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Catholic diocese blocks speakers, Chattanooga event canceled following controversy
A religious event scheduled at the Chattanooga Convention Center for the end of May was canceled following pushback from the public and a declaration from the Diocese of Knoxville temporarily barring the three speakers from teaching or otherwise representing the Catholic faith in the diocese.
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Easter beginnings: One Chattanooga area church hosts grand opening as another rises from ashes on holy day
There were a few items left on Ricky Taylor's checklist as of Wednesday afternoon - connect the drum system and keyboard to the sound system, finish the youth rooms.
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Living on Purpose: The passion of Christ is God’s amazing grace
April is the month of new beginnings when trees begin to sprout their leaves and flowers emerge from the ground to express their beauty.
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Pastor Bo: There’s a lot that’s different about THE Resurrection
It may come as a surprise to some that a person rising from the dead was a more common occurrence in Bible days than a deaf person being healed.
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BreakPoint: Dispelling the myth that Easter is a pagan holiday
The argument that myths are the source of the story of the Resurrection has it exactly backward
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Ukraine war weighs on pope’s Good Friday Colosseum ritual
The war in Ukraine loomed over the traditional Good Friday Colosseum procession in Rome, after the Vatican's choice of a Russian woman to share bearing the cross with a Ukrainian woman had angered Ukrainians.
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Chattanooga’s rabbis describe the importance of Passover
As Passover begins Friday evening, the Chattanooga Times Free Press asked four area rabbis to reflect on the meaning of the holiday and the importance of the eight days in the faith tradition.
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For churches hit by disasters, Easter brings promise of hope
Easter's message of renewal will be especially poignant this year for four U.S. congregations rebounding from disasters.
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Pastors sue AME Church over missing retirement funds
Pastors have filed at least three federal lawsuits in recent weeks against the African Methodist Episcopal Church along with several subsidiaries and financial firms the church used, alleging tens of millions of dollars from a pension fund were mismanaged and missing.
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Pastor Bo Wagner: The hows and whys of creation that led to the cross
With vacation season rapidly approaching, you may perhaps be considering some of the old standbys, maybe something like the mountains or the beach.
