You Can’t Reach Nonbelievers with ‘Passive Congeniality’

Two experts on intercultural evangelism explore the challenge of sharing Christ in a climate of growing indifference. Christian evangelism entails a conversation with people of different beliefs. But those conversations are also often between people of different cultures. That’s where Effective Intercultural Evangelism, a new book from missiologists W. Jay Moon and W. Bud Simon, steps into the discussion. They want to help Christians share the good news of Jesus in a world of diverse... Read More

Answers to your vaccine questions: Should I get second vaccine if I had adverse reaction to the first?

Latania Smith, 16, receives the second Pfizer Covid vaccine from Donald Lowery, a Covid nurse with Florida Department of Health, at South Lake High School on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Smith is a student at South Lake High. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel) (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel) ... Read More

Christians Welcome Coup in Guinea

After yet another military overthrow of a democratically elected leader in West Africa, minority evangelicals debate the role of faith in politics. In its 63 years of independence, Guinea has had three presidents. Last month, the West African nation suffered its third coup d’etat. This time, says the local Christian minority, their Francophone country might just get it right. “Alpha Conde cannot return,” said Etienne Leno, a Christian and Missionary Alliance (CMA) pastor.... Read More

When God Opened a Coliseum, Young Life Ministers Were Ready

For 19 days, two staffers told unaccompanied minors that God is a good father. Young Life leaders Eric Collins and Felix Chavez were thrilled to find a group of students eager to hear God’s Word. But there was a catch. The young people were inside Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, behind two security checkpoints and any number of locked doors. They were unaccompanied minors seeking refuge from violence in Central America, held in the custody of the United States government. In April and... Read More

Veteran Miami cop in charge of field ops named interim chief after Acevedo suspension

Miami’s interim police chief spent the past three years in charge of the department’s uniform division and crime prevention teams. He oversaw SWAT, Homeland Security and the bomb squad. He … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Pandora Papers leak solves riddle: the ID of Saudis behind Florida real estate shopping spree

In the shadow of Walt Disney World’s iconic palace, a Middle Eastern family with ties to royalty amassed a real estate empire. It encompassed Kissimmee, Groveland, Orlando and Leesburg and … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Tropical system moving over Haiti with another on its heels. A hurricane in Pacific could cross into U.S.

The tropical wave passing over Haiti and the Dominican has a slight chance of gradually developing Wednesday when it nears the southeastern Bahamas, but any development would be short-lived. The system is expected to interact with a front by week’s end, hindering any further development, according to the National Hurricane Center. ... Read More

Trial scheduled in last FIU bridge-collapse lawsuit. Criminal charges still undecided

More than three years after the deadly bridge collapse at Florida International University, the last remaining lawsuit has now been scheduled for a Jan. 10 trial, while separately, prosecutors say … Click to Continue » ... Read More