[…] classified as theological apologetics. Many defenses of the LDS faith have challenged the core thesis of Evangelical counter-Mormonism that Mormons are not Christians. Some may think that the Mormon argument has been summarized astutely […]
[…] that they love the writing and the stories, but they just don’t have a clue who would buy them. As I stand with my arms stretched out toward both my old world of Mormonism […]
In the decline of Christianity over the past 900 years, no incident has so symbolized the struggle between faith and rationality as has the trial of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). With his development of the […]
[…] is, stuck in the earthly realm, waiting—for what?—a pardon maybe, or someone to understand. Dancing. Maisie doesn’t buy any of these versions, staring at the bark of the tree by the looming gates of […]
[…] of the dreaded anthropomorphism of the Old Testament in this passage. Fretheim observes that such readings “ buy us an absolute form of omniscience at the price of placing the integrity of the text and […]
In October of 1993 Dallin H. Oaks, an apostle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and Steve Benson, editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Republic and eldest grandson of former LDS president […]
[…] a look like that. “Well, okay,” I said. We were almost there anyway. “Six million bucks will buy a bunch of speeding tickets, I suppose.” “Yes, it will,” Bobbie agreed, and he pushed the […]
[…] me want to get smart. It made me think I could read books, adjust my posture, and buy the right shoes, be something other than the Jack Fixx I was. I said, “He’s out.” […]
[…] Saudi Arabia wasn’t until the next day. If they needed food, why, Leila could go out and buy some. The purse her husband had entrusted Ismael to carry, filled with documents and a thick […]
[…] permanent virgin, in spite of several biblical references to Jesus’ brothers and sisters (Matt. 13:55-56; Mark 3:31, 6:3). Later she became a postpartum virgin, out of unease that she may have retained the physical […]