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The Strength of Moses
Having just addressed some basic problems in the use of the Documentary Hypothesis, or, more generally, biblical criticism (“Higher Criticism”) as a tool to dismiss Book of Mormon evidence from…
Let Me Drown with Moses: Poetry from James Goldberg
Amazon recently surprised me with a recommendation for a book of poetry, Let Me Drown With Moses by James Goldberg. I was hooked with the sample poem it displayed for…
Exposing a Dangerous Meme and a Powerful Cult: My Failed Attempt to Save Mrs. Jenkins
A few years ago in Wisconsin I tried to rescue an elderly woman who was infected with one of those silly religious memes that can spread like a virus. This…
Blue Letter Bible: My Bible Study Tool of Choice
I am so impressed with a free online Bible study tool, BlueLetterBible.org, which makes it easy to explore the Greek and Hebrew meanings behind the words, to compare multiple versions,…
District Conference in Shanghai
Elder Gerrit W. Gong and his wife, Susan Lindsay Gong, were with the Shanghai International District this past weekend for our District Conference. What delightful and intelligent people! Apart from…
Mormons and Fear: Introducing One of Our Favorite Fearmongers
In the comments on a recent post here at Mormanity, one of our critics stated that the Mormon concept of accessing the grace of Christ in a covenant relationship that…
Looking for Help with a Reference on Early Christian Initiation Rites
An early and interesting examination of links between ancient Catholic rituals and the LDS temple was published by Marcus Wellnitz in “The Catholic Liturgy and the Mormon Temple,” BYU Studies,…
The Sabbath Day and the Temple
Recently a Church leader (an Area Seventy) came to the Shanghai International District to provide some training and talked about the important decision recently made by Church leaders to give…
A Lesson From Russell M. Nelson’s On-the-Fly Heart Surgery Innovation: Sometimes Revelation Can Be Detailed and Technical
Russell M. Nelson examining a model of the human heart. Last night I read an entire article from BYU Studies out loud to my wife so we could discuss and…
An Even More Embarrassing Issue Involving the Book of Mormon
I may have erred recently when I spoke of the awkward phrase “in them days” as perhaps the most embarrassing language problem in the original text of the Book of…
