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Breakpoint: The passing of Pope Francis and the future of the Roman Church
On Monday, April 21, Pope Francis I died in Vatican City in Rome.
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Holland: On Earth as it is in heaven
This week we continue our discussion about heaven and some of the questions we haven't covered yet.
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Wagner: Christianity Today swings and misses the nails
In an even remotely sane world, this column could stand to be a mere two sentences long.
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Pope Francis led the church with humility and simplicity
He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing the feet of a Muslim prisoner, sinking to his hands and knees to implore South Sudan’s rival leaders to make peace.
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Four centuries later, Easter’s date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change
Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea unified Christian doctrine.
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Men toting chains and pierced with cactus keep a Good Friday tradition in Atlixco, Mexico
Every year, crowds fill the streets of the central Mexican town of Atlixco on the Catholic holiday of Good Friday to witness the sight.
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Breakpoint: Biblical doubters can’t beat the truth of the Resurrection
It wasn't long ago that, every Easter and Christmas, an onslaught of articles and TV specials would appear in places like Time, National Geographic, The New York Times, Newsweek, CNN and others, doubting the reliability of the Bible, the historicity of Christ and the development of Christianity.
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Holland: Jesus is alive! Our eternal hope!
We will resume our discussion about heaven next week, but for now I want to focus on Holy Week.
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Wagner: An empty tomb and a kidnapped missionary tell the Easter story
There are few eras of history that I do not enjoy. Each time period and each place has unique stories to tell.
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Deposed priest of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chattanooga disciplined before
The former rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, who was deposed in March, had been disciplined twice before a third complaint was investigated this year, according to a letter sent to the entire East Tennessee Diocese of the Episcopal Church on Monday.
