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Established by Jesus Christ himself

April 2, 2013 | 49 comments
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Established by Jesus Christ himself

In a recent news article discussing the Ordain Women community and its upcoming inaugural meeting, LDS church spokeswoman Jessica Moody stated that the male-only priesthood “was established by Jesus Christ himself and is not a decision to be made by those on Earth.” Of course, there may be a few questions about whether this statement is descriptively accurate, given those pesky Phoebe and Priscilla and Junia verses and whatnot. But let’s set those issues aside for a moment. Because theologically, it does make sense that we might want to follow Jesus’s example here. And factually, a few quirky anomalies... Read more »

Requesting Priesthood Lines of Authority

April 30, 2010 | 19 comments
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Requesting Priesthood Lines of Authority

In the course of an interesting email exchange today, I learned that a good friend and I had had similar experiences in trying to track down our priesthood lines of authority. After being ordained Elders, we both asked our fathers if they had copies of their lines of authority, both said they thought they did somewhere, but both ultimately could never come up with them. My friend then approached his uncle, figuring that he might have the same line as my friend’s father, but without success. Fast forward ten years. His uncle randomly found his line of authority and... Read more »

Speculation

July 12, 2009 | 29 comments
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Questions without solid answers, from teaching Elders’ Quorum today: 1. Did Jesus get His endowments during life? If so, how and where? If not, why not (and what does that say)? Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

12 Questions for Marvin Perkins, Part Four

May 27, 2009 | 20 comments
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Here is the last installment of our 12 Questions with Marvin Perkins, comprised of Brother Perkins’ responses to our last two questions. We’d like to thank Brother Perkins for the time and effort he’s put in to giving us a set of very substantive and thought-provoking responses. 2 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »

12 Questions for Marvin Perkins, Part Three

May 24, 2009 | 3 comments
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Here is Part Three of our 12 Questions with Marvin Perkins, comprised of Brother Perkins’ responses to our next five questions. See Parts One, Two, and Four for our introduction of Brother Perkins and his responses to our other questions. 2 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »

12 Questions for Marvin Perkins, Part Two

May 21, 2009 | 10 comments
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Here is Part Two of our 12 Questions with Marvin Perkins, comprised of Brother Perkins’ responses to our next four questions. See Parts One, Three and Four for our introduction of Brother Perkins and his responses to our other questions. 2 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »

12 Questions for Marvin Perkins, Part One

May 20, 2009 | 32 comments
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Marvin Perkins has graciously agreed to answer a few questions from Times & Seasons. Brother Perkins is a Latter-day Saint music producer who is currently the Public Affairs Co-chair for the Genesis Group and who has worked to nurture understanding between African Americans and Latter-day Saints and attack misconceptions. As part of this effort, he has appeared on CNN, among other places. In late 2007, Brother Perkins and former Genesis Group President Darius Gray put out a DVD entitled “Blacks in the Scriptures” that contains four lecture-style scriptural presentations on Blacks and the Bible, Skin Color, Curses, Equality, Priesthood... Read more »

I Have a Question, 1891

April 9, 2009 | no comments
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These questions and answers are from the Juvenile Instructor of 1891. Some of them appear in columns headed “Editorial Thoughts,” some of which are explicitly signed The Editor, marking them as the work of George Q. Cannon. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Haunted and Blessed Lives

December 15, 2008 | 13 comments
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Ross Douthat believes in angels and devils. Me too. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

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