Misreading scripture
The older I get, the more I realize I don’t know much. The things I thought I knew have...
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The Tohu wa-bohu
Chaos always sounds bad. It makes you wonder if chaos is necessary — is it avoidable?...
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Time to focus or time to scan?
We can only think of one thing at a time. Perhaps this is a mortal disability. Or maybe it’s...
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Angels and the Doctrine of Christ
I’ve always been curious about the “return and report” methodology. In the...
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Sources on Baptism of Fire
One of the comforts of living in this chaotic world is the promise that God will not leave you...
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Faith of an Observer — Hugh Nibley Transcript
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The Feast of Trumpets and Joseph Smith
I wish I had grown up celebrating some Jewish holidays, but we didn’t have that custom of...
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Feast of Tabernacles
The Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot — is the 15th day of Tishri. Sukkot continues to the 21st...
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Understanding the Sacred Festivals
To better understand the Sacred Festivals listen to this podcast from The Bible Project: The...
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Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles
Sometimes we forget that Jesus was a Jew — many called him “rabbi,” and he and...
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Yom Kippur
I love the Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, and I’m not Jewish. I want to join in — even...
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I love The Bible Project podcasts, so I thought I would share their free online class —...
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Hosea and Rosh Hashanah
Hosea is one of the minor prophets of the Torah or Old Testament. He is considered minor because...
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Birth pains of the Messiah
I find it more than interesting that the scriptures often use metaphors that are related to women....
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Eternal round and distilling souls
I’ve written about my view of the Plan of Salvation. In the context of God’s “eternal...
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When I’m Dead and Rotten
I like to write. But I hate to be a bore. I’m reminded of something that Peggy Noonan said...
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Learning to like it
Even though this is the Devil’s world, we chose to come here. God honors our agency. And...
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Where does Eve come from?
Blake considered the Bible to be the supreme poetic work and here evocatively re-imagined...
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Symbolism of Forty days and Forty years
I tend to take things quite literally, yet I love symbolism. So, when I was young in the gospel, I...
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The Doctrine of Election
The Prophet’s Instruction on the Doctrine of Election June 27, 1839 History of the Church,...
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