Top Twenty Mormon Phrases & Bingo!
With General Conference coming up I thought it would be fun to talk about Mormon vernacular – you know, the quirky language we Mormons slip into whenever we walk through the church doors. So I’ve compiled 20 common phrases or sayings that Mormons can’t get enough of...
Rational Faiths Goes International
In an effort to reach out globally to our brothers and sisters over the border and over seas, we have installed a fancy little gizmo that translates our site into a variety of languages. Simply click on the menu to the top right and choose your own adventure... or...
Kylan Rice’s interview of Margaret Young
We cannot tell you how excited we are that one of our favorite and most popular guest bloggers, Kylan Rice, interviewed Margaret Young for the new podcast," A Thoughtful Faith." For those of you that don't know, A Thoughtful Faith podcast is done through the Open...
Book of Mormon Lesson 38: 3 Nephi 12-15
"Old Things Are Done Away, and All Things Have Become New" Jesus' First Sermon to the Nephites: 3 Nephi 12:1-18:39 Jesus Teaches the Nephites the Sermon on the Mount: 3 Nephi 12-14:27 To listen to Jared Anderson's podcast that goes over this lesson and to read his...
Revelation Bias… Fair and Balanced Part 5c: The Word of Wisdom
In Part 5c of this series on revelation we will closely examine the revelation given to Joseph Smith known as the Word of Wisdom. If you have not read Part 1 of this series, I highly recommend that you do so before reading this post (you can read it here). And if you...
Book of Mormon Lesson 37: 3 Nephi 8-11
"Whosoever Will Come, Him Will I Receive" If you have not voted on a rationalfaiths.com bumper-sticker, click here. To listen to Jared Anderson't podcast and read his teaching notes, click here. Jared mentions one of our blog posts - Atticus' post entitled "Mormon...
Revelation Bias… Fair and Balanced Part 5b: The Word of Wisdom
Don't forget to vote for your favorite Rational Faiths sticker! Just click here to vote. In Part 5b of this series on revelation we will closely examine the revelation given to Joseph Smith known as the Word of Wisdom. If you have not read Part 1 of this series, I...
Mormon War
Recently I have been affected deeply by shows and movies that have opened my eyes to the ugliness of war. Shows like Band of Brothers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, and, most recently, The Hurt Locker have left me speechless – speechless...
Book of Mormon Lesson 36: 3 Nephi 1-7
"ON THE MORROW COME I INTO THE WORLD" Click here to listen to Jared Anderson' podcast on this lesson Third Nephi: The Book of Nephi, the Son of Nephi, Who was the Son of Helaman It should be noted that Book of Third Nephi specifically is in reference to Nephi3 Nephi3...
Revelation Bias… Fair and Balanced Part 5a: The Word of Wisdom
In Part 5 of this series on revelation, we will closely examine the revelation given to Joseph Smith known as the Word of Wisdom. If you have not read Part 1 of this series, I highly recommend that you do so before reading this post (you can read it here). The point...
CELEBRATING DIFFERENCES
Greg Prince presently sits on the High Council in his Maryland stake and is on the board of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. The following is a talk he gave last year in a sacrament meeting. It should give us all reason to stop and pause.
Book of Mormon Lesson 35: Helaman 13-16
"REPENT AND RETURN UNTO THE LORD" Click here to link to Jared Anderson's podcast for this lesson and to look at his notes. Samuel2's Prophecy: Helaman13:1-16:9 Samuel2, a Lamanite, Prophesies of the Destruction of the Nephites: Helaman 13:1-16 ....Nephite society...
Thou Shalt Not Photoshop – The Collection
I have seen a lot of photoshop jobs done by the church floating around the web as of late. I thought it would be fun to put them all in one place so we can bask in the awesomeness. Thank you Photoshop for protecting us from bare shoulders and angel wings.
Joanna Brooks, “The Book of Mormon Girl: Stories From An American Faith” – A Review
This is the first in a new series on our blog that will look at books either written by Mormon authors, or books that tangentially or directly intersect Mormonism. It is a review of Joanna Brooks' "The Book of Mormon Girl." This post is unique, not only because...
Book of Mormon Lesson 34: Helaman 6-12
"How Could You Have Forgotten Your God?" First, some news about our blog that is not directly related to this post. We want to let all of you guys know what is up and coming. On Monday my brother, Paul, is posting another in his blog series that looks at the human...
Book of Mormon Lesson 33: Helaman 1-5
"SURE FOUNDATION" Click here to listen to Jared Anderson't podcast on this lesson and to read his class notes First, a note on record succession: At the end of the Book of Alma, we learn that the Nephite records were past on from Helaman2 to Helaman2's brother...
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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