[…] you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand.” By inspired strategem—the confusion caused by smashing lamps and breaking pitchers—rather than by Israelite superiority in armaments or animals of war, or numbers of fighting men, […]
[…] quarter century, the Church has experienced tremendous growth in Latin America and elsewhere in the so-called Third World, a relatively sudden surge that has received little scholarly attention (Grover n.d.). In the following essay, […]
[…] Although Mormon proselyting was initiated in the nineteenth century here, most countries received full-time missionaries only after World War II, and some significantly later. After an initially slow start, church growth jumped sharply in […]
[…] question which is the central question for this study: “Faced with ever-louder cries for help from the world, how do we determine where to focus our efforts?” Posed somewhat more elaborately, the question is […]
[…] It was an opportunity to think seriously about our faith and explore its dialogue with the larger world. It was empowering to see people trying to live reflective lives that honestly integrated their scholarship […]
[…] that he had now arrived for it to be brought to light, for the benefit of the world at large; and, if he would strictly follow his directions, he would direct him to where […]
[…] of black curly hides drying hard in the barn, and we got two kids in the house breaking everything I got and waiting to be fed, and we haven’t got enough of those black […]
[…] also observed conservative Mormons with one foot in the LDS Church and the other in the Fundamentalist world. Among other characteristics, the various groups have different attitudes toward the source of priesthood authority, the centrality […]
[…] of truth and intelligence pertaining to us as moral, intellectual, mortal and immortal beings, pertaining to this world and the world that is to come. We are open to truth of every kind, no […]
[…] mirror (captoptromancy) was employed. K. Illness Illness was thought to be caused in some cases by the breaking of taboos. Confession of sin was believed to bring about a cure of illness. L. Snake […]