The Isles of the Sea
Names and Meaning: Zoram as a Case Study @ FAIR Blog
- Book of Mormon Onomasticon Project Launched Online The Book of Mormon Onomasticon...
Angel Whisperings to the Dying Child @ Keepapitchinin
- Angel Whisperings
A Card: Coming Forth @ Keepapitchinin
- Coming Forth
The Backslider, covers @ A Motley Vision
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So I finally read Levi Peterson’s The Backslider. And unlike other rites of...
Superman and the Myth of the Dying God @ FAIR Blog
- As we sit in church and hear many of the same ideas and stories repeated again and again,...
A Few Minutes in Strand, South Africa, 1932 @ Keepapitchinin
- Strand, South Africa
Saltair Bathing Beauty, 1901 @ Keepapitchinin
- I found this advertisement tucked into an old book; the date of the book, together with...
Tomorrow’s Cup — Chapter 1 (of 10) @ Keepapitchinin
- Tomorrow's Cup 1
Laban’s Sword of “Most Precious Steel” (Howlers #5) @ FAIR Blog
- In his account of his encounter with Laban, an important official in Jerusalem around 600...
Life of Holiness, Romans 7:13-25 (pages 359-375) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Good To Great and how it applies to us @ Millennial Star
- In 2001, Jim Collins and his team wrote a book, entitled “Good to Great.”...
On This Date: June 17, 1951 @ Keepapitchinin
- The Mormon Exodus from Nauvoo is reckoned as having begun on 4 February 1846 when the...
Finding the Personal Stories Behind the Vital Stats @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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How do you research someone who was functionally illiterate? How do you learn the...
Social Media Gives New Twist to Tabernacle Choir’s 2013 Tour @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 17 June 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Even though the roots of the...
Venus in Tahiti: 18 February – 28 February 1916 @ Keepapitchinin
- Venus in Tahiti
In My Ward: Lesson 22: The Word of Wisdom: “A Principle with Promise” @ Keepapitchinin
- Lesson 22
Funny Bones, 1927 (6) @ Keepapitchinin
- Funny Bones, 1927
RS/MP Chapter 11: “I Seek Not Mine Own Will, but the Will of the Father” (Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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The Spectacles, the Stone, the Hat and the Book: A Twenty-first Century Believer’s View of the Book of Mormon Translation @ FAIR Blog
- Editor’s note: This blog post is the introductory section of Roger...
The Wilderness @ Keepapitchinin
- From the Relief Society Magazine, January 1942 – The Wilderness By Alice Morrey Bailey...
RS/MP Chapter 12: Tithing, a Law for Our Protection and Advancement (Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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“Neo — Anything That Has A Beginning Will Have An Ending” — Mr. Smith (Summer Review) @ BOAP.org Blog
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 150: The Apostasy of the Witnesses @ FAIR Blog
- Most of the eleven official witnesses to the gold plates later left the Church. Is this...
On Norms and Expectations @ Millennial Star
- I’ve been thinking a lot about norms, customs, and traditions. Basically, a norm...
Father's Day Video: Remember What It Takes to Be a Good Father @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 12 June 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | This nondenominational video,...
In Search of Complexity: A Review of Ryan McIlvain’s Elders @ A Motley Vision
- Ryan McIlvain’s Mormon missionary novel Elders (Hogarth, 2013) is set in the Brazil...
The ancient rite of kingship @ Millennial Star
- In his wonderful book, “Old Testament Theology”, Gerhard Von Rad notes this...
The Life of Holiness, Romans 6:15-23 (pages 314-34) @ Feast Upon the Word
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The Unexpected Pin - Elder Cullimore Part 8 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- A continuation of Elder Cullimore's mission Recollections...
After I had been in the...
4th_Watch_7-Symbolic or Literal – A Gospel Perspective @ FAIR Blog
- From the days of Adam to the present our Father in Heaven has used symbolic...
Balancing Intellect and Faith @ Home Waters
- I spoke last week to a group of LDS students at Oxford University about the challenges...
VIDEO: Moore, Oklahoma, Woman Leaves For Mormon Mission in Wake of Tornado @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 6 June 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | The Orr Family Farm, a...
LDS publishing: a new writer’s perspective @ A Motley Vision
- I feel, as a new LDS fiction writer, like I am on shifting, volatile ground right now. I...
