Friday, June 22, 2018

Letter to a Doubter important essay from Mormon scholar Givens

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LDS author and scholar Terryl Givens’ “Letter to a Doubter” has been widely circulated since he presented the essay/lecture in a  speec...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

Decanonization has occurred in Mormon scriptures

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Remember the Lectures on Faith sections in the Mormon scripture, “Doctrine and Covenants?” No? But they were there for 86 years? I’m re...
Monday, May 28, 2018

So, are there different degrees of hell, heaven?

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I read a fascinating piece from a website, whatchristianswanttoknow.com, on hell. It was titled, “Are There Different Levels of Hell an...
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Monday, May 21, 2018

Martin Harris: gullible, amiable, dedicated, prone to bumbling

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I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Martin Harris, one of two of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon to die a member of Th...
Monday, May 14, 2018

Is Heavenly Mother a headache for Heavenly Father?

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(This blog was first published at StandardBlogs in March of 2012 ) Listen to these words from the LDS hymn, “O My Father”:  “ In t...
Monday, May 7, 2018

Police, no-knock raid caught an LDS apostle in another woman’s bed

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On Nov. 11, 1943, LDS apostles Joseph Fielding Smith and Harold B. Lee gathered with Salt Lake City police officers, including Chief Re...
Monday, April 30, 2018

A Short Stay in Hell is an odd, compelling novella about an eternity of the mundane

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I read — mostly during Sacrament meeting — the novella “ A Short Stay in Hell ,” (Strange Violin Editions) by BYU professor Steven L. P...