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December 2007

December 13, 2007

Announcement: All-Blog Symposium on “Mormonism and Modernity”

As you may know, I am an advanced student at a local VCR repair school...

November 2007

November 25, 2007

LDS Zeal for Law

While some of my fellow bloggers here at FPR conclude their probably ecstatic SBL experience,...

November 09, 2007

The DeMcConkie-izing of the Church

Elder McConkie, I think, made large contributions to the Church. He systematized and provided the...

November 08, 2007

Which Rule is More Golden?

1) Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 2) Do not...

October 2007

October 24, 2007

If All is Sacred

If all is sacred, is nothing sacred? This is related to a previous discussion here...

October 23, 2007

Offenders for a Word

The classic Daniel Peterson/Stephen Ricks historical defense of LDS doctrine, Offenders for a Word, has...

October 17, 2007

Curses!

A discussion I had recently with a friend of mine reminded me of one of...

October 16, 2007

Have We Been Praying to Her All Along?

Submitted from an anonymous reader: If "the song of the righteous is a prayer" (D&C...

October 08, 2007

Jesus Christ: Inspiration and/or Aspiration

Are we morally creative agents? A distinction that I've given some thought to lately is...

October 08, 2007

Holiness and Housework: The Sacred and the Mundane

One of the most influential theories for explaining religion over the last 50 years has...

October 08, 2007

The myth of applying all scripture

An argument that I occasionally see floated in blogs is the argument that ideas are...

October 06, 2007

The Excommunication of Father Feeney

In 1953, Pope Pius XII excommunicated Father Feeney for refusing to submit to ecclesiastical authority....

October 04, 2007

Julian of Norwich and the Atonement

I don’t know if you have ever heard of Julian of Norwich. She’s a 14thcentury...

October 03, 2007

Is the “Family” the problem?

It is evident that the LDS church has made the institution of the nuclear family...

September 2007

September 25, 2007

The Informal “You” In European Missions

Everyone knows that missionary work in Europe is a massive failure. The church has need...

September 20, 2007

True or False?

Religious truths are more like the truths of poetry than the truths of physics.

September 18, 2007

Salvations

As Mormons can we talk about "salvation" in the plural? It seems that part of...

September 06, 2007

(Anti-)Intellectualism in the Church

A very good friend of mine, MantiHigh, wrote me recently to suggest that I include...

August 2007

August 22, 2007

Learning to Love Apostate Christianity

One sign of our institutional and historiographical maturity is the increasing attention that the “Great...

August 21, 2007

The Divine Council and its Doctrinal Implications: an EV-Mormon Discussion

Several months ago, I mentioned Mike Heiser's paper, " You've Seen One Elohim, You've Seen...

August 12, 2007

The Mark of the Bar Code

A recent comment prompted a post for discussion and speculation on the new bar coded-temple...

August 08, 2007

Playing Fast and Loose?

The recent Ensign article by the Hafens has already seen discussion at T&S and FMH....

August 02, 2007

Is Jesus a God in the NT?

The short answer: not really. The long answer: There are two texts that might say...

July 2007

July 27, 2007

Timing Tithing

In my understanding of the GHI, there is no answer to the question that I...

July 27, 2007

When Did We Stop Being Christians?

I have a historical question that hopefully someone out there can help me figure out....

July 21, 2007

Spontaneous Sacrament Meeting Talk

Last Sunday, before Sacrament meeting, one of the counselors approached me and my wife with...

July 13, 2007

The Nature of Jesus’ Suffering

I've been pondering the Atonement lately and I recently had some inspiration that I'd like...

July 12, 2007

Probing Interviews

There is a recent movement in a stake that I am aware of for Bishops...

June 2007

June 26, 2007

The Joy of Suffering

The Gospel is a strange thing sometimes. Often, it challenges our most fundamental conceptions of...

June 19, 2007

Ancient Justification for Modern Practice

Kevin Barney's post over at BCC has me thinking about the ramifications of female Apostleship...

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