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Goodness is Rarer Than Greatness.

Goodness is Rarer Than Greatness.

by Jon Grimes | Feb 7, 2015 | Faith Crisis, Featured, Humanity, LDS Church History, Mormonism | 4 comments

What makes someone ‘great’? Most of the figures to whom we gift the epithet ‘great’ have earned their distinction primarily by being masters of the art of butchery. The vast majority of people known as ‘the great’ are rulers, founders and expanders of empire:...
Learning to Write my Name

Learning to Write my Name

by Leah Marie | Feb 6, 2015 | Featured, Feminism, Heavenly Mother, Mother in Heaven, Priesthood | 15 comments

I have this memory nestled into the recesses of my brain that pops up every now and again. It is from when I was about four years old, which is remarkable; my memories from early childhood are few and far between. I don’t know why this one stands out, but it is fairly...
The Morning Breaks…

The Morning Breaks…

by Jared Mooney | Feb 5, 2015 | Charity, Compassion, Faith, Faith Crisis, Featured, Honesty, Individuality, Jesus Christ, Mormonism, Radical Compassion, Truth | 5 comments

“Everything that is great in life is the product of slow growth; the newer, and greater, and higher, and nobler the work, the slower is its growth, the surer is its lasting success. Mushrooms attain their full power in a night; oaks require decades. A fad lives...
Book of Mormon on Trial: Bob Rees

Book of Mormon on Trial: Bob Rees

by Robert Rees | Feb 4, 2015 | Apologetics, Featured | 2 comments

This is Bob Rees’ essay in response to Earl Wunderli’s essay. Below you will find Earl’s essay along with Bob’s responses in blue. To read Earl Wunderli’s essay click here. Hi Bob: Thank you for sending your FAIR paper to Tom Kimball for...
Book of Mormon on Trial: Wunderli

Book of Mormon on Trial: Wunderli

by Earl M. Wunderli | Feb 4, 2015 | Apologetics, Featured | 2 comments

In 2013, Signature Books published Earl Wunderli’s study of the Book of Mormon, An Imperfect Book: What the Book of Mormon Tells Us About Itself, an analysis, as the subtitle implies, about the internal clues that for Wunderli, point to the book’s origin. Wunderli,...
A Beginner’s Guide to Rational Faiths

A Beginner’s Guide to Rational Faiths

by Thomas Hatton | Feb 3, 2015 | Featured, Mormon Humor, Mormonism | 4 comments

This post was written primarily by Geoff Nelson and Thomas Hatton, with help from other permabloggers. I know you’ve probably seen links to Rational Faiths posted all over the Bloggernaccle. You’ve probably thought- What is this website? Who runs it? What...
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