[…] Abinadi and even the character’s possible namesake, Stephen in the New Testament—Stevie will sacrifice his life in order to identify the greatest evil in the novel. His ultimate sacrifice leads to the containment of […]
[…] laying out his view of the minimal set of beliefs that one had to receive or have in order to be a believing Mormon. Those who want to limit what is said in testimony meeting […]
[…] 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 much. We […]
[…] demographics have characterized patterns of parenthood and sexual partnerships in America. As age at marriage has increased, the age at initiation of sexual inter course has decreased so that adolescents and young adults are […]
[…] France, he consistently and steadily lied to the Gestapo and helped train other Frenchmen to lie in order to protect and preserve Jews. He would lie many times a day—and then pray to God […]
In early June 1998, Sheridan Gashler, president of the Russia Samara Mission, felt moved to place missionaries in a small village called Bogdanovka. This was an exciting change in policy. Early LDS missionary work […]
[…] about some aspects of church history. When informed that an early convert had abandoned her husband in order to gather with the Saints in Utah, he observed, “Many queer circumstances happened in the early […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (usually called Mormon or LDS church) is having enormous success in most parts of the world. Growth is particularly impressive in Latin America. In 1971 […]
[…] a typical freshman schedule, including composition, college algebra, the Book of Mormon, and ROTC, the last in order to avoid being drafted into the Korean War. With a population of 30,000, Provo was too […]
[…] other private, voluntary organization, has the right to lay down whatever rules and sanctions it wishes in order to regulate conjugal relations, including marriage, among its own members. Those who accept such rules and […]