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Lesson 4: Moses 4, 5:1-15, 6:48-62 Read More
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Over at LDSLF, Dave Landrith asks an interesting question: can sin ever profit the soul? This is a topic I’ve pondered at some length over the years. Contra Dave, I believe that sinful acts can have real eventual spiritual benefits. Read More
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Several years ago I ran a marathon. As anyone who has run a marathon can tell you, training for it is a lot of work. I tend to be a pretty undisciplined person, so when I started training for the marathon, I decided that I needed some sort of commitment device to keep me on schedule. My solution was to tell all of my friends and family that I was training for a marathon, indeed that I would be running a marathon in the fall. That way I got my sense of shame to discipline me. If I slacked off… Read More
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Richard Bushman and Terryl Givens are leading a seminar this summer on “Mormon Thought, 1850 to 1920: Dealing with the Joseph Smith Legacy,” at BYU. Applications are due February 15th Read More
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With some help from a Random John, I have definitively pinpointed the Bloggernacle Snarker’s IP address. It is: Read More
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Foreknowledge vs. free will Read More
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Is it “just blogging”? Read More
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I think that it is fairly well established that Mormonism has deep roots in the religious history of Puritan New England. Of course, how one parses out the relationship between Mormonism and Puritanism is complicated, but I don’t think that there is much argument as to the fact of a relationship. Read More
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We’re pleased to announce that Geoff will be guest blogging. Read More
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The setting: An experiment using speed-dates to determine what people want in a first date. These are brief, four minute interactions, after which you write down whether or not you’d be willing to go on a date with that person. The subjects: Columbia University grad students The results: Read More
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We sang one of my favorite hymns in church last Sunday, a hymn that describes a beautiful and intimate way to feel and know God. Read More
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The confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito begin today. Read More
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Lesson 3: Moses 1:27-42, Moses 2-3 Read More
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Natural family planning (NFP) Part 3- Interest and use Read More
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Natural family planning (NFP) Part 2- Summary of NFP methods and effectiveness Read More
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NFP is not a single method. Rather, it is a group of different “methods for planning and preventing pregnancies by observation of the naturally occurring signs and symptoms of the fertile and infertile phases of the menstrual cycle, with the avoidance of intercourse during the fertile phase if pregnancy is to be avoided.” (World Health Organization, 1982) Read More
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Independent scholar Todd Compton is the author of the much acclaimed volume In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith (hereafter, ISL) and three forthcoming books: Victim of The Muses: Poet as Scapegoat, Warrior and Hero in Greco-Roman and Indo-European Myth and History (Harvard University Press), Fire and the Sword: A History Of The Latter-Day Saints In Northern Missouri From 1836 To 1839 (Greg Kofford Books), and Cyril of Jerusalem: Initiatory Lectures (translation and commentary, FARMS). Read More
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The doctrine of apostasy has come on hard times. Read More
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“How does one pray in French?” one of my BYU students, visiting in my office, asked. The question took me by surprise. Read More
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I am not Gordon Smith. My name is Doug. My father is Gordon. This is the story of why I am using his name. Read More
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Last night, two Mormon missionaries were shot in Virginia. Morgan Winslow Young of Bountiful, Utah and Joshua Heidbrink of Greeley, Colorado were shot, and Elder Young died. Read More
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Do all things denote there is a God? Do the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form, witness that there is a Supreme Creator? Or is the argument for Intelligent Design bunk? Read More
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Lesson 2: Abraham 3; Moses 4:1-4 Read More
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The letter we received from the Tax Control Department was preprinted. Handwritten had been added a date, a number and the addressee: Kerk van Jezus Christus van de Heiligen der Laatste Dagen. Read More
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OK, you finished it, or got close. Maybe you were done months ago, maybe you read 100 pages in the last day.* Read More
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So, who else was having Lion King flashbacks today during primary? The tune to the year’s new song seems awfully familiar. . . Read More
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Today my maternal grandfather, Joseph Arben Jolley, will be buried in Vernal, UT; nearly all my family will be there. This is the third family gathering from just this past year that we haven’t been able to attend, and perhaps may not be the last. Living far away from extended family is hard–a hardship that, I think, Grandpa Jolley understood well. Read More