Position Announcement for the U. S. Grant Papers Project @ BOAP.org Blog
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir to Donate Wisconsin Historical Marker @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 5 June 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | As part of its upcoming tour,...
Mormons Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites | 5 June @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 5 June 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Mormonnewsroom.org pulls stories...
The Difficulty of Translating Scripture @ FAIR Blog
- With the exception of some sections from the Doctrine and Covenants, we do not have the...
Maltreating a Mormon Missionary in a Miserable Manner @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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Southern Scamps
Maltreating a Mormon Missionary in a Miserable Manner
The following...
Rethinking Mormon Involvement in the BSA @ Millennial Star
- Let me get some of my bias out the way first. Similar to many Mormons, I earned my Eagle...
Mormon History Association Conference June 7-8. @ BOAP.org Blog
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Greg Smith reviews John Pontius’ book ‘Visions of Glory’ @ FAIR Blog
- Review of: John Pontius, Visions of Glory: One Man’s Astonishing Account of the Last...
The New Boy Scout Admissions Policy @ Millennial Star
- The Boy Scouts have recently changed their admissions policy. If you haven’t heard...
"On Faith" Column: Scouts Policy Should Be Seen for What It Is: A Reaffirmation of Core Values @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Writing in the Washington Post "On...
Reflections on Helaman 8 @ Feast Upon the Word
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Deseret Industries provides a simple lesson in economics @ Millennial Star
- Deseret Industries is cutting the number of hours its workers can work because of...
Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right | 30 May 2013 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Today's "Mormonism in the News:...
The Life of Holiness, Romans 6:1-14 (pp. 271-313) @ Feast Upon the Word
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A Fond Farewell @ A Motley Vision
- After much thought and consideration, I have decided to leave A Motley Vision for the...
The “Law” of D&C 132 @ Feast Upon the Word
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Mormon Actions Driven by Foundational Beliefs, Student Tells New York Times Magazine @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Describing the excellent work...
On the Nature of Sex @ Millennial Star
- I’ve been thinking a lot about chastity — what it is, and how it is lived. And I...
“I’m Addicted to Story”: An Interview with Playwright Melissa Leilani Larson @ A Motley Vision
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As one of my last posts for A Motley Vision (I’ll go more into that in a...
Warnings from Russell Kirk @ Millennial Star
- in 1991, Russell Kirk gave the this talk to a group of conservatives associated with the...
Better Searching at lds.org! @ Feast Upon the Word
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In Memory of the Truly Fallen @ Millennial Star
- John Gee is an Egyptologist and expert on ancient things. He can be pretty good in his...
George W. Gwyn to the LDS Southern Star @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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A Letter
Elder G. W. Gwyn (Local)
Smyrna, Tenn., Jan 27, 1899
To the Southern...
Sunday Lit Crit Sermon: Susa Young Gates on Reading What Is Important @ A Motley Vision
- In this series I’ve observed before that the 19th century attitude of Mormon...
“Opposition in All Things: Mormon Perspectives on the Fall” – A Conference on June 7-8, 2013 @ Feast Upon the Word
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4th_Watch_6:Presentism, Idiomsm, Homonyms and other Scams @ FAIR Blog
- Throughout the history of mankind we have endeavored to explain the world in which we...
The Staging of Utah and Mormon Culture on KUER’s Radio West @ A Motley Vision
- KUER’s daily talk program Radio West looked at how Mormon and Utah culture is put...
Global cooling update @ Millennial Star
- The inconvenient truth is that global temperatures are slightly down over the last 10...
Reflections on Helaman 7 @ Feast Upon the Word
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The Wealthiest Man in Your Community - Elder Cullimore, Part 7 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- A continuation of Elder Cullimore's mission Recollections...
My companion, Elder Larsen,...
Sunday Lit Crit Sermon: James A. Langton on Library Funding @ A Motley Vision
- I noticed this past week that my local library system, the New York Public Library, is...
John Goddard (1924-2013) RIP @ BOAP.org Blog
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The Gift of Tongues: The Propagation of Sermon Texts in Mormonism @ BOAP.org Blog
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RS/MP Lesson 10: Come into the Temples (Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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The Life of Holiness, Romans 5:15-21 (pp. 254-270) @ Feast Upon the Word
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New Article on the Vision: D&C 76 in Context @ BOAP.org Blog
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_Saints on Stage: An Anthology of Mormon Drama_ is Now Available @ A Motley Vision
- Saints on Stage: An Anthology of Mormon Drama is now available at Zarahemla Books’...
