Matt Evans

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Mormons and EV/BAC’s in Narnia

Posted on November 23, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 37 Comments

A reader sent this in to us.
Check out the Utah organization using ‘Narnia’ to bring together
evangelicals and their Mormon neighbors.
http://www.standingtogether.org/
Quotation:
The following is a list of requirements to receive your 2 free tickets:
* You must be 18 years of age
* You must be an evangelical christian or a latter day saint
* If […]

Israelite History

Posted on November 23, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 6 Comments

My program is primarily a (dead) language program, but everyone in the department has to take a series of three history courses early on in 1) Syro-Palestine/Hittite History, 2)Egyptian History, and 3) Mesopotamian History. Those are the only history classes I’ve taken.
Most of my exams are language related, but I have a half-exam in […]

Matt’s Monday Morning Millennial Star Question: Shunning

Posted on November 14, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 30 Comments

When, if ever, should a disciple of Christ shun someone?

Monday Mornning Millennial Star Question: Testimony Meeting

Posted on July 11, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 37 Comments

Given that wards have only twelve Fast and Testimony meetings every year, each with approximately 35 minutes dedicated to the sharing of testimonies, and given that about 150 adult members attend a typical American ward, for each member to have an opportunity to share their testimony, each member is allocated 2 minutes and 48 seconds […]

Monday Morning Millennial Star Question: Unconditional Love

Posted on June 27, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 16 Comments

Wanting someone to improve or change seems to be, at some level, a rejection of who they now are. Is it possible to love someone perfectly, to accept, embrace and treasure them just as they are, yet want and encourage them to change?

Monday Morning Millennial Star Question: Mercy

Posted on June 13, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 7 Comments

Alma 42:25: What, do ye suppose that mercy can rob justice? I say unto you, Nay; not one whit.
Alma 34:15 And thus he shall bring salvation to all those who shall believe on his name; this being the intent of this last sacrifice, to bring about the bowels of mercy, which overpowereth justice, and […]

Monday Morning Millennial Star Question #7: Atonement Necessary for Comprehension?

Posted on May 23, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 19 Comments

If Jesus had to pass through the atonement to understand our troubles and sorrows, then either:
1) God had to pass through something similar; or
2) Jesus knows things the Father does not; or
3) the premise is false — a perfect understanding is possible without experiencing the atonement.
What say ye?

Monday Morning Millennial Star Question #6: Indigent Hitchhikers

Posted on May 9, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 51 Comments

Are Mormons morally obligated to pick up stranded motorists and indigent hitchhikers, or may we justifiably “pass by on the other side,” like the priest and Levite did in the parable of the Good Samaritan? Are the priest and Levite excused if they neglected him that fell among thieves for fear of their own […]

Monday Morning Millennial Star Question #5: Honoring Mothers

Posted on May 2, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 50 Comments

How should we honor mothers and motherhood without hurting women who wish to be mothers, but are not? Specifically:
Should sacrament meeting speakers not emphasize motherhood “too much,” by avoiding statements such as motherhood being humanity’s most important occupation, or being the role that allows mortals to most closely mirror God?
If the ward […]