by Benjamin Knoll | Dec 27, 2018 | Featured |
I often encounter messages from Christians of various denominations and theological orientations that make a claim of Jesus’s intentions on a particular topic. They cite a Bible verse that they argue supports their position on a theological claim or political...
by Benjamin Knoll | May 13, 2018 | Featured, God, Goodness, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mindfulness |
Image credit: Sermon on the Mount by Cosimo Rosselli (1439-1507) This year I have been reading an edited volume of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s written works. Bonhoeffer was a German pastor who joined the resistance against the Nazi regime during World War II and was...
by Michelle Wiener | May 24, 2017 | Agency, Apologetics, Apostasy, Atonement, Bible Scholarship, Church, Church History, Corporate Church, Faith, faith crisis, Featured, History, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New Testament, Savior, scripture, Theology, Why I Am Mormon |
Recently in my doctoral work, I have been studying what Mormons consider part of the Great Apostasy- the first four ecumenical councils- which include the Council of Nicaea (325CE), the Council of Constantinople (381CE), the Council of Ephesus (431 CE), and the...
by L Thomas | Aug 12, 2015 | Bible Scholarship, Featured, Joseph Smith, Revelation, scripture, Standard Works |
I have always enjoyed scripture study. I was attempting to “feast on the words” of the Bible but it had always been difficult for me. There seemed to often be some bit of historical context I was missing, or certain passages that seemed to contradict Mormon doctrine....
by Hans Rosekat | May 8, 2015 | Atonement, Bible Scholarship, Charity, Compassion, Education, Featured, Forgiveness, History, Humanity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, New Testament, Savior, scripture |
The question of what is original and what is not to the earliest version of any book of scripture can be a very sensitive subject. This is compounded when you are discussing a section of one of the Christian gospels that deals specifically with a well-known story in...
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