Life’s Insubstantial Pageant @ Home Waters
- Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” is for me a kind of touchstone. It is the play I know...
Books and Printing and Mormons. Part 8. @ BOAP.org Blog
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Mormon History Association 2014 in San Antonio, TX Call For Papers-Deadline October 1, 2013 @ Mormon Church History
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Balancing Secular and Faith-Based Scripture Study @ FAIR Blog
- Anyone who owns a pendulum powered clock—such as many grandfather or wall hanging...
Mormon FAIR-Cast 147: Using Objects to Receive Revelation @ FAIR Blog
- What did it mean in the Book of Commandments to say that Oliver Cowdery had the gift of...
Benchmark Books Evening with an Author: Phil Barlow, 5/29/2013 @ Mormon Church History
- A
Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right| 15 May 2013 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | This edition of "Mormonism in...
Mormons Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites |14 May 2013 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Mormonnewsroom.org pulls stories...
Mormon Delegation Encourages Religious Dialogue at International Conference @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Four delegates of The Church of...
Agenda and application info for the Everyday Mormon Writer Retreat/Master Class this June @ A Motley Vision
- Note: James Goldberg asked me to post this information. It’s a very interesting...
Redivivus: Joseph Smith’s Dispensational Transition: Elias, Elijah, Messiah. @ BOAP.org Blog
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Books and Printing and Mormons. Part 7. @ BOAP.org Blog
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RS/MP Lesson 9: Sacred Family Relationships (Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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D&C 119 @ Feast Upon the Word
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Virtue, Scripture, and Imperfection @ Feast Upon the Word
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Mormons Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites | May 9 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 9 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Mormonnewsroom.org pulls stories...
The Life of Holiness, Romans 5:12-14 (pages 238-53) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 146: Science and Religion @ FAIR Blog
- In this episode of Religion Today, which originally aired on KSL Radio on October 14,...
Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right | 8 May 2013 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | This edition of "Mormonism in the...
Four Lessons from a Suicide @ Home Waters
- In relation to my previous post about patience in suffering and about my brother’s...
New Map Functionality - Other ward and stake boundaries @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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For those who might not have noticed, if you have an LDS.org account you can now see...
Books and Printing and Mormons. Part 6. @ BOAP.org Blog
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Books and Printing and Mormons. Part 5. @ BOAP.org Blog
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Science vs. Religion? @ FAIR Blog
- “One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come...
Mormons Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites | May 2 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 2 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Mormonnewsroom.org pulls stories...
Patience in Suffering @ Home Waters
- NOTE: My book, Home Waters, after which the blog is named, treats the theme of...
Mormon FAIR-Cast 145: Kinderhook Plates and Zelph @ FAIR Blog
- What were the Kinderhook Plates? Were they real or a forgery? Was Joseph Smith fooled by...
Books and Printing and Mormons. Part 4. @ BOAP.org Blog
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Students Give Book of Mormon Presentation at Yale Divinity School @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 30 April 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Two members of The Church of...
The Life of Holiness, Romans 5:3-11 (pp. 210-237) @ Feast Upon the Word
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...the voice said "Leave," and our lives were spared - Elder Cullimore Part 6 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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A continuation of Elder Cullimore's mission Recollections...
Another incident that I...
Books and Printing and Mormons. Part 3. @ BOAP.org Blog
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Compatibilist Free Will @ BOAP.org Blog
- A
VIDEO: Mormon-GAVI Alliance Saves Lives With Immunizations @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 26 April 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | As part of World Immunization...
Books and Printing and Mormons. Part 2. @ BOAP.org Blog
- A
Mormon FAIR-Cast 144: Mormon Book Review–Shaken Faith Syndrome @ FAIR Blog
- In this episode of the Mormon Book Review, host Kirk Caudle talks to Mike Ash about the...
The Life of Holiness, Romans 2-4 (Transition); Romans 5:1-2 (pp. 182-209) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right | April 24 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Today's Getting It Right...
Apostle Encourages New Zealand Latter-day Saints to Have a Christlike Attitude @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | An apostle and members of the...
Ellen DePriest's Miracle @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Margaret "Ellen" Talley DePriest [1] would certainly qualify as one of the lesser known...
