FROM THE LIFE OF JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH, CHAPTER 2: OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
Note: I teach Elder’s Quorum every other week. These are my lesson notes from today’s discussion. In general, the material presented in italics, are things I said or questions asked by me; but not always!! Also, you will notice that there is a ton of...
What the Hell did Joseph Mean By Translation?
WHAT THE HELL DID JOSEPH MEAN BY TRANSLATION? by Michael Barker This post was provoked by three things: The LDS Church’s recent statement on the Book of Mormon Translation (click here to read the statement). Dan Wotherspoon’s Mormon Matters episode where...
Mormonism’s Bishop
Mormonism’s Bishop by Michael Barker I used to be the Young Men’s President in my ward. When I first sat down with my counselors, I told them explicitly that I would be approaching some of the sticky issues with our LDS Church history. This caused...
In Defense of Russell Stevenson
IN DEFENSE OF RUSSELL STEVENSON by Michael Barker This past Wednesday the radio program Radio West invited Margaret Blair Young (writer and co-producer/director of the documentary, “Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons and co-author of the black...LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
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