Wayne Messam won big on Tuesday, capturing 86 percent of the vote to win a second term as mayor of Miramar. Now, he’s headed for something much bigger: the Promised Land. Messam leaves Saturday on a trip to the Middle East. The trip comes the same week that Messam announced something much bigger than serving as mayor of Florida’s 13th largest city. The day after his re-election win, he formed an exploratory committee as a prelude to running for president of the United States. He expects... Read More
As he prepares presidential run, Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam heading to Middle East
Wayne Messam won big on Tuesday, capturing 86 percent of the vote to win a second term as mayor of Miramar. Now, he’s headed for something much bigger: the Promised Land. Messam leaves Saturday on a trip to the Middle East. The trip comes the same week that Messam announced something much bigger than serving as mayor of Florida’s 13th largest city. The day after his re-election win, he formed an exploratory committee as a prelude to running for president of the United States. He expects... Read More
Gleanings: March 2019
Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our March issue). Asia Bibi exonerated, awaits asylum After eight years in prison and on death row, Asia Bibi no longer faces legal threats over allegations of blasphemy. In January, the Supreme Court upheld her acquittal and denied requests for further review made by the Muslim leader who brought charges against her. But the Pakistani Christian remains in danger of violence from vigilantes and has struggled to obtain... Read More
African American Students Respond to Southern Seminary’s Slavery Report
After an unflinching look at its racist past, SBC’s flagship seminary aims to honor a more diverse population on campus. After overhearing a tour guide honoring the early leaders of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary buried in Louisville’s Cave Hill Cemetery, Latevia Priddy felt like she had to speak up. “It’s like you’ve given a one-sided version of the history of Southern,” Priddy, a biblical counseling student, explained later to a staff member at her... Read More
Religious Freedom Isn’t Just for Christians
A Supreme Court cruelty reveals how we can love our neighbors. Had Domineque Ray been a Christian, he’d have been executed with a chaplain kneeling by his side, praying with him. But Domineque Ray was not a Christian, and he did not want a Christian chaplain. He wanted his imam present in the execution chamber instead. At a January 23 meeting, the warden at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, refused Ray’s request. Ray’s imam, who has ministered at Holman... Read More
Parkland shooter talked of demons, asked where he was when arrested
The Parkland school shooter sounded bewildered when police arrested him for the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year. In bodycam footage released Friday afternoon, he rambled about hearing the voices of demons as police had him pinned to the ground. “Voices. Voices. Where’s the voices?” Nikolas Cruz, then 19, said, looking up. “What the ? Where the am I? Holy ! What happened?” “Shut up,” a Coral Springs police officer responds. GRAPHIC... Read More
Opa-locka mayor accused of trying to fire clerk after she wouldn’t hire his friend
Opa-locka city clerk Joanna Flores has accused the mayor of abusing his position by asking her to hire his friend as deputy city clerk. When she refused, according to a … Click to Continue » ... Read More
New bodycam footage shows moment when police captured Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz
Body camera footage released Friday by the Broward State Attorney’s Office shows the minutes after police captured Nikolas Cruz, the former student who carried out the deadliest school shooting in … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Court docket says accused pipe bomb mailer Cesar Sayoc expected to plead guilty
Former bodybuilder, male stripper and South Florida pizza delivery man Cesar Sayoc, accused in October of mailing pipe bombs to critics of President Donald Trump, appears ready to plead guilty … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Dolphins trade quarterback Ryan Tannehill to Tennessee Titans
Ryan Tannehill’s reign as the starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins is finally over. In the offseason’s most-anticipated roster move, the Dolphins traded the team’s starting quarterback for most of the past seven seasons to the Tennessee Titans on Friday. Miami also shipped out a 2019 sixth-round pick while receiving a 2020 fourth-round selection and a 2019 seventh-rounder. The Dolphins had been conspicuously non-committal on Tannehill since the end of the 2018 season, hinting... Read More