Five Paradoxes of Mormon Environmental Advocacy @ Home Waters
- This is a brief summary of the speech I gave at the recent Stegner symposium, with a...
A General Authority Teaches Stewardship @ Home Waters
- History was made on Friday. Elder Marcus Nash, a member of the First Quorum of the...
RS/MP Lesson 8: Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart (Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Mormons Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites | April 18 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 18 April 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Mormonnewsroom.org pulls...
Mormon FAIR-Cast 143: Responding to Anti-Mormons @ FAIR Blog
- What can you do if you have friends or family members who are leaving the Church because...
The Life of Holiness, Romans 1:24-32 (pp. 160-181) @ Feast Upon the Word
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D&C 42:30-39 @ Feast Upon the Word
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The Problem of Fundamentalism @ FAIR Blog
- When we talk about the problems of a “fundamentalist” approach to history,...
Four Missionaries Beaten in West Tennessee...in 1888. @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Today we have a guest post by Dale Topham. Dale's great grandfather, Asahel L. Fuller,...
Does Grant Palmer Really Claim to Have Rescued a Mormon General Authority Away from the LDS Faith? @ FAIR Blog
- There’s a remarkable story circulating the Net in which a prominent LDS General...
RS/MP Lesson 7: Faithfulness in Times of Trial (Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Apologetic Notes from General Conference – April 2013 @ FAIR Blog
- Now, I know that there are much more useful ways to read/listen to conference then with...
4th_Watch_4:The Kingdom of the Cults – “Shock Terms.” @ FAIR Blog
- In this episode Brother Scarisbrick discusses how the use of “shock...
Serious Discussion on Religious Liberty @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 12 April 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | This week, scholars from across...
Early Bird Discount for the 2013 FAIR Conference @ FAIR Blog
- Discounted tickets are still available for the 2013 FAIR Conference until May 31. For...
Mormon FAIR-Cast 141: Was the Book of Mormon Set in Heartland America? @ FAIR Blog
- Where did the events of the Book of Mormon take place? What evidence is there that the...
Mormons Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites | April 10 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 10 April 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Mormonnewsroom.org pulls...
The Life of Holiness, Romans 1:18-23 @ Feast Upon the Word
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Help Thou Mine Unbelief @ FAIR Blog
- In the Sunday afternoon session of General Conference, Elder Holland (hereafter “EH”)...
Elder Cullimore (Part 5) @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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A continuation of Elder Cullimore's mission Recollections...
On this trip we stopped at...
Distinguished Religious Freedom Scholars to Participate in UVU Conference @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 8 April 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | The challenges and erosions of...
Sister Training Leaders and Questions about Priesthood and Baptismal Interviews @ Mormon Church History
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4th Watch 5: The theology of John & Jacobus @ FAIR Blog
- The topic of predestination has been debated from the days of the early Church fathers...
Even the Very Elect Can be Deceived @ FAIR Blog
- In my last installment I said that I would discuss some of the ways that fundamentalist...
The Life of Holiness, Romans 1:16-17 (pp. 111-138) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right | April 4 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 4 April 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | In today's Mormonism in the...
Stewardship and Citizenship at the State Level @ Home Waters
- Polls in this country indicate a gap between the mainstream voter and elected officials...
Mormon FAIR-Cast 139: The Book of Abraham and the Prophetic Power of Joseph Smith @ FAIR Blog
- Now that we have some of the papyrus that was in the possession of Joseph Smith when he...
KUTV: Mormon Family of Four Receives Mission Calls on Same Day @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 3 April 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Since President Thomas S....
Daniel Peterson Goes Rogue–Transitions From Dark To Light @ Messenger and Advocate
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Mormons Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites | March 30 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Saturday, 30 March 2013 00:00:00 -0700 | Mormonnewsroom.org pulls...
4th Watch 3: Salvation–Are Mormons Saved? @ FAIR Blog
- In this podcast, Brother Scarisbrick illustrates the various stages of life and how...
The Life of Holiness, Romans 1:8-15 (pp. 89-110) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 137: The Anthon Transcript @ FAIR Blog
- What is the Anthon transcript? Can we rely on what Martin Harris said about his...
Immigration, Promised Lands, and Homelands @ Home Waters
- LDS pioneers who arrived in the Great Basin in 1847 were, well, squatters. I...
Getting Photo Copyright Permission from the Church History Library @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Several weeks ago I began selecting which photographs I would like to use in my book on...
