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May 2018

May 03, 2018

What Prophets Know: A Short Follow-up

I've had a bad bug for a week, but I'll have some Gospel Doctrine updates...

April 2018

April 20, 2018

The Scientific Deformation and Reformation of Genesis: How “Science” Messed It Up, but Also Fixes It

I was grateful for the invitation to speak at UVU's Mormon Studies Conference on Mormonism...

April 07, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 14- Exodus 15-20, 32-34.

Insert here my usual gripe about how we're trying to cover so much ground in...

April 07, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 13: Exodus 1-3, 5-6, 11-14

As we move into Exodus, time passes suddenly. We move away from the individual novella...

March 2018

March 24, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 12: Genesis 40 onwards

These chapters carry on the novella of Joseph in Egypt. It's over 10 chapters, which is a...

March 20, 2018

An essay on the nature of prophetic knowledge, with a side helping of evolution

Regardless of what you think about evolution, it poses a problem. In the past, the issue...

March 16, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 11- Genesis 34, 37-39

Link to the lesson manual. Today, I've got a bit of writing about these chapters...

March 09, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 10: Genesis 24-29

One of the aspects of scripture study as commonly practiced by LDS is the idea...

March 03, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 09- Abraham 1:1, 5-20; Genesis 15-17; 21-22

This weeks's chapters are difficult and socially significant like last week's, which makes them difficult...

February 2018

February 24, 2018

Lesson 08- Genesis 13; 14:1-2, 8-24; 18:16-33; 19:1-29

I suspect this lesson will be somewhat charged and sensitive, given the variety of experiences...

February 16, 2018

The Longer Abraham Drama, co-written by M. Night Shyamalan (Lessons 7-9)

I taught this Gospel Doctrine lesson after the scheduled teacher was informed that his son...

February 16, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 7- Abraham 1:1-4; 2:1-11; Genesis 12:1-8; 17:1-9

First, here's a Spotify playlist of mine to put you in mind to read the...

February 09, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 6- Moses 8:19-30; Genesis 6:5-22; 7:1-10

Reading: Moses 8:19-30; Genesis 6:5-22; 7:1-10 Lesson manual (link) Since I first wrote this four years...

February 06, 2018

Fourth Sunday Lessons: Some Thoughts and Resources

Since we're going to be talking about this topic a lot, I thought I'd throw...

February 03, 2018

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 5- Moses 5:16-41; 6:26-63; 7:13, 17-47, 68-69

Text: Moses 5:16-41; 6:26-63; 7:13, 17-47, 68-69 As always, time compels us to be selective in...

January 2018

January 26, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 04- Moses 4; 5:1-15; 6:48-62

Let's talk about origins. We seem to think origins are important; "where we came from"...

January 18, 2018

Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 3: Moses 1:27-42; 2:1-31; 3:1-25

This is the first of my Old Testament Gospel Doctrine posts. (Yes, it's Lesson 3. Mea...

January 18, 2018

Genesis 2-3, a New Kinda “Translation”

Several years ago, I was involved in the Mormon Theology Seminar on Genesis 2-3. The...

January 13, 2018

Mormonism and the challenges of Science, Revelation, and Faith at UVU

UVU's annual Mormon Studies Conference will be held (and streamed!) February 22-23. The topic is Heaven &...

January 09, 2018

The Non-Clickbait Follow-up on Genesis 1

So, here's the background of my click-bait post. I address several of these in...

January 03, 2018

A Click-Bait Listicle: Seven Things You Didn’t Know about Genesis chapter 1!

I hate click-baity listicles, especially the ones that make you click for each new picture....

December 2017

December 27, 2017

Old Testament Resources Part 4: History and Culture

First, there's a Kindle sale on some John Walton books I recommend, including some I haven't...

December 21, 2017

A Christmas Plug

One of the best ways for laypeople to learn about the history, text, interpretation, archaeology,...

December 20, 2017

Reading the Early Chapters of Genesis- Podcast and Followup

LDS Perspectives interviewed me about my book on Genesis 1, which is still in progress....

December 19, 2017

“That which is Demonstrated, We Accept with Joy”: Mormons, Scripture, and Evolution

You might have noticed an op-ed on Mormonism and evolution in the Salt Lake Tribune...

December 06, 2017

Old Testament Resources Part 3: Paradigm Changers (Updated))

Update: I've put together a collection of samples from these books. First, note that LDS...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Old Testament Resources Part 2: Bible, Translation, and LDS Tradition

This is the second in a series of posts about resources for study and teaching...

November 23, 2017

Old Testament Resources Part 1: The Short List and Elder Ballard

Through November 26, Amazon is offering $5 off any physical order of books of $20....

November 15, 2017

Virtual Sperry Fireside On Reading the Old Testament in Context

If you missed attending one of my firesides or the Sperry Symposium, this is for...

November 14, 2017

Old Testament, the Blog in the Upcoming Year, and News

Coming back to the Old Testament means I've been at this solo blog thing for...

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