Dr. Tom Roberts
Tom Roberts holds a bachelor’s degree in theology from Triune Biblical University, a M.Th. from Covenant Bible College and Seminary, Federal Way, Washington as well as an M. Div. and Ph.D. in Theology from the Hellenic Orthodox University in Athens, Greece. He believes that his mission is to make biblical knowledge more widely known among the general public. Formerly, Tom has been a professional singer, a lay pastor and a D.J. He is currently an ordained Priest for Christ’s Catholic Church and Academic Dean of St Elias Seminary and Graduate School. Tom resides with his wife and son in Weiser, Idaho.
Is Feminism in the Future of Mormonism?
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Father Tom Roberts, PhD
“Feminism” is really a loaded term. It extends from conservative religious practices under studies such as A Women’s Strategic Place in the Church. Even evangelical feminists like to show just how powerful women were throughout church history into modern...
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Is Ashtoreth “Mrs. Yahweh”?
By
Tom Roberts, PhD
For centuries, the people of God had fought an uphill battle attempting to defend the one God concept. Monotheism is defined as the belief in one deity. Amenhotep of Egypt believed the Great Monad was the sun god Ra. The mountain god El, in Hebrew traditions, was...
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Is the New Testament a Gnostic Document?
By
Tom Roberts, PhD
There’s much deception in the air today from a few leading scholars regarding the New Testament text. This is a spin-off from the days of Rudolf Bultmann. The main target was the Gospel of John and its so-called Docetic influences upon the New...
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LDS Christianity and our Common Christian Tradition
Collaborative Efforts Between the Faith Communities
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Tom Roberts, PhD
As religious traditions evolve over time the interfaith dialogue generally begins with the academic and professional sectors. As far back as the 1950’s, BYU faculty have interchanged cultural and...
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From the early days of Latter Day Saint history, education was always an important part of the LDS scenario. The 1857 edition of a Welch periodical is proof of this assertion. As religious traditions develop a need to internally examine their teaching often arises. This is certainly true in the LDS experience. Among the first...
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This is the second post written by Dr. Tom Roberts; click here to read his first post.
The Mystery of Monotheism
By Tom Roberts, PhD
For centuries, the people of God had fought an uphill battle attempting to defend the one God concept. Monotheism is defined as the belief in one deity. Amenhotep of Egypt believed the...
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By Tom Roberts, PhD
The scope of this paper is not to provide commentary on the many well known theological positions where the LDS theology intersects with that of the historic Christian faith but to provide the reader a quick synopsis and overview of our common Christian heritage which even extends into some of the...
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