4th Watch 2 – Testimony and Lifelong Conversion @ FAIR Blog
- The 4th Watch is a new series of podcasts based on the 14th chapter of Matthew in which...
The Life of Holiness, Romans 1:5-7, pp. 69-88 @ Feast Upon the Word
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Is Logical Thinking Compatible with Spiritual Thinking? @ FAIR Blog
- Some of you may have received something like this in an email from a friend: Y0UR M1ND 15...
Pope Francis Links Concerns for the Poor and the Environment @ Home Waters
- “Please, let us be protectors of creation, protectors of God’s plan inscribed in...
Mormon FAIR-Cast 135: Shaken Faith Syndrome, 2nd ed. @ FAIR Blog
- How can we help family members or friends who are struggling with their faith in the...
If We Let Them Pray, Then What? The Possibility of Women’s Ordination @ Mormon Church History
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Albert L. Cullimore in Harden County (part 3) @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- This is a continuation of Albert Cullimore's mission recollections. You can see all the...
New from Interpreter: “Trusting Joseph” and “Ancient Affinities within the LDS Book of Enoch Part Two” @ FAIR Blog
- The Interpreter Foundation, for those who may not yet be aware, produces a journal...
4th Watch 1 – Introduction @ FAIR Blog
- The 4th Watch is a new series of podcasts based on the 14th chapter of Matthew when the...
Mormon FAIR-Cast 133: Apologetics Organizations @ FAIR Blog
- In this episode of Religion Today, which originally aired on KSL Radio on November 11,...
The Life of Holiness, Romans 1:2-4 (pp. 47-70) @ Feast Upon the Word
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LDS Belief as Ecologically Responsible @ Home Waters
- As I mentioned, this is part II of a brief investigation. I have spent a great deal of...
The Peculiarities of Web traffic @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Some days I wonder about how web traffic works. In the last two days traffic at my blog...
The 13th Annual UVU Mormon Studies Conference–The Expanded Canon: Perspectives on Mormonism & Sacred Texts April 4-5, 2013 @ Mormon Church History
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Evidence, Education, and The Loss of Faith @ FAIR Blog
- “Religious faith not only lacks evidence, its independence from evidence is its pride...
Mormon FAIR-Cast 132: The Book of Mormon and New World DNA @ FAIR Blog
- Miraculous claims surrounding the coming forth of the Book of Mormon are an evidence of...
Reverend Spalding Strikes Again: A Response to Internet Criticism of Kerry Muhlestein’s Book of Abraham Videos @ FAIR Blog
- Administrator’s note: The following is the result of a combined effort by many FAIR...
The Life of Holiness: Romans 1:1 (Pages 21-46) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Subtle . . . and Significant! Our New 2013 Edition of the Scriptures Address Controversies @ FAIR Blog
- On Friday, March 1st, the Church announced the immediate availability in digital format...
RS/MP Lesson 6: Becoming Perfect before the Lord: “A Little Better Day by Day”(Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Albert L. Cullimore in Bedford County (part 2) @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- This is part 2 of the missionary recollections of Albert L. Cullimore. He had just...
Grace and the “Person in the Pit” (from the New Youth Curriculum for March 2013) @ Feast Upon the Word
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RS/MP Lesson 5: “The Grand Destiny of the Faithful” (Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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The Life of Holiness: Introduction @ Feast Upon the Word
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A 2013 Edition of the LDS Scriptures @ Feast Upon the Word
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CFP: Journal of Mormon History Special Issue on Mormonism & Race @ Mormon Church History
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 131: Blacks and the LDS Priesthood @ FAIR Blog
- In this episode, Darius Gray provides a partial chronology concerning Blacks and the LDS...
Progress Cash Market @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- My grandfather, Allen S. Crow, was a frugal man. That is perhaps not the best way to...
John Dehlin Article By Gregory L. Smith (Formerly of FARMS) Now Published by Interpreter @ Messenger and Advocate
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Life of Holiness: Reading Romans with Jim F. @ Feast Upon the Word
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Preaching Politics From The Pulpit, Stake President Matthew DeVisser Goes Off The Reservation @ Messenger and Advocate
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 130: Equality and Priesthood @ FAIR Blog
- Marvin Perkins provides a scriptural compilation of the Lord’s command for all to be...
