This week’s Gospel Doctrine lesson (#5, “This Is the Spirit of Revelation“) covers D&C 6,8 and 9 which discuss Oliver Cowdery and revelation. Both sections 6 and 8 each discuss two gifts regarding Oliver Cowdery. Those who have compared D&C … Continue reading
“You may wish to rethink accepting this offer to pursue your graduate work at Brandies,” said my professor, “because you’ll have to take courses from David Wright, and though he would never be unkind to you because you’re LDS, the … Continue reading
On January 13, 2013 President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the current First Presidency of the Church, gave a fascinating and potentially important message in the first Church Educational System (CES) Devotional of the year. The video is currently … Continue reading
Please join us in welcoming guest-poster Abdul Kalumbi. Abdul attends and studies Business Management at Utah Valley University. He loves the study of Mormon theology and the LDS Restoration Movement. The grace of Christ unto salvation—it’s something that all believers are … Continue reading
The second Sunday School lesson of 2013 is a case in point for Ben Park’s observation that “the topical approach doesn’t work.” One of his concerns is that it overlooks the dynamic nature of the revelations themselves—a nature which makes … Continue reading
Each month, I plan to feature an article, story, or document of interest that was published 180 years ago that same month in a Mormon periodical. There are some fascinating gems in the early newspapers, and interesting developments in thought … Continue reading
The class was filled with restless teenagers, most of whom I could tell from their jaded body language had little interest in engaging the topic I was assigned to teach on the New Testament. This was many years ago, and … Continue reading
In the first Sunday School lesson of the year we were all reminded that D&C 1 was given as a preface to the collection of revelations that the Church had amassed by November 1, 1831, in preparation for their compilation … Continue reading
Miller, Adam S. Rube Goldberg Machines: Essays in Mormon Theology. Draper: Greg Kofford Books, 2012. —— A comically involved, complicated invention, laboriously contrived to perform a simple operation. —“Rube Goldberg,” Webster’s New World Dictionary When one thinks of theology, rarely … Continue reading
In the comments on my last post, I stated that teachings on Heavenly Mother [1] have generally been key to understanding what Mormon women can expect from exaltation. This post will elaborate on that. If exaltation for the LDS man … Continue reading