An Honorable Surrender: The Experience of Conversion
May 4, 2018[…] commitment. As I put it at the time, I gave my allegiance to the person of Jesus. Over many years I learned much from that most exciting of texts, the Book of the Earth, […]
[…] commitment. As I put it at the time, I gave my allegiance to the person of Jesus. Over many years I learned much from that most exciting of texts, the Book of the Earth, […]
[…] I talked about bombing North Viet Nam it was called foolhardy extremism. Now it’s called statesmanship.” In order for Americans to inform themselves adequately, and to vote in their own interests, there need first […]
[…] many non-Maori overtones, and feel at home in this environment, is certainly an achievement of the first order. . . . In conclusion it appears here as before that diversity of cultural or class […]
[…] academies were transformed into public high schools or converted into community junior colleges and normal schools. In order to assure the continuation of religious education for its youth, the Church established a Seminary program. […]
[…] solely to the “constitutional law of the land.” Let me quote the latter verses in full in order to show the way Andrus has used them: 4. And now, verily I say unto you […]
[…] is the translator actually manipulating the world-view of the foreign reader by means of his language in order to make him more receptive to an unfamiliar religion? Does the new term pave the way […]
[…] was rejected entirely, while pioneer attitudes toward such things as the Word of Wisdom and the United Order retroactively underwent radical alteration. (Published figures over a period of time from forward-looking sources regarding the […]
[…] a secular world, and for this reason we have to gain both types of knowledge. But in order for our knowledge to have any meaning we must integrate it. The scriptures can and should […]
[…] after the Utah War, a determined struggle occurred between federal officers and the Church. A long dispute over the court system in Utah was followed by a bitter fight between Brigham Young and General […]
[…] pluralistic, federal system. Non-members of the Church, as well as members, will be citizens within this political order, and eventually it will embrace all nations and tribes of the earth. Vetterli expresses the Mormon […]