Vitamin C, God, and the Priesthood
Jim Alcock: “One of my favorite examples of this opposition, between intellect and intuition is a colleague who is very smart guy, very rational, very skeptical about anything he can’t find good...
View ArticleChildren of a Parent Living in a Same-Sex Relationship
On 11/5/15 the Mormon church issued some policy additions to Handbook 1 defining those who are in same-sex (they used the word gender for some strange reason) marriages as apostates, mandating...
View ArticleMormon Math
“Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.“- Matthew 7:14 Just how narrow is the way and just how “few” is few? The LDS church...
View Article“Is this the will of God or the will of man?
One of my children asked me the other day why I study so much church history. My simple answer to him was that I want to know how things really happened, and that knowing more about the past can......
View ArticlePersonal Revelation Part 1: The Gift of the Holy Ghost- How important is it?
How do we know something is true? Is a spiritual witness a reliable method of obtaining knowledge? How can we tell if that spiritual witness originates from our own emotions or our own thoughts?...
View ArticlePersonal Revelation Part 2: A spiritual witness brings us sure knowledge?
A spiritual witness brings us sure knowledge? Literal Belief: To a literal believer, there is really no difference between knowing something intellectually and knowing something by the Spirit. The...
View ArticlePersonal Revelation Part 3: What is revelation and how do we know it is from...
What is revelation and how do we know it is from God? Literal Belief: The only way to be constantly guided by the spirit is by keeping oneself pure through obedience to the commandments. If one is...
View ArticlePersonal Revelation Part 4: How do I distinguish my own thoughts from divine...
How do I distinguish my own thoughts from divine inspiration? Literal Belief: Apparently this question arises in just about every face-to-face meeting between a prominent church leader and the young...
View ArticleGenerations of “Lamanites”
I just returned from a luncheon where the 45th anniversary of the performing group previously known as Lamanite Generation, now Living Legends, was being celebrated. As I’ve navigated the path from...
View ArticleFace to Face with Elder Holland
On March 8, 2016 there was a worldwide “Face-to-Face” event for Young Single Adults (YSA) with Elder Holland. He was accompanied by Elder Donald Hallstrom of the 70, and Sister Carole Stephens of the...
View ArticleThe Mormon God who intervenes
If God, especially the God of Mormonism, intervenes in our lives, how do we explain the times no intervention seems to occur? If our ways are not God’s ways, is it even appropriate to question the...
View ArticleJoseph Smith and Pearl Curran- aka Patience Worth
Joseph Smith dictated the words of the entire Book of Mormon, as we know it today, in about 3 months. This of course does not take into account the time to produce the 116 pages that were lost or......
View ArticleGoing through the temple as a non-believer
Something I read recently on Reddit reminded me of the last time I went through the temple, back in May 2014. The temple was an integral part of my faith journey. Temple worship started my journey...
View ArticleSpecial Witnesses Of (The Name Of) Christ
“The twelve traveling councilors are called to be the Twelve Apostles, or special witnesses of the name of Christ in all the world—thus differing from other officers in the church in the duties of...
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