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Indian mystic’s star is high as he visits his Chattanooga-area ashram
A popular new age mystic said he will grace his large ashram outside Chattanooga with his presence Saturday afternoon at an event free and open to anyone who registers.
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Breakpoint: Humanity isn’t a problem to solve; technology needs a telos
Pixar's "Wall-E" has proven to be among the most profound and prophetic films of the last 20 years. After hopelessly polluting the Earth and leaving an army of robots to clean up the planet, humans now live aboard a giant ship built by a company that promises to take care of all its passengers' needs. Thus, humans are left with nothing to do but amuse themselves and eat a lot.
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Pastor Bo: Israel and the church
It was my recent column on Hamas and the savage attacks on Israel that led to some of my favorite cranky crackpots sending me yet another anonymous yet entertaining hate letter. It was mostly a regurgitation of age-old anti-Semitic propaganda under the guise of Christianity. And I phrase it that way because real Christianity and an accurate understanding of Scripture leaves no room for anti-Semitism in one's theology.
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Living on Purpose: The greatest love ever known
I stumbled upon this story a while back that has been retold many times. As I read it again recently, it caused me to think about God's love, which cannot be measured or fully comprehended, and I wanted to share it with you today. It's listed as an allegorical short story called "To Sacrifice a Son," written by Dennis E. Hensley. It was first published in a Michigan Baptist Bulletin in 1967.
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Pastor Bo: Living for God’s promise of no man colds in heaven
My recent near bout with death has, I suppose, made me much more contemplative of essential issues of life. Leprosy set in first, I think, followed by rickets, diphtheria, yellow fever, Ebola, the black plague, tuberculosis and malaria.
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Living on Purpose: We cannot share what we do not have
Recently, I spoke about a wonderful man who is a member of our church. If you recall, he has just turned 95 years young. His name is Charlie, and since then I've had the privilege to spend some time with him.
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Breakpoint: Research shows that married people are happier
If all there was to go on were sitcoms, movies and mainstream editorials, we'd have to conclude that marriage is a direct path to misery, the "old ball and chain" that only ties us down, limits our freedom and cramps our sexual fun.
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Q&A: Washington Post columnist discusses Jewish political values and the rule of law before UTC appearance
Columnist Jennifer Rubin of The Washington Post delivered a talk Thursday evening at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga about the role of women in democracy.
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Living on Purpose: It’s never too late to learn something new
Growing older is not an excuse to stop advancing in our faith and our prayers.
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Breakpoint: Suicide rates at all-time high, but Christ has final word on our despair
According to The Associated Press, nearly 50,000 people committed suicide last year, an absolute record in terms of raw numbers and the highest rate in nearly a century.