by James Patterson | Oct 30, 2014 | Book of Mormon, Featured, Truth |
It’s time we stopped idolizing truth. It’s time we stopped treating truth like a banner at the end of a mid-distance race. See, over there in the distance? That’s truth, we say. It’s just over there, and if you just put forth a little effort, you’ll find it. And then,...
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,...
by Laura Furst | May 25, 2014 | Apologetics, Book of Mormon, Featured, Old Testament, Theology |
Joseph Smith stood on the line dividing visionary supernaturalism from rational Christianity—one of the many boundaries between the traditional and modern world. –Richard Bushman, Rough Stone Rolling I’ll admit it: I’m a Joseph Smith fangirl. I love the...
by Sheldon Greaves | May 6, 2014 | Bible Scholarship, Featured, New Testament, Old Testament, Sunday School, Theology |
By Sheldon Greaves, Ph.D. One of the things that creates problems when we modern folks try our hand at reading an ancient document is we automatically assume certain things about what that ancient text means, but also the role it played in its original context....
by James Patterson | Apr 29, 2014 | Featured, Revelation |
Since its release in September of 1995, perhaps no other official Church text in the last 20 years has elicited more debate as to its nature, meaning and importance than The Family: A Proclamation to the World (hereafter in this post to be referred to as “the...
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