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New visual aid for your Book of Mormon Sunday school class
The real reason Lehi and his party took eight years to get to Bountiful. Stolen from Facebook; feel free to steal it from me. ..bruce..
View ArticleSome perspective on the “Mormon Moment” from early Christian history
I recently bought Pocket History of the Church by D. Jeffrey Bingham, a brief summary of the history of the Christian church, starting after the death of the Apostles. While reading it this afternoon,...
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Clinton (Bill) plays the anti-Mormon card
Buzzfeed reports on a Bill Clinton stump speech in which the former President gives a false representation of LDS theology: Clinton also recalled a moment from his youth in Arkansas being approached...
View ArticleA simple tip for husbands young and old
Ask yourself each morning: what can I do today that will make my wife happy? For the most part, I’m thinking about items around the house that need to be handled (the proverbial “Honey, do…” list),...
View ArticleSun Tzu and the Book of Mormon
Nope, not talking about looking for application of Sun Tzu’s military maxims in the Book of Mormon — though that would be an interesting post as a follow-up to my one about Alexander the Great, and I...
View ArticleMy $0.02 on the Big Announcement
I’ve been doing some thinking about the announcement made today regarding the lowering of ages for young men and young women to leave on full time missions. I think this change will have some...
View ArticleBilly Graham breaks with a 30-year policy and appears to endorse Mitt Romney
My good friend Dan Blatt over at Gay Patriot send me an e-mail this afternoon which I just saw a little while ago, pointing to a Washington Post article that states that Mitt Romney met with Billy...
View ArticleMormons, Vietnam, Romney and the Draft, revisited
Five years ago, the Boston Globe ran an article suggesting collusion between the LDS Church and the US Selective Services regarding deferments for missionaries in general, and Mitt Romney in...
View ArticleThe Book of Mormon and elections: a brief observation
First, let’s start by acknowledging that the ‘reign of the judges’ described in the Book of Mormon bears almost no resemblance to a constitutional democracy or republic. There is no separation of...
View ArticleRoyal Skousen lectures on the Book of Mormon [UPDATED]
UPDATE [2/13]: I received word from Dr. Skousen tonight that attendance at the lectures may be quite high due to large numbers of BYU students attending. He strongly recommends that you arrive no later...
View ArticleChanges in missionary age: a brief observation
Like most wards here in North America, we’re seeing more of our young men and women leaving on missions; I help my wife lay out the weekly sacrament bulletin, and the list of missionaries serving keeps...
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“Mormonia”: the trailer
This is several years old, but I hadn’t seen it before. I found it quite funny, especially since it probably reflects the feelings of non-Mormons in “tracted-over” neighborhoods. Your mileage may...
View Article“Judaism as a native language”— lessons for Mormons?
Thanks to a link from a Jewish friend (whose wife published an article there), I have become a devotee of the on-line version of Tablet Magazine (subtitle: “A New Read on Jewish Life”). The level of...
View ArticleIn case anyone mentions “the Book of Mormon” and “Smithsonian” in the same...
…please sent them over to this post at Keepapitchinin by Ardis “Ace” Parshall, Mormon Detective: News of the impending publication reached Salt Lake City early in November, 1936. Alarmed, Heber J....
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Higher dimensional realms revisited
The first published article I ever wrote was “Some thoughts on higher dimensional realms”, co-authored with Dr. Robert P. Burton of the BYU Computer Sciences department and published in BYU Studies,...
View ArticleSome insight into the phrase “desolation of abomination”
John Gee, over at his excellent and always provocative blog Forn Spǫll Fira, gives some insight into the Savior’s use of Daniel’s phrase, “desolation of abomination” based on its historical use within...
View ArticleMore lessons from Judaism: Orthodox Jews confront Torah inerrancy
Again from the Tablet comes this article about how some Orthodox Jews are trying to deal with historical and compositional questions about the Torah (the five books of Moses): “Virtually all of the...
View ArticleArchaeological find in Israel: Jehovah’s wife?
I always treat articles like this — heck, just about any article (or, for that matter, paper) on Bible-related archaeological “findings” — with a spoonful of salt. That said, this is interesting:...
View ArticleAlma and John revisited — a brief thought
I have posted before about the parallels between Alma1 and John the Baptist, particularly with regards to (re)introducing baptism and establishing a “church of anticipation” prior to the Savior’s...
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“Ender’s Game” (the movie): a brief review w/spoilers
I read the original “Ender’s Game” short story when it was published in Analog (August 1977). I was startled, because I knew the author, Orson Scott Card, slightly. He and I attended Brigham Young...
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