[…] first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy, and good fruits (James 3:13,17). Likewise Alma urges that the followers of Christ be “humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy […]
[…] he continued. They might spot and stain the carpet. No heels on women’s shoes. No music or 3×5 note cards to remind us of our words and music. “Be sure to remember your white […]
Amulek asks us a rhetorical question, “Now, if a man murdereth, be hold will our law, which is just, take the life of his brother?”(Alma 34:11). Obviously the answer is no, and Amulek says as […]
[…] the Messiah The next tableau is the striking scene of Jesus being anointed (Mark 14:3-9; Matt. 26: 6-13; John 12:1-8; Luke 7:36-50). The word “Christ,” Khristos, simply means, “the anointed ,” or “he who […]
[…] the Book of Mormon’s truth claims, its approach is nonviolent, presenting evidence and letting the evidence speak for itself—a technique that ultimately gets us no nearer the truth than the most exquisite theological argumentation, […]
[…] I said was strictly true. A dirty, nasty, filthy affair of his and Fanny Alger’s was talked over in which I strictly declared that I never deviated from the truth” (38). There is strong […]
[…] contemptible, like lying to hurt a friend or to win a contest or to get victims to buy into a fake real estate scheme. At the extremes, we have little trouble judging: if I […]
[…] albeit a hideous one, yet one in which Job’s ultimate survival is not at stake (1:12; 2: 6). If it seems as though we are eavesdropping on a cosmic experiment where the scientists are […]
[…] by the English Department where eager fans bought the book in triplicate to give away at Christmas. For days afterward, students and faculty at WSU talked about how amazing, riveting and, above all, daring […]
[…] monism were interesting and comforting, but as a doctrine, as a belief system, I just never could buy it” (85). For these folks, living the LDS lifestyle was not the core issue. Even among […]