Sunday, January 31, 2021

Do Mormons really ban playing cards from the home?

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Originally published in 2010. I brought it back from WayBack Archive because I still find the issue fascinating. I wish I could locate Cal ...
Monday, January 25, 2021

‘Good Man Jesus and Scoundrel Christ’ both spiritual and blasphemous

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An element that mars most religious fiction is that good and evil is established bluntly and quickly. Sunstone editor Stephen R. Carter has ...
Sunday, January 17, 2021

LDS Church prophet George Albert Smith overcame depression, other demons

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  Latter-day Saints often study the teachings of the 8th church president, George Albert Smith. George Albert was the first LDS prophet who ...
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Saturday, January 9, 2021

First John D. Lee trial waged in the court of public opinion

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---- In the Winter 2013 “Journal of Mormon History,” there’s an interesting article from Robert H. Briggs, a lawyer and historian from Calif...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

In 1845, William Smith, Mormon apostles waged war in the LDS press

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  Originally published in 2013 at StandardBlogs There’s an interesting article in the summer 2013 issue of the “Journal of Mormon History. ”...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Jimmy Stewart’s other Christmas film -- 40 years of Mr. Krueger's Christmas

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     Most of the world associates the actor Jimmy Stewart and Christmas with the marvelous Frank Capra film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.”   And ...
Saturday, December 12, 2020

Review: Exploring Mormon Thought - God's Plan to Heal Evil

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It's difficult to blend the "good news" of the Gospel of Christ with evil. Evil is the opposite of righteousness. Yet it will ...