What a difference a word makes. Consider, for example, these two words: apostle, a biblical word from the Greek apostalds, meaning “one sent forth.” For Mormons, an apostle is a man called of God as…
[…] at the most profound level must be lived in community has existed from the beginning of the human quest for God. Many Christian religious communities have formed primarily in anticipation of an immediate second advent. […]
[…] Woman. He wondered how they could move so quickly without legs, like a fast horse. Like a human. At first he was too full of curiosity to be scared. He pressed his hand against […]
On June 5th, 1996, Assistant Professor Gail Houston of the Brigham Young University English Department was denied tenure and promotion at BYU.[1] In compliance with typical university procedures, Professor Houston quickly appealed the decision.[2] Members…
[…] her to abandon the girl; that her decisions can be based on mere expediency.” Not giving another human careful con sideration is unbearable to all of Clyde’s narrators. Her narrative voice makes a marriage […]
[…] steer a tight course between suggesting on one page the credible and powerful presence of the divine in human life, on whatever world; while evoking in the next pages exotic desert and frozen landscapes, wild […]
Is it not wonderful how modern discoveries confirm previously known gospel principles? A recent, in-depth, scientific study of high school students solemnly concluded that teenagers are not morning people. Latter day Saints have known this…
[…] how Mormon faith promoting stories originate and spread, especially among missionaries, see William Wilson’s monograph, On Being Human: The Folklore of Mormon Missionaries (Logan: Utah State University Press, 1981). In his article Fetzer explores fully […]
About this time last year, my wife and I went on a brief cruise to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.[1] It was so brief that we had only one stop—Nassau. However, neither of us had…
[…] produce an heir and thus ensure dynastic continuity. For Christianity, marriage was traditionally a limited concession to human weakness for those who lacked the gift of continence and to prevent them burning with lust. […]