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October 2015

October 20, 2015

Elder Oaks: County Clerk Must Issue SSM Licenses

This is the clearest public statement from Church leaders on Kim Davis' refusal to issue...

October 20, 2015

Molympics & Mormon Hospitality

For those of you not living on the Wasatch Front, please know that winter began...

October 19, 2015

Jerusalem: Excellent News about Mormons

In 1988, I was in the first full group at the Jerusalem Center. Opposition to...

October 19, 2015

Turbans in the Tabernacle

I am confident that never before, in the history of the Tabernacle, has there been...

October 18, 2015

Mormonphobia, Fear Those Happy Beasts!

Mormonphobia. The fear of all things Mormon. Are the fears justified? It depends how one...

October 17, 2015

The Unfortunate Dearth: LDS Bookstores

Dearth: dry, parched, distressed, empty, in need of life-sustaining water and nutrients. The most prominent...

October 16, 2015

Holy Envy, Women, Men, Birds, Wings

Holy envy is a phrase coined by Krister Stendahl (1921-2008) who was Bishop of Stockholm...

October 15, 2015

Women of the Church–Revolutionizing Mormonism

Here is my prediction—for what it’s worth. I believe that the greatest announcement since the...

October 14, 2015

No Matter What, Teach this to Children First

In the late 1980’s, Boyd K. Packer spoke at the Missionary Training Center. He spoke...

October 14, 2015

Elder Scott & One Word: Jeanene

I first taught the course Teachings of the Living Prophets to university students Fall Semester...

October 13, 2015

President Durrant, Ponderize, and an Invitation to Chill Out

A post to those critical of President Devin Durrant’s most recent conference talk wherein he...

October 12, 2015

Pondering Ponderizing

It has been just over one week since the fateful day that a new word...

October 10, 2015

Yes! Jesus’ Wine Was Alcoholic!

Wine in the New Testament is alcoholic. Period. Historical revisionists, that are also Mormon, are...

October 10, 2015

The Olympic Games of World Religions

It has been 22 years since the Parliament of the World’s Religions was held in...

October 09, 2015

Women at Church

Just over one year ago Neylan McBaine published Women at Church. A few notes about...

October 08, 2015

Mr. Priest, I Refuse to Call You “Father”

I grew up in anti-Catholic Mormonism. Catholicism was the “Great and Abominable Church” and it...

October 07, 2015

Hey Mormons! No Such Thing as an Evangelical Church

This blog is intended to correct a common misperception about Evangelicalism on the part of...

October 05, 2015

Jesus, the World’s Greatest Champion of Women

Jewish women of first century Palestine were severely limited. Like the greater Greco-Roman world, Jewish...

October 04, 2015

Gun Control, the Second Amendment & Christian Pacifism

I am a gun enthusiast. I own several guns—rifles, handguns, shotguns. If you’re not a...

October 02, 2015

President Nelson’s Blood Money

Concerning sacrifices. Biotic rapport is a distinct tie between the life and livelihood of the...

October 01, 2015

Mormon Prayers & Catholic Cathedrals: Ages Four & Up

Religious bilingualism is a critically important skill to navigate in religiously diverse landscapes. For example,...

October 01, 2015

Attention: Retraction on the “Release” of a new Race and the Priesthood Essay

Yesterday I posted the release of an updated or revised Race and the Priesthood essay...

October 01, 2015

Illegal Immigration? A Fence Along the Canadian Border Might Help

Concerning Illegal immigration: divine law, natural law, positive law must be considered by Mormons and...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Threatened with a Chain Saw: Mormons, Evangelicals, Hate & Love

Just over 30 years ago I was introduced to Evangelical Christianity while serving in the...

September 28, 2015

Why I Will Attend Your Same-Sex Marriage

"For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love...