How can you love God? By loving your neighbor
We must now allow the Second Great commandment to be seen as inferior to the first. Continue reading How can you love God? By loving your neighbor
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I thought I was good at not judging others, until …
I used to think I was pretty good at accepting people who are different than I am. Continue reading I thought I was good at not judging others, until …
Intimate memoir details a life transformed by grace
As much as anything else, “Sealed” makes grace more than a theological concept; it treats grace something to be lived more than to be studied or preached. Continue reading Intimate memoir details a life transformed by grace
3 ways you can increase your capacity to love as Christ loved
This is the draft of a sermon (talk) I gave on Nov. 8, 2020, at the Union Park Stake (Utah) 3rd Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Love is central to the gospel. Jesus himself said … Continue reading 3 ways you can increase your capacity to love as Christ loved
Yes, shuttering churches is allowed by the U.S. Constitution to protect public health
I never thought I’d be writing this, but yes, the First Amendment does allow the government to prevent churches from holding worship services — at least as it is being done now to limit the spread of the covid-19 virus. … Continue reading Yes, shuttering churches is allowed by the U.S. Constitution to protect public health
Does the Bible teach we’re ‘desperately wicked’?
Jeremiah 17:9 has been used as prooftext to show that humankind is inherently evil. Continue reading Does the Bible teach we’re ‘desperately wicked’?
Nailed between thieves? There’s more to the story
One of the privileges I have is to teach an adult Sunday school class. I’ve long said it’s one of the best jobs (or, as we say in my denomination, callings) there are in the church. It’s always a gratifying … Continue reading Nailed between thieves? There’s more to the story
‘He sees a brother where there was only a slave’
One minor family Christmas tradition I’ve had for several years now is to share a Christmas song video on Facebook with Terrianne each day during the few weeks preceding and including Christmas. I don’t know how many of the songs … Continue reading ‘He sees a brother where there was only a slave’
Mormonism meets Buddhism in Miller’s ‘Letters’
Adam S. Miller’s Letters to a Young Mormon might have been better titled How To Be a Mormon Without Thinking or Talking Like One. A very brief book (about the length of a long article in The Atlantic), Letters takes … Continue reading Mormonism meets Buddhism in Miller’s ‘Letters’
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