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Southern Baptist delegates at national meeting overwhelmingly call for banning same-sex marriage
Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court's 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide.
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Tennessee faith leaders criticize ICE action, ‘harassment’ of Nashville mayor
Tennessee's three bishops from the Tennessee Catholic Conference on Friday pushed back on actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during recent sweeps of Nashville communities, while faith leaders from another group condemned "harassment" of Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell by Republican leaders.
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Chattanooga church breaks ground on new foster care transitional home
Sunny skies were another tally mark on pastor Doug Plumlee's record of God's provisions in the history of Ridgedale Baptist Church's foster care ministry.
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Breakpoint: Despite conventional wisdom, young married couples have the best odds
Disbelief is typical of what young couples experience when they decide to get serious about marriage.
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Holland: Do you have a moment to take God’s call?
Our Creator is always waiting and willing to bring us back into right standing with him.
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Wagner: Reflections on reaching a tipping point in ministry
I have now reached an epic tipping point: I have been pastoring for more years than I did not pastor.
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Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church leaves historic home behind
Over years at this church on East Brainerd Road, memories and milestones accrued: baptisms, weddings, funerals. According to a longtime congregant, at least one first kiss.
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Holland: Are you a genuine Christian or just religious?
When we talk about eternal life, it brings up one of two emotions and attitudes.
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Breakpoint: Claim of ‘resurrected’ dire wolf is the next movie that doesn’t end well
Recently, Time magazine announced that the biotechnology company Colossal has resurrected the dire wolf, a species that went extinct thousands of years ago.
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Breakpoint: Persecuted Christian women around the world deserve protection
Back in February, the persecution watchdog organization International Christian Concern reported on a group of Iranian Christian women who had crossed the southern border into the United States.
