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Ocean’s Edge School of Worship Presents

The Good News
16 May 2011
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – May 10, 2011 – On Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4, 2011, Ocean’s Edge School of Worship (OE), a Life of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, will be celebrating their fifth year of training Christian artists, musicians and worship leaders at a free event called The Show. The Show is a showcase of the artists and worship leaders, which is consistently remembered as a highlight of the alumni’s experience during their time at OE. It is an opportunity for many students to apply skills and knowledge they have acquired by entertaining the audience with their original […]

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Age of the Apocalypse?

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
12 May 2011
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With all of the things that are happening in our world today, many people are talking about the coming apocalypse. It is interesting to note that the word “apocalypse” means “lifting the veil” in the Greek language.  God is surely telling us something by all these current events – so, what does our Bible have to say about it? Studying the Book of the Revelation of Saint John is a profound endeavor. There is so much symbolism to try to understand and everyone seems to have different explanations. But, when we study the other prophets and the Olivet Discourse, (Matthew […]

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JUDGEMENT DAY – Accurate Prediction or False Teaching?

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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Judgment Day is quickly approaching. In fact, it will be taking place on May 21, 2011. And the end of the world? That is scheduled to happen on October 21, 2011. Well, these are the predictions of Christ’s return according to Christian broadcaster, Harold Camping, and separate Bible-based Life, www.ebiblefellowship.com. Camping has received these two very important dates through what he believes is a Biblical calendar that has been hidden according to the Books of Daniel and Revelation. Camping proclaims that he has been able to accurately predict these dates through the use of the mathematical application combined with the […]

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ROB BELL: Does Love Really Win In The End?

Anitra Parmele
11 May 2011
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Is Rob Bell a Universalist? Is the recent cyber maelstrom ignited before the publication of his latest book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, an indication of the resonance this topic inspires or of the dangers of reviewing a book you haven’t read? Can a loving God condemn billions of people to a literal hell? Is the instruction of Matthew 18 applicable when the perceived “sin” is committed by way of a promotional video on YouTube? Can posing everything as a question protect the poser from ever having to lay […]

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Dream Center – You were Born for Greatness

Cory Nickols
8 May 2011
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Have you ever had a dream from God to do something great and the thought of fulfilling it burned deep within you? No matter what life tossed at you, it produced a tenacity and determination to keep moving forward toward the goal. This was true of Pastor Matthew Barnett, a New York Times bestselling author of The Cause Within You and co-founder of the Dream Center in Los Angeles. He said, “I was 16 years old at youth camp in Prescott, AZ when God called me to do something for Him in Los Angeles.” Barnett went on to say that […]

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Dealing with a Bully

Dr. John Hawkins
27 Apr 2011
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When I think of bullies my mind flashes back to the 7th grade. I was walking home from school with my cousin and her friend who were 9th graders. In front of us was another 7th grader, the size of a 9th grader. He had obviously hit puberty quicker than me. What I noticed was that he was picking on a much smaller child in elementary school; he kept tripping him. I don’t know why, perhaps it was some innate sense of justice, a desire to impress my cousin and her friend, or the feeling that it was the manly […]

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Songs of the Revolution

Anitra Parmele
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Born and raised in Canton, Ohio, Kelly Williams displayed talent at a young age. “When I was only three or four years old, I would sit on the floor and bang on the pots and pans,” he explains. A good student, Kelly’s parents got called to school only when Kelly was acting up for his classmates. It would be a talent that would he would capitalize on at the tender age of seven. “The Gong Show held auditions at my school and I was selected.” Kelly became the youngest contestant to win the popular television talent show. “I knew that […]

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Heaven is for Real: Just Maybe the Real Thing

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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I remember picking up Heaven is for Real at the bookstore and being a bit skeptical. Haven’t we all heard a story or two of people dying for a short period of time and sharing their experience of Heaven…or Hell. I questioned how accurate a young child could recall an event like this, if it did actually happen. Doubts aside, I started to read the book the following day. Written in a simple, yet compelling manner, I couldn’t put it down and finished it in one sitting! After reading the book I am completely convinced that four year old Colton […]

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Planning Your Mother’s Extraordinary Day

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts.  A mother always has to think twice – once for herself and once for her child.  ~Sophia Loren I recently came across a description of what a mother “is”. It said that, “She is a cook, house keeper, teacher, nurse, handyman, maid, security, coordinator, supervisor, manager, secretary, nutritionist, caretaker, personal assistant, life coach, bookkeeper, laundry maid, taxi driver and a motivational speaker. She doesn’t get holiday pay, sick pay or days off and she is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.” That being […]

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Epic Family-friendly Summer Destinations

Dabney Hedegard
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With summer right around the corner, sometimes a quick trip with the family is the best way to recharge our batteries from our overscheduled lives. Thankfully, with a little creative effort, a mini-escape can easily fit within the family budget.  The Florida Keys  $$ Key Largo, the northern most Key, is known as the dive capital of the world and features the United States’ only living coral barrier reef. Dive enthusiasts can explore century old shipwrecks, underwater cities of coral and the sunken, 4,000 pound bronze Christ of the Abyss statue (located at John Pennekamp State park – the oldest […]

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