Month: April 2021

Get a sneak peek at the new game-changing YMCA on Sistrunk Boulevard

The now shuttered old YMCA on Northwest 14th Terrace in Fort Lauderdale was also named after Rev. Lloyd Alexander Lee, who was the director of what was then called the Northwest YMCA for six years, starting in 1950. The original building for Black people during American apartheid was a shack that opened in 1942. (Rod Stafford Hagwood / Courtesy) ... Read More

Justice Dept. inquiry into Matt Gaetz, Joel Greenberg said to be focused on cash paid to women, NYT reports

Investigators believe Joel Greenberg, the former tax collector in Seminole County, Florida, who was indicted last year on a federal sex trafficking charge and other crimes, initially met the women through websites that connect people who go on dates in exchange for gifts, fine dining, travel and allowances, according to three people with knowledge of the encounters. Greenberg introduced the women to Gaetz, who also had sex with them, the people said. ... Read More

NSU to require COVID vaccines for all students and staff in time for in-person fall semester

“As the state, nation and world begins to emerge from the months-long changes to our lives brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is pleased to announce that it intends to resume full, in-person classroom learning for on-ground courses for the fall 2021 semester,” the release says. “What makes this different from what other colleges and universities have announced for the fall semester is that NSU is mandating that all students and employees be fully... Read More

Some Church Plants Launch on Easter After COVID-19 Delays

New congregations have put their initial public gatherings on hold for six months or more. “Someone asked me the other day how I felt about launching a church this weekend,” Derrick DeLain, lead pastor of Proclamation Church said this morning during a phone call. “I’m hyped, but like it is when you’re getting ready to play in a big game, you almost feel like you’re about to throw up, too. We’re excited about it and ready – Hey, you mind... Read More

Sin Makes Us Thirsty. Find Refreshment at the Cross.

Jesus went without water so we could drink eternally from the fountain of God’s grace. To be human is to thirst. The average adult man’s body is 60 percent water. From the time of our birth, even up to the moment of our death, more than anything, our bodies crave the most precious natural resource on earth—namely, water. It has been said that the average person can live 30 days without food but only three days without water. When there is a lack of water, the body naturally... Read More

Tim Keller: Hope for a Better World Starts with the Resurrection

Four reasons Christianity offers unparalleled confidence that history is headed somewhere good. The American belief has long been that each generation will have a better life—economically, technologically, socially, personally—than the previous one. But this idea of linear historical progress did not exist in most other cultures. All ancient cultures—Chinese, Babylonian, Hindu, Greek, and Roman—had different views. Some saw history as cyclical, and others saw history... Read More

Meet the Pro-Life Activist Who Narrowly Escaped Being Aborted Herself

How Claire Culwell’s life changed when she discovered the shocking truth about her biological mother. The most powerful stories are those that bring the hypothetical to life. In 1989, a reported 1,396,658 abortions took place within the United States. Claire Culwell may have been the only infant who survived the procedure that year. Her twin wasn’t so fortunate. The Abortion Survivors Network reports only 365 documented cases of abortion survival in American history, though more... Read More

DeSantis denounces Biden policy on immigrants convicted of crimes

“We’re going to work hard to keep Florida communities safe,” DeSantis said at a news conference in Titusville, where he was joined by family members of people killed by released criminals who had been in the United States illegally. “These are convicted felons who are here illegally. If you can’t remove them, then what do you have, just a complete lawless system and a completely open border? I don’t think any of us want that.” ... Read More