The Mormon History Association Annual Conference (June 6-9, 2013) Preliminary Program Released @ Mormon Church History
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Whose home is this? @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- One of the photos I recently found in the Church History Library is labeled as the "Home...
The Individuals of Zion @ Feast Upon the Word
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CFP: The Mormon Studies Group at the 2013 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Nov. 23-26, 2013 @ Mormon Church History
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Mormon FAIR-Cast: 129: Skin Color & Curses @ FAIR Blog
- How can the Church better reach African Americans? What do the scriptures mean when they...
Albert L. Cullimore Starts his Mission (part 1) @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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The following, as well as all the parts to follow, were dictated in December 1952.
The...
RS/MP Lesson 4: “Strengthened by the Power of the Holy Ghost” (Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 128: Blacks in the Bible @ FAIR Blog
- In a study performed by the Higher Education Institute, in association with UCLA, which...
New Doctrine and Covenants resources available from lds.org and Interpreter @ FAIR Blog
- At FAIR, we like to keep abreast of various resources which become available for...
RS/MP Lesson 3: “Lifelong Conversion: Continuing to Advance in the Principles of Truth” (Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Kofford Books Announces Brian Hales’ 3 Volume Series on Joseph Smith’s Polygamy + Speaking Engagements @ Mormon Church History
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 127: Did an Apostasy Actually Occur? @ FAIR Blog
- What is an “apostasy?” Are there any scriptures that say there was an...
Lizzie Garrett: Photos You Don't Know Exist @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Somewhere buried in the deep in the Church History Archives is a photo I never knew...
Wikipedia’s Deconstruction of Martin Harris @ FAIR Blog
- Editor’s note: This blog post is a reprint Roger Nicholson’s two-part article...
Mormon FAIR-Cast 126: Anti-Mormon Criticisms of the Book of Mormon @ FAIR Blog
- Why does the Book of Mormon say Christ was born in Jerusalem? Why does a French word...
MHA January 2013 Newsletter–New Board Members, Jobs, Awards, Oh My! @ Mormon Church History
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Elder Cullimore and the Return of the Church to Cane Creek @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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Much of the attached post was written by Grace G. Cullimore. Her father-in-law Albert...
Mormon FAIR-Cast 125: Deification in LDS and early Christian thought @ FAIR Blog
- Do Mormons believe they will become gods? Is this belief supported in the Bible? Are...
RS/MP Lesson 2: “Baptism and the Gift of the Holy Ghost” (Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Reports of the Death of the Church are Greatly Exaggerated @ FAIR Blog
- There has been a bit of buzz (mostly amongst ex- and anti-Mormons) recently over some...
Looking for Rachel Conder @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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Amy's post over at Keepapitchinin got me to thinking more about documenting my research...
Virtues of a Thematically Structured D&C Manual @ Feast Upon the Word
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 124: Controversies Regarding the Nature of Christ @ FAIR Blog
- One of the primary reasons some claim that Mormons are not Christians is because the...
King Benjamin Lived in…Uruguay? @ Feast Upon the Word
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Copyright Questions @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- So I have been putting together a manuscript for publication on the Cane Creek Massacre...
RS/MP Lesson 1: “Learning by Faith” (Lorenzo Snow Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Fair Questions 4: What’s Wrong with Masturbation? @ FAIR Blog
- This is FAIR Questions, on the Mormon FAIR-Cast. FAIR Questions features a question that...
Late Christmas - Roger Bouldin tells his story @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- "Dad!" my 10 year old runs into my room yesterday morning with a small book sized package...
The Ordinary Frustration/Pleasure of Research @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- A couple of weeks ago I started looking at a variety of records trying to figure a...
Tennessean Saints in the Colorado 1885 Census Part II @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- The second half of the Conejos County, Colorado 1885 Census includes people from the rest...
No. Wearing Pants to Church is Not Civil Disobedience @ Messenger and Advocate
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RS/MP Chapter 24: “Righteous Living in Perilous Times” (George Albert Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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First Person Artificial @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Is there a narrative term for First Person Artificial? Maybe not. But there should...
