I started teaching seminary three weeks ago. We’re off to a great start. I don’t have any goofballs in my class, so that helps. As I started preparing before the semester began, I tried to figure out how to present the Doctrine and Covenants in a way that could be compelling to high school... Read More »
Note to newcomers: These are not lesson notes. They are notes–and questions–to help people study the lesson material. Of course, as such they may also be helpful for preparing... Read More »
The book of Hosea is an excellent example of a book that we often find difficult because we don’t understand “the manner of prophesying among the Jews” (2 Nephi... Read More »
Continuing the conversation begun in my earlier post (God and Science), let’s look at the Encyclopedia of Mormonism entry... Read More »
Embracing the Law A scholarly conference on Doctrine and Covenants 42 September 10, 2010 • Free Admission Session 1 9:00 – 10:45... Read More »
It happened again. Another batch of forwarded emails from my family, filled with misinformation, outright lies and sometimes even... Read More »
Apparently, you can’t say polygamy was not God’s will. But you can say that a male-only priesthood is... Read More »
The conflict between science and religion is generally overstated. But it is certainly true that science is the matrix... Read More »
This is another long set of study notes. I have adapted parts of them from a set of notes... Read More »
I recently received an email asking “if the LDS Church has an official (or unofficial) Social Doctrine, similarly to... Read More »
Word Biblical Commentary quotes this very nice poem from W. H. Auden, “Thomas Epilogises”: Where Job squats awkwardly upon his... Read More »
Although I grew up in the Washington D.C. suburbs when the Temple was being built, I don’t remember the... Read More »
Here is a short theory of the atonement. Read More »
Like some of you, I’ve been reading a book or two on the Old Testament, this year’s Sunday School... Read More »
That theme is addressed from many different angles in The Future of Mormonism series at Patheos. It might be... Read More »
On the sweetness of Mormon life. Read More »
The Deseret News posted an article (”Mormons need to work to increase favor“) summarizing remarks by Gary Lawrence at... Read More »
As I mentioned in my first post, I was reluctant to be a guest blogger, mainly because I doubted... Read More »
It’s no secret that we Mormons aren’t big on praise worship in our meetings. You won’t hear any “hallelujahs”... Read More »
The sense of many today that faith is antithetical to reason grows partly out of the Reformation and Enlightenment,... Read More »
I laughed when I saw what this lesson covers, “only” slightly less than 16,000 words in Proverbs and slightly... Read More »
Every so often the question “Are Mormons Christians?” gets batted around; the question has probably grown tedious for many.... Read More »
I recently finished Victor Davis Hanson’s Ripples of Battle (Doubleday, 2003), with the give-it-all-away subtitle How wars of the... Read More »
I’m currently through the beginning of Nietzsche’s The Will to Power. I like what I’ve read, and I’ve identified... Read More »
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