by Leah Marie | Mar 23, 2018 | Agency, Authority, Featured, Feminism, General authorities, Interviews, Leadership, Lying, Mormonism, Obedience, Patriarchy, Podcast, sexism, Sexual Abuse, Worthiness |
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/rationalfaiths.com/podcast/225-Are_John_Dehlin_and_Ryan_McKnight_Trash.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS3/24/18, 08:43 am PST After receiving some constructive feedback, we decided to...
by Benjamin Knoll | Feb 6, 2018 | Agency, Belief, Family, Goodness, Jesus Christ |
Mormon historian Richard Bushman recently sat down for an interview with Blair Hodges for the Maxwell Institute Podcast. They discuss several interesting topics, including Bushman’s research, upcoming projects, as well as the nexus of faith and scholarship. Toward the...
by Michelle Wiener | Oct 25, 2017 | Agency, Apologetics, Apostasy, Atonement, Disagreement, faith crisis, Featured, Forgiveness, Honesty |
My apology to my evangelical upbringing…. I’m sorry I for struggling with my faith for so many years, but the good news is I don’t struggle with it anymore. Let me explain….. I’m sorry I never could be sure of my salvation. I still don’t know if I’m “saved,” but I...
by Michelle Wiener | Sep 28, 2017 | Agency, Apologetics, Bible Scholarship, Book of Mormon, Empowerment, Faith, Featured, Feminism, Goddess, Heavenly Mother, Mother in Heaven, New Testament, Old Testament, Spiritual Experiences, the Spirit World, Theology, Theosis, Why I Am Mormon |
Excerpts from my most recent paper on Mother Mary, the Gevirah Role in Ancient Israel & the Heavenly Mother Connection….going beyond the apparitions to give a reason for my faith in our Mother in Heaven. by Michelle Wiener The Gevirah Role in Ancient Israel...
by Michelle Wiener | Aug 23, 2017 | Activism, Agency, Disagreement, Featured, General authorities, General Conference, Goddess, Heavenly Mother |
In October 1991, Gordon B. Hinckley, then First Counselor in the LDS First Presidency, delivered a General Women’s Meeting talk entitled “Daughters of God” in which he made the following declaration, “’However, in light of the instruction we have received from the...
by Michelle Wiener | Jul 26, 2017 | Agency, Apologetics, Church History, Education, Faith, faith crisis, Featured, harmony, Heavenly Mother, History, Honesty, Humanity, Mother in Heaven, Natural Theology, Potential, Theology |
Sometimes in your studies, you run across pleasant surprises. Recently this happened to me. As I was studying medieval church history, I ran across the name Boethius. I learned that Boethius was a powerful influence on the scholastic movement with writers like Thomas...
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