Category Archives: Truth, Honesty, Prayer, and Inquiry

Only in California

A Mormon high school freshman who was being peppered with put-down questions about her faith before she told them, “That’s so gay,” was officially warned by her school’s principal for using “hate speech.” According to an Associated Press report, the … Continue reading

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LDS Church Public Education Campaign

An article posted today on the American Spectator’s web site suggests that the LDS Church is worried about the publicity Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign may bring to the Church. “Mormonism in the Spotlight” says, The Salt Lake City-based Church of … Continue reading

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Total truth? Or is everything relative?

A warning cry that some theologians and apologists have made for more than a decade involves what has been called “Postmodernism.” Theologian Norman Geisler points to the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 as the end of Modernism (which … Continue reading

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If any of you lacks wisdom, don’t ask.

On November 7, 2006 LDS Apostle Dallin Oaks presented a devotional address to the students at BYU-Idaho. In his talk, entitled “Be Wise,” Mr. Oaks defined the principle of wisdom and demonstrated how wisdom may be applied in several different … Continue reading

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Got Milk? The Public Voice of Mormonism

The Journal Gazette Times-Courier out of east-central Illinois is in the middle of a pretty interesting online rant. It began on November 3rd when journalist Lee Thomson answered a couple questions about Mormonism in his (her?) “Journey of Faith” column. … Continue reading

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Mormons Correct and Soften Smithsonian Exhibit

Today’s online Salt Lake Tribune includes an article about a relatively new exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution. “American Origins” contains portraits of prominent Americans from 1600 to 1900; therefore, it contains images of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Before the … Continue reading

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Temple Tours and Al Takiyah

My schedule didn’t permit me to attend the recent 2006 Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City, but I was able to get the CD of one particular presentation that caught my attention. It had to do with truth-telling and Mormonism. … Continue reading

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Mormonism and Spiritual Experience

A couple of weeks ago (July 8th) LDS Deseret News printed a column by staff writer Jerry Johnston. He told this story: Not long ago I was visiting a woman from Mexico who had been praying about joining my own … Continue reading

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Twelve Million Mormons

This morning when I checked my email inbox I found a message with a subject line that read, “Millions of customers can’t be wrong!” The message was a spam ad for “alluring pheromones” that promise to attract women of all … Continue reading

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Mormon Prayer

A news story today from BerkshireEagle.com (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is headlined “Mormons direct prayers to Christ.” The purpose of the story is to “clarify” a story that ran on Sunday which mistakenly indicated Mormons pray to Joseph Smith. I’m glad to … Continue reading

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