Posted in Books Leadership Policies Priesthood Race The Church

Updated Review of Black and Mormon

Many Latter-day Saints shouted with joy or at least breathed a sigh of relief on June 9, 1978 when the Church announced that any worthy male could be eligible to…

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Posted in Africa Bible Book of Abraham Book of Mormon Book of Moses Critics Doctrine Policies Priesthood Race Revelation

Rejecting Mormon Folklore about the Former Restrictions on the Priesthood

My recent post on the recent common ancestors we probably all share challenges some once popular “Mormon folklore” attempts to explain the pre-1978 restrictions on the priesthood, the reasons for…

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Posted in BYU Miracles Stories Travel

More on Miracles: Rawlins Airport, Wyoming, 1983

In a previous post I discussed the issue of miracles. Here’s one more story from my father that I have permission to share. In 1983 my father left KSL radio…

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Posted in Scholarship Temple

Occult Symbols on LDS Temples??

I received a thoughtful question from a sincere investigator with a great testimony of Christ who was troubled about the symbols on some LDS temples. The investigator had dabbled with…

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