by Simon Zelotes | Nov 13, 2015 | Featured, General authorities, Homosexuality, LDS Church History, Obedience |
So, how about this new policy? Haha. So today Facebook’s newsfeed algorithm drew my attention to a heated battle of words that was being waged over all this. I’m sure we’re all witnessing the same spectacle. The following comments in particular caught my attention:...
by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Oct 28, 2015 | Church History, Featured, Feminism, Gospel Topics, LDS Church History, New Testament, Priesthood |
On Friday, October 23, 2015, the Mormon internet world blew up with the release of two new Gospel Topic Essays. I will be addressing one aspect of the essay entitled, Joseph Smith’s Teachings about Priesthood, Temple, and Women. For a much more thorough and...
by Jeremy Timothy | Sep 14, 2015 | Church History, decisions, Faith, Faith Crisis, Featured, General authorities, Gospel Topics, Humanity, Joseph Smith, LDS Church History, Mormonism, Racism, Revelation, spirituality, Truth, Why I Am Mormon |
It has now been 9 years since I first listened to the Mormon Stories podcast with Darius Gray and Margaret Young on blacks and the priesthood and temple ban. In it they put the priesthood ban into context of the surrounding culture. I learned that in the beginning,...
by Greg Nelson | Aug 18, 2015 | Church History, Featured, General authorities, History, LDS Church History, Plural Marriage, Politics, Polygamy |
Despite warnings from other leaders that emotional sentimentalism “should never be leaned upon as a substitute for spirituality,” 1 Elder Holland used up a good couple of minutes of his April 2014 General Conference address to describe in detail how two sister...
by Laurel Sandberg-Armstrong | Jul 21, 2015 | Featured, LDS Church History, LDS Missions, Mormon Humor, Mormonism |
The Mormon dating world is rife with expectations and standards. One of the most golden ones has been that women should seek out an RM (returned missionary) for any worthwhile long-term relationship. Apparently the longer the name-tag is worn, the more sin and error...
by Brian Hales | Mar 29, 2015 | Apologetics, Doctrine and Covenants, Featured, LDS Church History, Mormonism |
Currently the issue of Joseph Smith and plural marriage is receiving a great deal of attention both in the media and on the blogosphere. As the author of a relevant trilogy, Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: History and Theology, coauthor of the newly released Joseph Smith’s...
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