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September 2018

September 03, 2018

Genesis and Evolution: A BYU Guest Lecture

BYU's Late Summer Honors offered a course recently called, "What Does it Mean to be...

August 2018

August 10, 2018

Some quick and short book notes

As is my wont, I'm excited about a few books, two popular and two more...

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...

March 2018

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...

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 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...

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 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...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

Evolution and the Fall

I received a trio of books recently, so I'm providing some brief thoughts on what...

August 04, 2017

FairMormon, Some Papers, and Books

My FairMormon presentation reiterated parts of two previous papers I have presented. That text should...

July 2017

July 14, 2017

Truth, Scripture, and Interpretation of Genesis: A Conference Preview

In a little less than a month, I'll be speaking at the FAIRMormon Conference in...

July 01, 2017

Listening to History, Science, and Evolution

I've not had a lot of time to write here recently. I have done a...

June 2017

June 06, 2017

My MHA Presentation and Reconciling Science with Scripture

Here is a copy of my MHA presentation text, "Early LDS Attempts to Reconcile...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

Mormon Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It?

Occasionally, one hears Mormons (usually laypeople) critiquing Protestants for slavish and uncritical interpretation of the...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

New/Forthcoming books of Interest

Update: Between now and Dec 5, get 5$ off any physical Amazon book order of...

November 02, 2016

A Vague Post on Joseph Fielding Smith, Evolution, and Other Sides of His Story

People are multi-faceted and complex. It's very easy to develop an attitude of putting either...

October 2016

October 08, 2016

The Backstory to Elder Eyring’s Age of the Earth Comment and Creationism

Elder Eyring told a story in this recent General Conference. My father... was a seasoned...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

Why Science is (Mostly) Powerless Against Young Earth Creationism: A Personal Narrative

Young Earth Creationism (YEC) is, ironically, relatively young. I've written about its origins at Religion&Politics (start in...

August 2016

August 03, 2016

David O. McKay, Genesis, and Evolution: Part 2.

In a previous post, I detailed President McKay's explicit, published, written approval of a very...

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...

May 2016

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...

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 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...