“What Is the Four-Generation Program?”
Posted on September 27, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 10 Comments
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Us vs. Them
Posted on September 26, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 16 Comments
Within the Church, there are two groups of people: Us and Them.
Who are ‘Us’ and ‘Them’? Why, we are Us, and they are Them…and there are many fundamental differences between the two.
Romney: And So It Begins?
Posted on September 24, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 22 Comments
I don’t know how many of you saw the news about the South Carolina Republican executive committee member rather rather harshly grilling Romney. The story doesn’t get into details but it’s hard not to read between the lines and recall similar experiences I’ve had with people who sound a lot like this lady.
Read More..>>Mountain Meadows Massacre Discussion
Posted on September 23, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 25 Comments
David Keller kindly agreed to allow us to share his writeup of last night’s discussion of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The lecture was by Thomas Alexander as this year’s Leonard Arrington Lecture. Any typos are my own and we certainly thank David for allowing others to hear about this. Anyone is is […]
Read More..>>An Egregious Example of Pseudo-scholarship
Posted on September 22, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 19 Comments
I use a lot of electronic books in my personal and academic life, and Logos provides many of them, such as the JPS Torah Commentary. Many other good scholarly works are available from Logos, such as the Anchor Bible Dictionary. Some of their material would be more accurately classified as “pseudo-scholarship.”
Read More..>>Evangelicals on Ezra, Cyrus and Mitt Romney
Posted on September 21, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 15 Comments
Evangelicals for Mitt is rapidly becoming one of my favorite blogs. The writing is interesting and well-done, and the bloggers are unrepentant about their support for Mormon Mitt Romney.
This post quotes Ezra to show that the Lord works even though “unbelievers” such as Cyrus so there is no reason not to support Mitt even […]
Some food for thought from Pres. Faust
Posted on September 21, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 19 Comments
I think this is a very thought-provoking quotation:
“I believe that never before in the history of the Church has there been more unity than exists among my Brethren of the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve, and the other General Authorities of the Church, who have been called and chosen and who are now […]
Joseph Smith’s Home Teacher and Social Roles
Posted on September 19, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 9 Comments
I’ve never enjoyed home teaching.
Read More..>>Software upgrade in progress
Posted on September 19, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 16 Comments
Comments still out of order? Check. Things in sidebar are broken? Check.
Let me know what’s broken for you. I’ll try to get things more or less in order tonight.
Comment Ordering
Posted on September 18, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 8 Comments
We know about the problem of comment ordering. Bryce says he should have internet connection soon and will upgrade the B2Evolution software that will hopefully resolve the problem. Our apologies for the problem.
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