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Make Your Own Metaphors!

Make Your Own Metaphors!

by Laurel Sandberg-Armstrong | Feb 18, 2014 | Featured, Mormon Humor | 8 comments

Ah, sweet metaphors. Sweet, sweet metaphors that are dropped into church talks like chocolate in the spiritual trail-mix of words coming out of someone’s mouth at the pulpit on any given Sunday. Sometimes the chocolate might be overly-familiar, but well-loved like an...
Brother Jake Explains Himself

Brother Jake Explains Himself

by Jake Frost | Sep 30, 2013 | Featured, Gospel Topics, Mormon Humor, Mormonism | 24 comments

Hi! I’m Brother Jake. Truthfully, I don’t have a specific origin story for how I came up with the idea to create my (ongoing) YouTube series. But when I think back, it does remind me of an experience I had on my mission in Peru. In my final exchange, my missionary...
Gospel Truth in Les Miserables, Pt.I-Fantine

Gospel Truth in Les Miserables, Pt.I-Fantine

by EOR | Sep 18, 2013 | Agency, Faith, Faith Crisis, Featured, Forgiveness, Mormonism, Repentance, Theology | 5 comments

This is part I of a II part series. Part II will publish on 9/25/2013, and will focus on the life of Jean. Today, I am concerned with the life of Fantine though. For those who have not seen Les Miserables (either the musical or the movie) I will offer very little back...
Why the Church is Truer Than the Gospel

Why the Church is Truer Than the Gospel

by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Sep 5, 2013 | Faith, Featured | 8 comments

WHY THE CHURCH IS TRUER THAN THE GOSPEL By Michael Barker I didn’t want to go to Church this past Sunday.  There were two reasons: It was fast and testimony meeting and frankly I get little out of testimony meeting.  Sometimes I even get quite frustrated. The...
A Transhumanist Interpretation of the Gospel

A Transhumanist Interpretation of the Gospel

by Carl Youngblood | Jul 14, 2013 | Agency, Featured, Gospel Topics, Natural Theology, Revelation, Theology, Transhumanism, Uncategorized | 0 comments

This is the third in a five-part series on Mormon Transhumanism. The first part was an introduction to transhumanism written by James Carroll and I wrote the second part, comparing transhumanism and Mormonism. At the core of Mormonism is the Gospel of Christ, which is...
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