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On the sweetness of Mormon life. 9 people like this post.Like  Read More »

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A new study finds that abstinence education works. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

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The gospels are full of paradoxes, mostly intentional. Is John 9 intentional? 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

As we all know, what this verse from Proverbs really means is that we teach our children the scriptures. Rod = Iron Rod = Word of God = Scriptures. Spare the scriptures, spoil the child. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

After reading about it on T&S, the Lovely One and I watched the first episode of the Mormon web series the Book of Jer3miah. Then ‘just one more,’ we said, and we didn’t get to bed until after midnight and Episode 20. In its 5-minute chunks the Book of Jer3miah had us... Read More »

God’s purpose is to make us over in His image and exalt us to godhood. This truth of Mormon Christianity offends creedal Christians. Maybe even outrages them. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

One of the most malign of modern trends is the disappearance of men from the ranks of public school teachers and the decline in the number of woman teachers who wield a ruler. The Church counteracts that. I got a testimony why recently. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Doubt is not a principle of the gospel. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

In Sunday School the talk turned to the council in heaven and Satan’s competing plan of salvation. Since Satan’s plan lost, why, the teacher asked, would God allow Satan to try to sabotage God’s plan? 1 people like this post.Like  Read More »

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For the first time ever in a Gallup poll, a majority of Americans are pro-life. As many support the Church’s moderate prolife position–that abortion should be illegal, but with some exceptions–as support the extreme pro-choice and the moderate pro-choice positions combined. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Testigos de Jehovah (Jehovah’s Witnesses) got under my skin when I was a missionary. One of the things that bugged me most was the infantile delight they took in telling you that they knew what God’s name was. None of them ever could explain *why* knowing that his real name was “Jehovah”... Read More »

Heaven Haven, by Gerard Manley Hopkins: 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great acommandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Thus Christ’s summary of... Read More »

Every Mormon knows Jacob’s sermon in Jacob 2 where he condemns unchastity and men who sexually dishonor women. But Jacob begins by preaching against pride. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Since the vicious partisan scandals surrounding my administration have become a distraction from the important work of the American people, I hereby announce that I am stepping down from position of wealth and power as a Times and Seasons... Read More »

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The temple, we are told, is where the most sacred gospel rites occur. Brigham Young explained the meaning of those rites this way: are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father, passing the angels who stand as sentinels, being... Read More »

I had a buddy in high school who was a fierce Navajo patriot. He bitterly resented what had become of his people. I needled him once on how much better off the Navajo were now with roads, and medicines, and aqueducts, and things. His voice got strangled and he could hardly... Read More »

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The US Senate just voted down an amendment that would prevent federal funds given to the United Nations Population Fund programs that support or promote coerced abortion (read China) or involuntary sterilization (still China, I think). 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

What does Mormonism portray as the central religious experience? 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

A study has looked at what percent of broadband users in an area also subscribe to a particular network of paid online pornography. Articles about the study have suggested that conservative religious types, especially Mormons, are more likely to use porn. 4 people like this post.Like  Read More »

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On being smarter than other people at church 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Long-time Mormon culture blog A Motley Vision has added a companion blog focused on Mormon nature writing and Mormon thinking about the natural world. T&S stand-out Patricia Karamesines is the presiding muse. Check it out. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Here’s a belated recognition of George Washington’s birthday. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

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