David Horn is director of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary’s distance-learning program, Semlink.

Don Sweeting is president of Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Fla. He wrote an essay on theological education in which he stated he thinks seminary education is more important than ever.

Luder Whitlock Jr. is chairman and interim president of Knox Theological Seminary, a Reformed school in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The school recently launched Knox Virtual for distance students.

Jonathan Matusitz is associate professor of communication at the University of Central Florida. His teaching load includes courses on terrorism and communication and on intercultural communication. Matusitz has warned of a “civilization jihad” by Islamic fundamentalists, and his comments and teachings have come under fire from Muslims. He defends his remarks in an Aug. 22, […]

Ivan Petrella is associate professor of religious studies at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. Petrella is a citizen of Argentina and spends much of the year there. His academic credentials include a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University, and his books include The Future of Liberation Theology: An Argument and Manifesto; Beyond Liberation […]

Brigitte Gabriel is founder and president of Act for America, which describes itself  as a “grassroots citizen action network dedicated to preserving national security and combating the threat of radical Islam.” The Southern Poverty Law Center lists it as a hate group for what it terms anti-Islamic sentiment. The organization, which is based in Pensacola, […]

Read a CBS Miami story about a measure that died in the Florida Legislature in May 2013.

Dr. Don Colbert is a Christian nutritionist and dietitian who wrote What Would Jesus Eat?: The Ultimate Program for Eating Well, Feeling Great and Living Longer and The What Would Jesus Eat Cookbook (both from Thomas Nelson, 2002). He says that following a Mediterranean diet – full of the grains and vegetables known in Jesus’ time – can eliminate obesity. He […]

The Florida Jewish Journal is one of seven weekly editions of the Jewish Journal. It is published by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.