[…] at the time and can be seen in part as responding to Protestant fears of prelate tyranny. 6. What Did “Priesthood” Mean in 1831 Mormonism? This section briefly discusses the beginning of an ongoing […]
While in Dallas giving a couple of lectures last June, I met Adam Miller. In response to one of my presentations he asked interesting questions and made statements that made me think. When he […]
[…] I say unto you, Nay; but he saith: Come unto me all ye ends of the earth, buy milk and honey, without money and without price. Behold, hath he commanded any that they should […]
[…] Church repudiated teachings from the Book of Mormon immediately following its publication. Thus there is a need for a reassessment of the relation between early nineteenth-century Universalism and the teachings of the Book of […]
[…] accepted—a position at Indiana University. Six months later, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, and Tulane shut down for an extended period. If Kyle had accepted that job, we likely would have been displaced indefinitely […]
So there’s my sort-of-neighbor big Bo, who despite owning two rock-solid Scandinavian names including, yes, Bo, doesn’t exactly seem to have things rock-solidly together.
[…] the listeners feel that the speaker was addressing them individually.A significant example of this is Exodus 19:4– 6, where the Lord speaks to Israel with ye, reminding them of how he delivered them from […]
[…] Virgin Mary is based on the Egyptian goddess Isis. The figure of Satan comes from the Zoroastrian counter-deity Ahriman. Much of the proverbial wisdom that Matthew puts into the mouth of Jesus comes from […]
What Beatrice said of Dante might well apply to Susan Elizabeth Howe’s latest collection of poetry, titled Salt. The observation was fictional, served up in an obscure but brilliant nineteenth-century book, Classical Conversations by […]
[…] asked if I would speak at her Stake Standards Night. Sophie (whom her mother and I used to call “the Queen of the World” when she was a child) made one request: my talk […]