Religion
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Breakpoint: Like many giants of faith before us, God calls us to embrace this tempest of living while yet imperfect
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a famous 20th-century Christian, was a dynamic and occasionally controversial theologian who became a household name because of his character and courage.
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Why ‘Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is born in Bethlehem of Judah’ is the complete Christmas story
Many Christians are familiar with the beautiful and tender words of the medieval theologian Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) in the hymns "O Sacred Head Now Wounded," "Jesus the Very Thought of Thee," and "Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts."
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Living on Purpose: Understanding why we need a Savior
The author of this story is unknown and it has been told by many people throughout the years. The gentleman I'm going to introduce was not a Scrooge, but a kind, decent man and generous to his family and upright in his dealings with other people.
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Pastor Bo: Silent night? Not quite
Don't get me wrong; "Silent Night" is a beautiful song, and we sing it every year.
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Sadhguru’s Chattanooga-area retreat center makes gigantic cake shaped like Tennessee
Justin Aubuchon said he found out about six weeks in advance he would be making a gigantic cake for the Isha Institute of Inner-Sciences, where he has lived and volunteered for some five years.
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Breakpoint: In Augustine’s Christmas sermons, church father tells listeners of the many paradoxes of the incarnation
Church father tells listeners of the many paradoxes of incarnation
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Pastor Bo: And on Earth, peace, good will toward men (even in wartime)
This will be only the second time I have ever expanded and rerun a previous column. But this one, from four years ago, has been on my heart, so here goes.
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Living on Purpose: Rebellion hides behind the mask of pretending
Last week we talked about how common it is for many Christians to talk about how they love, worship and serve God, but could some of this be their imagination? Maybe a misunderstanding? Or could it be a deception?
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Living on Purpose: Does the sin we commit in secret only hurt ourself?
The sin of Achan found in Joshua 6:17-19 is a powerful example of how one person committing evil in private can negatively affect their family, church congregation or place of employment.
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Breakpoint: Boredom is not always a bad thing
A rarely stated but widely assumed myth of our "information age" is that access to information is the same thing as knowledge or, even worse, wisdom. Another is that time not spent accessing information is wasted, perhaps even immorally so.
