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March 21, 2018[…] hugged him. “Oh, Son, Son. I’m afraid there’s a lot of unhappiness and misery in this old world.” When Bob helped Jim weed the vegetable and flower gardens or mow the lawn, Jim’s dad […]
[…] hugged him. “Oh, Son, Son. I’m afraid there’s a lot of unhappiness and misery in this old world.” When Bob helped Jim weed the vegetable and flower gardens or mow the lawn, Jim’s dad […]
Cranney: Richard mentions in Philosophy and Social Hope the dangers of fundamentalist religions and the extent of their political influence. Where did Mormonism fit on the fundamentalist continuum? Mary Rorty: That’s a very interesting […]
[…] adversary in his strongest hour, and they need us, brothers and sisters, to bring them into this world.” The words crackle in Jackie’s ears. An ardor fills her breast. Later that day, she discards […]
[…] praise or to criticize these three engaging papers—they certainly are all clear and compelling—but to pay them the highest compliment, which is to comment on the thoughts they provoke. They compel us, as they […]
[…] Wasatch Mountains could crash into the Great Salt Lake, but we don’t need to be afraid. Our world is in an uproar, but we don’t need to be afraid. Wars and famine surround us, […]
Ryan T. Cruger, “Apostates,” “Anti-Mormons,” and Other Problems in Seth Payne’s “Ex-Mormon Narratives and Pastoral Apologetics” Seth Payne, Response
[…] an even greater intensity than mine. I saw my Orthodox Jewish neighbors as a colorful part of world religions, a tapestry of which Mormonism occupied a small space—a space in which I took great […]
[…] become a modern global religion, to the twenty-first century, where it has the promise of becoming a world religion. I believe that what the Church, its leaders, and its members can learn from the […]
[…] row. But if he had to sit through the farce of off-key kids singing “Joy to the World,” he might as well do it commiserating with his son. “Well, he’ll get over it,” Vernie […]
Over the years, the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has expressed a set of theories about the nature and purpose of music. Elder Bruce R. McConkie asserted a divine […]