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July 2006

July 20, 2006

The Sound of Sheer Silence

The traditional reading of 1 Kings 19 makes it the story of Elijah’s trip to...

July 18, 2006

The Gospel According to the OT: God’s Memory

The gentleman from the high council rested his right arm on the podium and leaned...

July 14, 2006

“I don’t think that word means what you think it means”: What is the sealing power, anyway?

The sealing power is an oft-discussed concept in LDS theology. It is used to describe...

July 14, 2006

Obadiah: Man Between a Rock and Elijah

Poor guy. His name means “servant of the Lord” and now he’s about to find...

July 12, 2006

Modern Elijah

Well, we’ve had a long and fun day discussing this topic on our back channel...

July 10, 2006

More Strong Language

Whenever I hear the subject of the sealing authority come up, it’s Biblical origin is...

July 03, 2006

An Unusual Instance of Potty Mouth

The three satans (adversaries) raised by God against Solomon in 1 Ki 11:14-40 are filled...

June 2006

June 19, 2006

A hierarchy of scripture

A while ago, I wrote a post in which I speculated on how we rank...

June 17, 2006

Book of Mormon: Blessings, Righteousness, and Evil

The two principal authors of the Book of Mormon, Nephi and Mormon, for the most...

June 16, 2006

A Superior Sacrifice: Hebrews

The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews also approaches the reason for Christ in...

June 13, 2006

A Gift in Place of a Gift: the Fourth Gospel

The question of “why Christ” is neither obvious nor uninteresting. The lack of an answer...

June 07, 2006

Who are the “spirits in prison?”

FaithHopeLove, who is more covert than emeritus these days, asked about the identity of the...

June 04, 2006

The Effects of the Christ-Event: Glorification

One of the most widely quoted verses in Paul’s letters is the condemnation of Rom...

May 2006

May 30, 2006

The Effects of the Christ-Event: Completion

Just before Easter, J. Stapley made this comment in response to an invitation issued to...

May 19, 2006

The Adversary, Reciprocity, and the Atonement: Part 2A, The Role of Agency

First, I must apologize for the long delay between the first and second installments of...

May 18, 2006

The Effects of the Christ-Event: Wider Aspects of Justification

Justification is one of the most prominent of Paul’s ten great metaphors and it’s also...

May 12, 2006

The Effects of the Christ-Event: Mark’s Thoughts

One of the questions I get asked when talking about the effects of the Christ-event...

May 09, 2006

Whassup with that “one-third the hosts of heaven” stuff?

Since that shadowy character HP has lately taken to investigating the even darker figure of...

May 04, 2006

The Adversary, Reciprocity, and the Atonement: Part One, An attempt to recover Satan’s plan

I don't know about you, but I've spent a bit of time lately thinking about...

April 2006

April 13, 2006

Rehabilitating Our Judas: Ms. Tchacos Nussberger

Today's NYT has a story about how GJudas finally came to light. The eye-catcher is...

April 12, 2006

Historical Jesus: Dr. Tabor and Jesus bar Pantera

You can tell the season by the books released. Yes, it's Easter and 'tis the...

April 09, 2006

Gospel of Judas: The Beginning of a Sensible Response

Over at the Volkh Conspiracy, Dave Kopel has a piece up characterizing the media response...

April 04, 2006

Jesus Walked on Ice

This article applies a subject called paleolimnology, the study of "freshwater, brackish, salt water environments...

April 03, 2006

Guest Post: On the Wings of a Dove?

J. Watkins is a long-time commenter on the site and someone off whom I often...

April 03, 2006

Historical Mormon Smackdown: Academic influence Edition!

Hello and welcome back. I have been thinking a lot about the influence of LDS...

April 01, 2006

Cave of John the Baptist

This story relates progress in the excavation of Suba Cave, located about 15 miles west...

March 2006

March 30, 2006

And the winner is…

The Restoration of the Priesthood has beaten the Book of Mormon in a poll of...

March 29, 2006

March Mormon Doctrine Madness: The Championship Game!

Here it is. Your votes have determined that these are the two most influential forces...

March 28, 2006

March Mormon Doctrine Madness: Final Four winners!

And the winners are: 11 Restoration of Priesthood Authority 21 1 Joseph Smith 17 1...

March 27, 2006

March Mormon Doctrine Madness: Final Four

1 Joseph Smith vs. 11 Restoration of Priesthood Authority Which is the more influential force...

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