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Living on Purpose: Thoughts on abundant living
One of the more popular verses about blessings in the New Testament is John 10:10. Christ is speaking: "The thief does not come except to steal, to kill and to destroy. But I have come that they may have life and have it more abundantly."

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Pastor Bo: Learning on the fly to care for a lost baby bird
Let me give you a piece of advice.
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After disaffiliation wave, Chattanooga-area United Methodists bodies seek to grow leaner
Budgets trimmed. Retiring staff positions left unfilled. After a historic schism cleaved thousands of churches from one of the nation's largest denominations, United Methodist governing bodies around Chattanooga are getting leaner.

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Breakpoint: The problem with AI is people
There is no shortage of films predicting the dangers of rogue artificial intelligence -- "Terminator," "The Matrix," "I, Robot," "Avengers: Age of Ultron -- to name a few. Perhaps these dystopian science fictions will one day become fact, but for now, at least, AI is not yet poised to take over the world.

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Pastor Bo: Dad jokes, stinky feet and other Father’s Day tidbits
This column will run in various newspapers on or just before Father's Day. And that seems like a good opportunity to give some observations on fatherhood, both from Scripture and from many years of personal experience.

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Living on Purpose: I cherish the memories of my father
May God bless each and every father on this Father's Day.

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Breakpoint: We need friendship as well as marriage
Americans today are lonelier than ever.
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Holland: A time for war and a time for peace
On June 6, 1944, America under the guidance of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and its allies engaged in one of the most significant military operations of the 20th century under the now legendary name of D-Day.

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Pastor Bo: The joy of the Gospel is that it can go anywhere, change anyone
My newest verse-by-verse biblical commentary, "Philippians: The Treasures of Joy," is now in print.
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Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider
From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade to its Sunday services filled with rousing gospel hymns and evangelistic sermons, First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, bears many of the classic hallmarks of a Southern Baptist church.
