“The insistence in the EFCA that you must be premillennial is in conflict with our strong value of unity in the gospel.” Ed: What was the EFCA’s history with premillenialism? It seems that premillenialism was disproportionally important to the Evangelical Free Church. Why? Greg: An exclusive premillennial view had not been the Free Church view historically. However, in our more recent history, the merger between the Swedish Free Church and the Norwegian-Danish Free Church occurred... Read More
Interview: How Prison Ministry Inspired an All-Female Audio Bible
Working with at-risk and abused women led SBC teacher Ann White to fill an unexpected need. For years, author, speaker, and Bible teacher Ann White felt a burden to help at-risk women come to know the love of Jesus. Through her work in local American prisons as well as low-income communities in Southeast Asia, White saw a deep need for greater accessibility to Scripture. As the founder of Courage for Life, an organization dedicated to “strengthen, equip, and empower the world for... Read More
Have Archeologists Found the Lost City of the Apostles?
Recent discoveries have placed the biblical city of Bethsaida closer to shore where Peter and Andrew left their nets to follow Christ. After recent headlines announced that archeologists in Israel had uncovered the Church of the Apostles, questions followed. What church is this? And what do these findings tell us about the days of Jesus and his earliest followers? The world’s attention has turned to a small excavation on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, a project I have been... Read More
Fort Lauderdale fuels northwest building boom with $2.1 million for developers
The subsidies, mostly in the form of forgivable loans, are in addition to millions given to developers over the past two years. A few of the other recipients: Sistrunk Market and Brewery, a $1.4 million forgivable loan; Six13 tower, a $7 million forgivable loan; and Hotel d’Arts, a $3 million subsidy. In addition, Tuesday night, commissioners approved a site plan for a new YMCA on Sistrunk Boulevard, a project receiving $10 million in public funds. ... Read More
A deadly delivery: 75-year-old woman bashed with mallet and set on fire
Udell, a 75-year-old Boca Raton woman, was found unconscious in her laundry room, leaning against the washing machine, her head bloodied, her clothes aflame. The dryer was running and all of the burners on the stove — and the oven — had been turned on. ... Read More
Could David Beckham’s contaminated stadium site mean extra time for soccer in Fort Lauderdale?
Miami Beckham United’s partners are David and Victoria Beckham, Jorge Mas and his brother, Jose Mas, of MasTec, a $7 billion engineering and construction company; Marcelo Claure and Masayoshi Son of SoftBank Group, and Simon Fuller, a TV producer and talent manager. ... Read More
FPL again blamed for water disruption
Last month, another FPL subcontractor, Florida Communication Concepts, of Wellington, drilled into a critical water main in Fort Lauderdale, leaving some 220,000 people without drinkable water. The subcontractor said it had clearance to dig where it did, but the city said Florida Communication Concepts gave an incorrect location. ... Read More
TherapeuticsMD in Boca Raton charged by SEC with violating securities law
Regulators alleged that TherapeuticsMD, which develops health products for women, sent a private message to select Wall Street analysts on June 15, 2017, about its meeting with the Food and Drug Administration. The information was deemed “material” to the company, meaning it could have consequences for the company and its stock price. ... Read More
Boca Raton woman, 75, dies after she was set on fire, hit with mallet by appliance delivery man
During police questioning, Lachazo admitted to knocking the woman unconscious by hitting her on the left side of her head with the mallet. Then, he closed the garage door, got the acetone from the garage, and spread the chemical around the laundry room, but Lachazo said he didn’t know how it ignited. ... Read More
When Those Who Wander Aren’t Lost
What does it look like to be the Church while members wrestle with their faith? Just yesterday one of my friends shared a sign that her local YMCA posted which stated this: We welcome all sizes, all colors, all genders, all beliefs, all religions, all types, all people, EVERYONE. Welcome to the YMCA. You are safe here. The Young Men’s Christian Association was founded in London in 1844 in response to poor social conditions arising in urban centers at the end of the Industrial... Read More