Bind up the testimony, seal the teaching among my disciples. I will wait for Yahweh, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. (Isaiah 8:16-17) This cryptic command reveals the earliest stage … Continue reading
On May 15, 2013, the BYU Religious Studies Center, BYU Studies, the Maxwell Institute and the Ancient Near Eastern Studies Program at BYU sponsored their first annual New Testament Conference as a companion project to the publication of a forthcoming … Continue reading
Elder Marcus Nash On April 12, 2013, I attended a Symposium on Religion, Faith , and the Environment in the S. J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. There were attorneys, Buddhists, Hindus, evangelicals, Native Americans, and … Continue reading
(Continued from Part 1) Here are two final suggestions about where God is hiding: Pavilion 3: Rabbi Rehumi—God is Hiding in the Empty Space between a Husband and a Wife “This R. Rehumi who was frequently [at the school] of Raba Mahuza [in … Continue reading
O God where art thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding place? (D&C 121:1) This is the beginning of Joseph’s impassioned prayer in Liberty Jail as he sat in the helpless dark, awaiting his final appeal against his … Continue reading
(Continued from Part 1, posted yesterday) Jesus as Social Radical In certain respects, Jesus held conservative views regarding the Law, such as his positions on divorce and oath taking. How could such a conservative teacher that advocated the love of … Continue reading
Whether we realize it or not, we look back at Jesus through the distortions of 2,000 years of theology. These distortions include ahistorical assertions about the words and life of Jesus dating back to the first century. We have seen … Continue reading
Mormonism is a cultural field that is white, already to harvest by literary genius. But what we mostly see from observers and writers of the phenomenon of Mormonism in the current hour is chaff not grain, gossip not soul. So why … Continue reading
On September 16, 2012 the Salt Lake Tribune published an editorial by R. B. Scott, a Massachusetts journalist and author of “Mitt Romney: An Inside Look at the Man and His Politics.” In his editorial, Scott argues that the LDS … Continue reading
IV Is Lehi‘s Sermon on Universal Opposition a Valid Argument? When I conceive of any defined noun, say a horse, I have divided up the world into two spheres, things that are horses and things that are not horses. Every definition … Continue reading