LETTERS 34 MARCH 2025 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition I Pledge Allegiance to the Christian Flag by Edwin Copeland, Executive Director, Church United Quoted the pledge every Vacation Bible School week. - Barbara Froom At Vacation Bible School, we said a pledge of allegiance to the American flag, the Christian flag and the Holy Bible. - Joan Bullock I never knew there was a pledge to the Christian flag until I went to Coburn Corners Church of Christ. From the age of 4 to 13, I went to the First Baptist Church of Auburn until I was 17. Then the First Christian Church of Auburn. But because of a problem with one of the leaders saying something insulting to Mom, we went back to First Baptist Church of Auburn. After it closed and sold, we moved, then a few years later, the Corners. Too many churches in the past 50 plus years have fallen away from Biblical truths. It’s about time churches start standing up to be counted in God’s favor as the Corners is now doing. Always stand up for what is right. FOR GOD! - Roma Rittenhouse Ultimately it is a spiritual war. It’s not all about us. It is critical that we understand this. Fighting Blind is an inspirational and informative basic study in spirit warfare. Written to provide clarity and understanding of the true reality in which we live and to give a clear perspective of our position on the spiritual battlefield as well as the personal role we have in the spiritual fight. - Ron Warren The belong together… God and country! - Carol Becker Franklin Graham: Pray for Donald J. Trump by Franklin Graham, President and CEO, Samaritan’s Purse and Billy Graham Evangelistic Association My wife and I pray for President Trump and his administration every day. They are not super human. They all need guidance from God daily. I consider you Franklin, America’s pastor and when you say we should pray for our president, I will. Thank you for your leadership and your love for our country. Thank you for being there for President Trump when he needs you. God bless you. - Marvin Hayward I can’t understand how you can help so many people and at the same time support the hate and violence of the president. May God bless Canada and keep her safe from this man!— - Opal MacEwan This Year’s Legacy Families Feature 50 Years of Grace and Growth: How the Barnes Family Helped Transform South Florida Families and Churches by Shelly Pond, Good News Editor Love the Barnes family and Sheridan House! Such a blessing to many! - Debbie Nolan Where do I get my signed copy? - Pat Houchens Thanks for your vision, Bob. - Brian Castle Bob and Rosemary are both such an inspiration and true children of God!! - Bonnie Langowski Thank you for the way you love the Lord and share it to advance His kingdom. You use your ministry to serve and to enrich us in our studies. Love and prayers for both Bob Barnes and Rosemary Johnson Barnes. - Janis Holman Gracious I love that man! Back I the day when I worked at 89.7 WMCU, I always loved running into Bob when he came in. Incredibly funny, wisdom through the roof and just an amazing man after God’s heart. - David Corell Blessings! - Virginia Futch Hansen So deserving!! - Catherine Matthews Bob and Rosemary are blessings to all who know them. - Lynn Weissing Pastor Barnes was our interim pastor for a while at FB WPB. He was awesome. So funny and I learned a lot. - Eve Genne Hope Women’s Centers: Creating a Culture of Life by Shelly Pond, Good News Editor I wanted to mention that we received a wonderful and positive response to your article. Thank you again for featuring Hope in the January issue. We are honored that you highlighted us. - Joy Wright, Executive Director, Hope Women's Centers I am a Prayer Warrior. I pray every day for our leaders. I’m glad God answers the prayers of the righteous. We must keep praying. - Chris Gryglewicz 4 And Hoping for More by Stephan Tchividjian, CEO and Co-Founder, National Christian Foundation South Florida We need more good Christian news media. - David Dorothy Mendenhall Did you know Abraham had a son with Agar, his wife’s slave, but abandoned her in the desert when Sarah, his wife, conceived a child and she didn’t want for her son to share the inheritance… what a man!!! - Pito Perez Popular biblical term. - Jon Steven Paton Just feed some poor people. Fight for healthcare. THAT is a Biblical worldview. - Becky Hammond Never mistake popular political agendas for Biblical. The “Christian” nationalists movement and the anti-abortion movement are both non-Biblical. They are at odds with the teachings of Jesus. - Karl Kuhn Burying the Hatchet by Dr. O.S. Hawkins, Chancellor, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary If you love the Bible, it has helped me to understand Scripture, to read writings by the first-century Christians – Clement of Rome, Mathetes, Polycarp, Ignatius (a student of the apostles), Barnabas, Papias, Justin Martyr and Irenaeus, if you have not had a chance. Bless you. You can find what early Christians believed in the years right after the resurrection. They were ON FIRE. - Julie Peitz Nickell What is TRUTH in the Bible many won’t ask but live the ways of CHRIST his life that is the TRUTH many don’t know. - Emmanuel Miralles Do you ever speak out in public about the current oppression of immigrants and other impoverished people? - Joe Zamecki We Get Letters
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