A call for fearless parenting
After some early rough spots in life, I chose to live pretty much without fear.
Faith and Religion
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Losing our religion: Blue laws decline while deaths of despair do not
A mortal affliction affects much of America's heartland. Known as "deaths of despair," both the Rust Belt and Appalachia have seen incredible spikes in rates o…
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Churches defend clergy loophole in child sex abuse reporting
It was a frigid Sunday evening at the Catholic Newman Center in Salt Lake City when the priest warned parishioners who had gathered after Mass that their right…
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Living on Purpose: God calls us to a lifestyle of solitude and simplicity
There is much to be desired when it comes to spending time alone. It's only been in the last few years that the floodgates of voices have been opened to everyo…
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BreakPoint: Remembering Rodney Stark and his theory of religious conversion
It's tempting to think that secularized academics are too intellectual to ever come to the kind of "child-like faith" that Jesus described, or that, if they ev…
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Pastor Bo: Jesus is why ‘the least of these’ matter the most
Having a dripping wet, naked homeless man sitting on your office couch makes for a strange sort of day that can only be described as "a strange sort of day."
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Pastor Bo: Seek out the liberation and joy that come from family
"My daughter will be here soon, Pastor!"
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Living on Purpose: Will we follow God or the world?
Christians are accountable to love and pray for their family and friends, and against evil everywhere, but unfortunately, many have lost the enthusiasm and the…
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BreakPoint: Queen Elizabeth II’s life of faithfulness
The Queen has died.
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Pastor Bo Wagner: The problem of an unregenerate clergy
Early this morning, while perusing social media, I noticed a post from Franklin Graham linking to a Christian Post column on the clergy.
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Living on Purpose: God builds his temple with living stones
As a Christian faith writer, I am blessed with God providing me with spiritual insights and considerations to relay to others. He creates opportunities for me …
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BreakPoint: Max’s Hearts reach Ukraine
Frequent readers and listeners of BreakPoint know about Max.
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Chattanooga City Council considers fee exemptions for two downtown churches
The Chattanooga City Council will consider an ordinance Tuesday that would permanently exempt two churches within the downtown business improvement district fr…
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Pastor Bo: Ignore the naysayers; prayer can make a difference
It is, I suppose, a mixture of scriptural misunderstanding, faulty logic, attacks from haters and even inaccurate preaching that often causes people to have so…
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Living on Purpose: Words can be forgiven but not forgotten
We will never rise above or go beyond what we believe and what we speak.