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Notes on Women, Priesthood, and General Conference

A critic counted the women who spoke at general conference. Here’s why an all-male priesthood may matter less than outsiders assume. read more

10/10/2026 7:26:35 PM by Dan Peterson

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Why Classical Education Is a Conversation, Not a Curriculum

A boyhood garage-cleaning disaster becomes a lesson for classical educators: chasing the ideal canon can crowd out the good work we could do today. read more

10/9/2026 8:04:32 PM by John Mark N. Reynolds

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Three More Anti-Catholic Lies About Catholicism (#6-4)

Does purgatory deny the sufficiency of the cross? Does the Catholic Church anathematize all Protestants to hell? Does the Mass re-sacrifice Jesus millions of times? "NO" to all... read more

10/9/2026 6:57:17 PM by Dave Armstrong

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"America's Most Neighborly City"? It's not in Switzerland

Once again, we haven’t made our way down to the city of Bern. (It’s about an hour from where we’re staying.) I don’t come to Switzerland for its cities, frankly, but I’m relatively fond of Bern. I... read more

10/9/2026 3:43:41 PM by Dan Peterson

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Is AI Our Modern Day Tower Of Babel? Is It Even Biblical?

Used without care, generative AI has the capacity to fabricate, misquote, or subtly distort Scripture at a scale no scribe could match." read more

10/8/2026 11:41:16 PM by Kathy King

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The Ark of The Covenant: All Roads Lead to Yemen

The Ark of the Covenant goes to Yemen is one of the few things I can say with certainty in our Ark investigation. read more

10/8/2026 1:43:37 PM by Rebecca Wallace Keene

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A Zen Koan Hits the Bullseye

It's an invitation to drop the burden of constant seeking and simply be. In the intimacy, we touch the essence of existence itself. read more

10/8/2026 12:06:55 PM by Larry Jordan

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"The Book of Moses as a Temple Text"

I think that I failed to mention a couple of still-new items that have recently been posted on the website of the essentially dead and never-changing Interpreter Foundation. In my own defense, I... read more

10/8/2026 8:30:00 AM by Dan Peterson

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Bible & Catholicism on Mortal Sin (vs. John Anderson)

I reply point-by-point to a critique of the Catholic view of mortal and venial sins from the Protestant anti-Catholic apologist John Anderson. Now we'll see if he flees, per the usual. read more

10/8/2026 6:40:36 AM by Dave Armstrong

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Hogg’s Justified Sinner: A Gothic Classic for Halloween

James Hogg’s 1824 novel gets inside the head of a Calvinist convinced God wants him to kill. Two centuries on, it reads like a study of modern terror. read more

10/8/2026 4:35:38 AM by Philip Jenkins

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Did Jesus Fear God's Wrath in Gethsemane?

Though terrified to the point of sweating blood at the prospect of the Cross, nevertheless Jesus became the bravest man who ever lived, and reached absolute perfection in love. read more

10/7/2026 10:32:16 PM by Clark Elder Morrow

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A Place Charged with Memory

It took many years, but I was finally able to show my beloved Switzerland to my late brother and his late wife. (Strictly speaking, he was my half-brother — hence the different last name — but he... read more

10/7/2026 6:41:09 PM by Dan Peterson

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How Does God Reveal Himself?

God has revealed Himself because He desires communion with us, and that reality should leave us humbled, grateful, and willing to respond. read more

10/7/2026 6:36:54 PM by William Hemsworth

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