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July 2019

July 30, 2019

Covenant and law, grace, works, and faith.

I've updated this post with a new section and handout, after the overview. It treats...

January 2019

January 28, 2019

A Sacrament Meeting Sermon on Forgiveness

We're in a new ward, and with the new meeting changes, talks sermons are assigned 6-8...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

(Updated) Some thoughts on scripture study for adults and youth

[Updated October 2018] Given the encouragement to do more personal, family, and group scripture study...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

The Future Faith of Our Seminary Students

This is a long post, with four sections, but I ask you to read it because...

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 14, 2018

Raymond Brown on Understanding and Teaching Complicated Historical Issues

Raymond E. Brown SS, was a Catholic priest and Bible scholar, known for his Introduction...

February 2018

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, 2017

The Complexities of History in The Ensign

I still haven't had time for the second post in my Transitional Mormonism series, but I...

September 2016

September 11, 2016

Brigham Young, Studying Evil, and Living in a Bubble

I originally wrote this about 10 years ago, reposted it five years ago, and since...

August 2016

August 19, 2016

Critical Scholarship and Faith at BYU, Brief Partial Summary and Thoughts

Several weeks ago, the Maxwell Institute's Studies in the Bible and Antiquity journal sponsored a small non-public...

July 2016

July 23, 2016

A Note on Pioneer Day Talks, Sweetwater, and Tradition

I didn't grow up in Utah, and never heard of Pioneer Day until I was...

May 2016

May 15, 2016

Mormons, Evangelicals, Tradition, and Sunday School

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