Christmas List 2012: Books on Scripture/Theology @ Feast Upon the Word
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RS/MP Chapter 23: “Of You It Is Required to Forgive”” (George Albert Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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New Youth Curriculum: Trusting the texts @ Feast Upon the Word
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Opposition, 9.1 – “All Things” in Scripture @ Feast Upon the Word
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The Family of Adam and Eve & the Abrahamic Covenant @ Feast Upon the Word
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RS/MP Lesson 22: “Bringing Up Children in Light and Truth” (George Albert Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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RS/MP Lesson 21: “The Power of Kindness” (George Albert Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Opposition, 8 – “Opposition” @ Feast Upon the Word
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Keeping It Classy–John Dehlin and Mormon Stories @ Messenger and Advocate
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FARMS Fires Peterson et al . . . @ Messenger and Advocate
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Debut album by Jiminy Finn and the Moneydiggers! @ Life on Gold Plates
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I'm pleased to announce the official release of the new album, "Campfire Carols,"...
New Album from Jiminy Finn and the Moneydiggers! @ Life on Gold Plates
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I'm pleased to announce the official release of the new album, "Campfire Carols," by...
Help Us Raise Money to Fight ALS @ Life on Gold Plates
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Pardon this intrusion to my regular blogging fare. I'm posting a letter written by...
Living Prophets To Address The World @ Messenger and Advocate
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What has the “Joseph Smith Papers Project” to do with Islam? @ Life on Gold Plates
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Or, “an ode to invested Latter-day Saint history”
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Yesterday, various...
The Mormon Moment Hits Wyoming Politics @ Messenger and Advocate
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Review: Molly C. Haslam, “A Constructive Theology of Intellectual Disability” @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: A Constructive Theology of Intellectual Disability: Human Being As Mutuality...
Review, Tom Mould, “Still, the Small Voice” @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: Still, the Small Voice: Narrative, Personal Revelation, and the Mormon Folk...
Review: N.T. Wright, "Simply Jesus" @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He...
Review: Davis Bitton, “Knowing Brother Joseph Again: Perceptions and Perspectives” @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: Knowing Brother Joseph Again: Perceptions and...
Review: Stephen Carter, "What of the Night? Personal Essays" @ Life on Gold Plates
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Periodically, (usually when a collection is published) we see reflections on the...
Review: Conor Cunningham, “Darwin’s Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong” @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: Darwin’s Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both...
Review: Steven Pinker, “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined” @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has...
Review: Craig Harline, “Conversions: Two Family Stories From the Reformation and Modern America” @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: Conversions: Two Family Stories From the Reformation and Modern...
Review: Howard C. Stutz, “Let the Earth Bring Forth: Evolution and Scripture” @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: Let the Earth Bring Forth: Evolution and ScriptureAuthor: Howard C....
Review: N.T. Wright, “Scripture and the Authority of God” @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible...
Review: Eric W Jepson, et.al., “The Fob Bible” @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: The Fob BibleEditors: Eric W Jepson, B.G. Christensen, Sarah E....
Review: Ken Jennings, "Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks" @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
Author: Ken...
Review: Gardner, “The Gift and the Power: Translating the Book of Mormon” @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: The Gift and the Power: Translating the Book of Mormon
Author: Brant A....
Should Texas Force Feed Warren Jeffs? @ Messenger and Advocate
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Do Ye Even So To Them @ Messenger and Advocate
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Review: Turley and Slaughter, "How We Got the Book of Mormon" @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: How We Got the Book of Mormon
Authors: Richard E. Turley, Jr., William W....
Review: Givens and Grow, "Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism" @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism
Authors: Terryl L. Givens,...
Review: James Rollins, "The Devil Colony: A Sigma Force Novel" @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: The Devil Colony: A Sigma Force Novel
Author: James...
Review: Lieb, Mason, Roberts, eds., "The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible" @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the...
Review: Reeve and Van Wagenen, "Between Pulpit and Pew: The Supernatural World in Mormon History and Folklore" @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: Between Pulpit and Pew: The Supernatural World in Mormon History and...
Mormon Shout-Outs in Books I'm Reading @ Life on Gold Plates
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It seems like Mormons pop up ever so briefly in many of the...
Review: Mark D. Bennion, "Psalm & Selah: A Poetic Journey Through The Book of Mormon" @ Life on Gold Plates
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"Selah,
a musical term with uncertain meaning.
It may mean either a pause...
Review: Patrick Q. Mason, "The Mormon Menace: Violence and Anti-Mormonism in the Postbellum South" @ Life on Gold Plates
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Title: The Mormon Menace: Violence and Anti-Mormonism in the Postbellum...
