by Benjamin Knoll | Jan 21, 2019 | Featured, Jesus, Jesus Christ |
I recently read Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary by the late Marcus Borg as part of my effort to learn more about “historical Jesus” scholarship. This book is Borg’s attempt to summarize the conclusions of this body of...
by Benjamin Knoll | Jan 20, 2019 | Featured |
Through the course of my life I have met Latter-day Saints who believe some version of prophetic infallibility, despite the fact that most Latter-day Saints and leaders agree that prophetic infallibility is not an official teaching of the LDS Church. In other words,...
by Benjamin Knoll | Dec 29, 2018 | Featured |
I have often struggled with an apparent paradox. On one hand, I am persuaded that citizenship, whether in political, religious, or social communities, carries with it a moral obligation to participate and to try to improve the conditions under which people live and...
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 | Dec 2, 2018 | Christmas, Featured |
Today is First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of the liturgical calendar in the Western Christian tradition and a month that give Christians an opportunity to reflect on the tradition of the Nativity and the coming of God into the world and into their lives. Growing...
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