by Jonathan Cannon | Sep 19, 2016 | Agency, Atonement, Book of Abraham, Featured, Natural Theology, Transhumanism |
If you’ve been Mormon long, you know this story. God didn’t make the world. He told Jehovah to make it, and Jehovah got a bunch of other people together to do the real work. We made the world, or if not us, some of our brothers and sisters. We had...
by Michelle Wiener | Sep 9, 2016 | Agency, Apologetics, Atonement, Bible Scholarship, Blogs about Blogs, Book of Abraham, Disagreement, faith crisis, Faith Crisis, Featured, Feminism, Heavenly Mother, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lucifer, Mother in Heaven, Old Testament, Pearl of Great Price, Savior, scripture, scripture translation, Symbolism, the Spirit World, Theology |
As Mormons, we believe that Heavenly Father presented a plan for his spirit children in the preexistence. In this great Council in Heaven, Jesus was selected to be the one through whom redemption would be brought about through his intense suffering. However, Lucifer...
by Corbin Volluz | Aug 11, 2015 | Book of Abraham, Featured, King Follett Discourse |
It isn’t every day a dead man speaks to you. Much less reads your mind. So when it does happen, I guess it is worth writing about. The day is July 26, 2015. The dead man in question is Joseph Smith. The person he talked to is my wife, Dee. Here is how it all came...
by Jonathan Cannon | Feb 16, 2015 | Agency, Apologetics, Book of Abraham, Featured, Natural Theology, Transhumanism |
Do you hate the devil because of his temptations and the evil he works in the world? Or do you hate him because people use him as a tool of fear and control, or as an excuse to not take responsibility for their own moral choices? Or do you simply think he...
by Geoff Nelson | Jan 7, 2015 | Blogs about Blogs, Book of Abraham, Faith Crisis, Featured, General Conference, Gospel Topics, Homosexuality, Modesty, Mormonism, parenting, Polygamy, prayer, Priesthood, Racism, Relief Society, Word of Wisdom |
The church offers materials in 105 languages on its website. At least portions of the website are available to be viewed in at least 73 languages. The Gospel Topics section, which has gotten a lot of attention for its essays on controversial topics, is available in 10...
by Hans Rosekat | Oct 11, 2014 | Bible Scholarship, Book of Abraham, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Education, Faith, Featured, Gospel Topics, Humanity, Mormonism, New Testament, Old Testament, Pearl of Great Price, Politics, Revelation, Standard Works, Sunday School, Uncategorized |
It is easily recognized that throughout the history of religious traditions texts have served an important role in the continued conceptualization and endurance of the individual faith traditions.[1] In the history of studies on religion, monographs, essays, articles,...
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