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July 2016

July 17, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 27: Alma 30-31

These two chapters are loaded. First, we encounter the third member of the Unholy Trinity of...

July 13, 2016

New Testament Conference Announcement

As part of the New Testament Commentary Seminar, a conference will be held at BYU Friday...

July 10, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 26: Alma 23-29

I did an Olympic-distance triathlon this morning, and it's left me pretty exhausted... body and...

July 03, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 25: Alma 17-22 (Draft)

Alma 17 begins with a chance meeting between Alma and the sons of Mosiah, and...

July 02, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 24: Alma 13-16

These chapters are the violent dénoument of the Ammonihah story. Grant Hardy cogently points out how this story...

July 02, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 23: Alma 8-12

Once again, the lesson and chapter divisions cut across the 1830/original chapter divisions, breaking up logical...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

David O. McKay on Evolution and Reading Genesis

One part of my book on Genesis 1 (trying to finish this summer) addresses the question...

June 25, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 22: Alma 5-7

Alma has divested himself of the judgeship to go on a mission of sorts, to...

June 18, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 21- Mosiah 29, Alma 1-4

Today we move into the Book of Alma. The stories of Alma Sr. and Alma...

June 18, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 20: Mosiah 25-27, Alma 36

(Posted from the Middle of Nowhere, Michigan.) This lesson has us jump to Alma's retelling of...

June 03, 2016

Scripture, Context, and Genres: Scattered Reading

I'm spending a lot of my time writing about the idea of "context" right now,...

May 2016

May 22, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 19: Mosiah 18-24

Mormons have a thing about Doctrine, with a capital D. We try to define it,...

May 15, 2016

Mormons, Evangelicals, Tradition, and Sunday School

When it comes to frustrations with Gospel Doctrine class, one problem is that we...

May 15, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 18: Mosiah 12-17

It's been a busy week. I capped off the semester by editing an 11,000 word...

May 09, 2016

Stephen L. Richards on science, religion, questions, and General Authorities

On May 31, 1925, Elder Stephen L. Richards gave the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class...

May 07, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 17: Mosiah 7-11

I have an awful lot on my plate in the next week, so this is straight...

April 2016

April 30, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 16: Mosiah 4-6

Once again, I'd remind you of the book on King Benjamin's speech (paper here), and the...

April 24, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 15: Mosiah 1-3

To open, we need some big picture structural discussion. Mosiah 1 is not Mosiah 1. In...

April 24, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 14: Enos, Jarom, Omni, Words of Mormon

It's been a few weeks since my last post. First came General Conference; the next...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

Joseph F. Smith on Evolution and Teaching in Church Schools

The general thrust of my research over the next few years will be science, religion,...

March 27, 2016

An Easter Post: Refugees, Mormons, and the Law of Moses

I only saw bits and pieces of the Women's Session of General Conference tonight, but...

March 26, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 13: Jacob 5-7

The previous lesson covered Jacob 1-4, and this one the lengthy allegory of the olive tree and its interpretation...

March 19, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 12: Jacob 1-4

Jacob marks a distinct and important break of sorts in the Book of Mormon. Why?...

March 19, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 11: 2Ne 31-33

These chapters are Nephi's literary swan song, his winding down. He's now in the position...

March 14, 2016

Ten Intro Books For Getting a Handle on the Early Chapters of Genesis

A friend recently asked for a list of books to read as an intro to...

March 12, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 10: 2Ne 26-30

Not a lot of time today, so here's a short post, on Nephi's non-contextual application of...

March 06, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 9: 2Ne 11-25

Last week was insane, and I didn't get a post up. Today I'm trying and...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 8: 2Ne 6-10

It's been a hectic week, I'm on the road without wifi, and Patheos did some...

February 14, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 7: 2 Nephi 3-5

A bit of news, connected to today's lesson. (If you haven't read the last one,...

February 12, 2016

Teaching Seminary with Cuneiform, Shortbread, and The Shining

Back in fall, I got interviewed about teaching early-morning Seminary. I even attended one morning,...

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