Sunday, February 28, 2021

Why is prayer defined as a genie who grants selective pleas?

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  With some edits, originally published in 2012 at StandardBlogs Why do so many church lessons about the power of prayer always have to foll...
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Monday, February 15, 2021

Review: Frank J. Cannon: Saint, Senator, Scoundrel

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  Is there even a statue of Frank Jenne Cannon in Ogden, Utah? Maybe a photo somewhere in a city or Weber County building, or perhaps Union...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Darryl F. Zanuck brought Brigham Young to the big screen

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  This review originally ran in StandardBlogs. By Doug Gibson Just watched the 1940 film, “Brigham Young”: Two major observations; It was a ...
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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...