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August 2019

August 11, 2019

Theological Twinkies and our Spiritual Diet

The scriptures contain a number of food metaphors. I've been working for a few years...

June 2019

June 13, 2019

News!

It's been a long several months. I have passed my written and oral exams, and...

December 2018

December 25, 2018

A Reminiscence on a Missionary Christmas

(Originally posted here.) When the mission president announced to our small group of greenies that...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

A second blog update, and podcast

I've finally had time to update some Old Testament posts, and run into some technical...

May 2018

May 13, 2018

News and blog updates!

It was the last week of the semester, we got sick, and some other distracting things...

January 2018

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....

November 2017

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...

October 2017

October 04, 2017

“Reading the Old Testament in Context” Fireside in San Antonio Tx, Nov 11

My Oct. 8 fireside in Claremont will be repeated in San Antonio, Tx on Saturday...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

Repeat of “Reading the Old Testament in Context” Fireside, in Rochester MN

My Oct. 8 fireside in Claremont will be repeated in Rochester MN on October 22. (Flyer)...

September 23, 2017

Fireside Oct. 8 on Reading the Old Testament in Context

If you live in the Los Angeles area, I'll be giving a fireside on October...

August 2017

August 13, 2017

On Elder Hamula

You have likely heard that a member of the 70 was recently released and excommunicated....

July 2017

July 19, 2017

Podcast post

I was interviewed last year for the LDS Perspectives podcast, which I recommend. Therein, I...

April 2017

April 01, 2017

Free Book! and It’s a Good One!

I've often had Misreading Scripture Through Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible on...

February 2017

February 11, 2017

How to Use Greek and Hebrew: New and Improved

I'll get back to my Transitional Mormonism and Tradition, but I was really excited about...

December 2016

December 27, 2016

The Blog in the Coming Year and D&C

I've agonized a bit over how to handle D&C this year. Here's what I have decided and...

November 2016

November 27, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 45-46: Ether

A few general notes about the Book of Ether. First, unlike the other two Book...

October 2016

October 08, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 38: 3Nephi 12-15

Today we enter into a very interesting section of the Book of Mormon. Like the Isaiah chapters,...

September 2016

September 25, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 36: 3 Nephi1-7

First, it's that time of year wherein I start thinking about January, which means D&C

September 11, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 34: Helaman 6-12

Classes have begun, and it's heavy. I spent today reading Schleiermacher's On Religion and a book about...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 30: Alma 40-42, Three Generations of Repentance

These chapters (and 39) are all focused on Corianton, who gets quite the paternal talk....

July 30, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 29: Alma 36-39 Notes and Suggestions

The Book of Mormon has a variable pace. Occasionally, we skip through decades or even hundreds...

July 24, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 28: Alma 32-34

First, the structure of the text. Alma 30-34 are really one unit, which we break...

July 17, 2016

A Testimony Meeting Experiment

One of the things I've written about before is the problem of common, broad terminology, that...

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 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...