […]

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Walmart VP Links Business, Cultural & Biblical Worldviews Thru Lifework

Shelly Pond
26 Dec 2018
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When Walmart Vice President and Regional Manager Elise Vasquez-Warner was transferred from the South Florida region to the Orlando area just over a year ago, she found a supportive network of like-minded professionals at Lifework Leadership in Orlando.   With teaching from nationally-known speakers, case studies with prominent business people, literary discussion and practical life application, Lifework examines the life of Jesus as the best example of leadership and is carefully crafted to engage leaders on issues they face in their personal and business lives. Having served as a coach for six years after graduating from the faith-based program in […]

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Unleashed Women’s Event seeks freedom and sisterhood for every South Florida woman

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What does it mean to be a woman? What are we called to do? Where do we place our hope? These days there is a renewed energy and passion for the answers to those questions, along with a lot of discouragement and confusion. In January a team of local ministry leaders and women from across South Florida will come together to launch Unleashed, a movement beyond despair and confusion to clarity, hope and resolve for becoming all we were meant to be in this world and in the life to come. Christians believe Jesus overcame. He took on the sins […]

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A Christmas Post: Mary’s Message

Rob Hoskins
19 Dec 2018
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I love thinking about the Christmas story from Mary’s vantage point. Everyone remembers being a teenager… you’re figuring out your gifts and beginning to envision the future. Imagine teenage Mary and her prospects for the future as a poor, obscure Jew. Suddenly, she is visited by an angel and endowed with a mandate like no other in history! “In the Sixth Month God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her […]

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Good News Wants to Know…What is your family’s most unique Christmas tradition?

The Good News
13 Dec 2018
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Approaching the holidays with anticipation, we look forward to family gatherings and celebrations with friends. As you prepare for this season, Good News Wants to Know… What is your family’s most unique Christmas tradition? Among our favorite Christmas traditions is to daily read the Palm Beach Atlantic University Advent Guide. For 22 years, the University faculty, students and alumni have been contributing daily devotionals for the Advent season.  Once published only in print, the guide is now available online to a wider audience. Our Christmas prayer is this guide offers inspiration, hope and unity for our Christ-first community. We receive […]

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