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November 2018

November 07, 2018

“Absolutist” Revelation and Creation Accounts in Moses, Abraham, and the Temple

I presented a short paper at the Joseph Smith Papers conference a few weeks ago,...

October 2018

October 22, 2018

A Short Announcement and a Seattle Fireside on Reclaiming the Literal Interpretation of Genesis

First, I've had a lot of Facebook friend requests from readers. I'm taking a break...

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 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 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

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...

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

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 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....

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...