Good News - October 2021

I was all prepared to talk about “Children of a Lesser God.” It is a Broadway Play con- cerning the significance and lack of opportunity for people with disabilities and in this case, deaf actors, and how a playwright’s decision to write a script about and for a deaf woman and amale speech therapist was so moving that it won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1980. The thought that there would be children of a lesser God intrigued me. We see people with one or another form of disability all around us and to think, they can’t help but think they got a raw deal. In the eyes of God; are they lesser? Let’s stew on that for a while, and I promise to come back to that. I admit part of the intrigue with this play and this issue was personal. Remember the name Dr. Mark Medoff; the playwright grew up in my neighborhood and was a family friend here in South Florida. Saying I’ll get back to that,I am reminded howGod plants seeds and interrupts what other- wise is an already full-tilt fully engaged mind, and you hear something…. Give that to me again? He just said what? “You are not an audience. You’re an Army.” Minding my own business, you talking to me? Pastor Doug Sauder unleashes a seemingly low key high octane, “You are not an audience; you’re an army” – thinking that’s pretty fierce, Pastor Doug. Of course he was referring to “Get in The Story” but my competitive mind hears: “Get in the game, pal…. You’ve got an army!” I love that! You’re singing my song, playing my tune. Back-to-back I read a post from everyone’s friend and an inspirational guy even in neutral, standing still. Of course Nick Vujicic can’t stand still because you knowhewas bornwithout legs or arms or hands. Nick would never think that he is a child of a lesser God. Nick is on perpetual go, go, go. Awe can and will do it kind a guy. Nick Vujicic has over 10 million Facebook followers and inspires me in many ways and because he has an army of followers. Nick wrote: To all Christians, “Please stop this disastrousmentality of “staying away frompolitics.” Get into it asGod leads you! Get into being a Local Council Member, School BoardMember. Stop complaining about it all and do something. Stop praying for the fire of revival. Go chop a tree down and get what is needed to start a fire. If you don’t pray, if you don’t serve, if you don’t give, if America keeps sinning then she has no repentance. No repentance then haunts the forgiveness and healing of our land. It is time! It is time! There’s a fire and woe to any church who ismore crippled than a limblessman!Achurch kissed by the Scorpion called “the Political Coma”! Woe to churches who are ProLife but don’t tell your youth to keep their pants on! Woe to churches who don’t talk about post abortion PTSD for women and men. Woe to Facebook and Instagram if they block me! It’s about to get loud! Wake up church! Wake up! Children of a Lesser God, AnArmy. And a guy imploring you to get up, when he can’t stand. I like it. - Les PUBLISHER 4 OCTOBER 2021 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition South Florida Edition • Good News • October 2021 • Volume 23, Issue 7 - Leslie J. Feldman - Advertising: We reach over 110,000 readers each month. 80,000 in print and 30,000 via our online digital edition. Placing an ad in our publication is affordable and effective to help grow your business. Call us today! Distribution: Available inmore than 800 locations throughout South Florida. To become a free distribution point for the newspaper, please contact Shelly. The Good News is published by Good News Media Group, LLC, Reproduction in whole or part strictly forbidden without the consent of the publisher. Copyright 2021. All rights reserved. Good News Media Group, LLC. PO Box 670368, Coral Springs, FL 33067 954-564-5378 • www.goodnewsfl.org Publisher: Leslie J. Feldman [email protected] Editor: Shelly Pond [email protected] Art Director: Milton McPherson [email protected] Advertising & Marketing: Robert “Buddy” Helland Jr. V.P. Sr. Marketing Manager [email protected] Social Media Manager: Ariel Feldman [email protected] Editorial Assistant: Eric Solomon [email protected] Cover Photography: Justus Martin [email protected] On The Cover Westminster Academy celebrates 50 years of serving Christian families in South Florida. Top left: WA varsity basketball wins third consecutive class 4A state championship; Top right: Students perform in the Wizard of Oz; Middle left: STEM students fine-tune robot for world championships; Middle right: Dr. D. James Kennedy spends time with students; Bottom left: First days on the current campus in the early 70s; Bottom center: Lions cheerleaders in the 80s; Bottom right: Dedication of the newly renovated Dr. Kenneth P. Wackes Media Center. Read the cover article on pages 27-29. Children of a Lesser God PERSPECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . .6 My Shadow – by Stephan N. Tchividjian IN THE WORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Grateful for Those Who Will Never Back Down – by Franklin Graham INSIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Know Thy City: 4 Steps Toward Ef- fective Urban Ministry – by Rob Hoskins PARENTING . . . . . . . . . . .12 Teaching About Difficulty – by Dr. Bob Barnes & Torrey Roberts YOU ASKWHY? . . . . . . . .14 Jesus’ Favorite Book – by Tommy Boland HEART AND SOUL . . . . .16 College Ministry Reaching “Hun- dreds and Hundreds” with Help from PBA Grad – by Dr. Debra A. Schwinn THE CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Counter-Cultural Christianity – by Dr. O.S. Hawkins LEGAL Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . .20 When should I Consider a Criminal Defense Attorney? – by William “Bill” C. Davell and Philip Menditto GOOD NEWS WANTS TO KNOW 22 – 24 If you could take a hiatus and live anywhere in the world for a year, where would you go and why? COVER STORY . . . . .27 – 29 Westminster Academy Celebrates 50 Years of Impacting South Florida for God’s Glory LIVE THE LIFE . . . . . . . . . .30 Fingerprints Versus Soul Prints – by Lisa May ENCOURAGEMENT . . . .32 My Word! – by Omar Aleman THERE & BACK AGAIN .34 Freedom! – by Dr. Gene L. Green VILLAGE HYMNS . . . . . . .36 Multisensory Worship – by Ryan Brasington CHURCH UNITED . . . . . .38 Repent. Reorient. Reimagine. – by Edwin Copeland CALENDAR . . . . . . .50 – 51 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . .52 - 55 C O N T E N T S Good News • October 2021 • Volume 23 Issue 7