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June 2016

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...

May 2016

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...

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 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 05, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 6: 2 Nephi 1-2

A post up before Saturday night! Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles... Today we enter...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

Book Notes and Thoughts on Tradition and “Doctrine Creep”

Two of my most-read posts have dealt with the flood in Genesis 6-9. This one looks...

January 31, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 5: 1 Nephi 16-18

Not a lot of time for more than anything but some rough notes this week....

January 23, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 4: 1 Nephi 13-14

School has begun, and I'm swamped. Buckets of reading and writing, and trying to finish...

January 16, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 3: 1 Nephi 8-12, 15

First, although this lesson terminates in chapter 15, next week's Lesson 4 doubles back to cover...

January 02, 2016

BoM Gospel Doctrine Lesson 2: 1 Nephi 1-7

These are the most familiar chapters to any Mormon, and I've literally spent weeks on...

January 02, 2016

Me, the Blog, and Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 1: Changes!

In the coming year, I plan to put up a Gospel Doctrine post each week as...

December 2015

December 19, 2015

Gospel Doctrine 2016- Recommended Resources for the Book of Mormon

I promised, so here they are. Go read and comment on my post at TimesandSeasons....

December 13, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 46: Revelation 5-6, 19-22 (draft)

Well, the end is upon us. It's the end of the world/New Testament as we...

December 05, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 45: Revelation 1-2, 12

The final book! We’ve almost made it through! The end is nigh! First, a note...

December 05, 2015

NT Gospel Doctrine Lesson 44: 1-3 John

1 John opens reminiscent of both the Gospel of John (thematically) and Luke/Acts (in contrast). That is, the...

November 2015

November 08, 2015

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 42- James (updated)

I assume James gets his own Gospel Doctrine lesson because... Joseph Smith and James 1:5? Not sure,...

November 07, 2015

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 41- 1&2 Timothy, Titus

These letters are known as the Pastoral Letters. (Pastor came into English from Latin pastor, "shepherd.") They are...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 40: Colossians and Philippians, but mostly Philemon

I've got a new feature here. Bible verses now have a NRSV pop-up when you...

October 25, 2015

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 39: Ephesians (updated)

I've got a new feature here. Bible verses now have a NRSV pop-up when you...

October 22, 2015

Gospel Doctrine Lesson 38: Acts 21-28

First of all, I've made a Facebook page for Benjamin the Scribe. I'm not sure...

October 09, 2015

SMPT Conference at BYU: Alma 32

I'll be speaking tomorrow morning on BYU campus, as part of the conference of the...

September 2015

September 27, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 37: Hebrews

Hebrews is fun and different. Note that it comes at the end of Paul's letters,...

September 12, 2015

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 35: 2 Corinthians (updated)

2 Corinthians constitutes the first preserved "sequel" in Paul's letters. In fact, Paul wrote three or...