The Man Lying in the Grass
March 22, 2018[…] the ambler, hoping he will walk over to the man. But he ambles right on by the black heap in the grass. I say to myself, “The man is just drunk.” But saying, “just […]
[…] the ambler, hoping he will walk over to the man. But he ambles right on by the black heap in the grass. I say to myself, “The man is just drunk.” But saying, “just […]
[…] “amidst the matrix of trickery”? A “distinctive feature of general Mormon culture,” Davies alleges, is that “the di viner is only a hair’s breadth away from the false prophet, the sincere person from the […]
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[…] went to see who was there. It was three members of the stake high council, dressed in black slacks and black leather jackets. They were long-time friends of the family and fellow Church workers. […]
[…] good about spending it before they even got there. While they ate their lunch, Bryant noticed a black and white dog sleeping in the shade of an awning. The dog reminded him of the […]
[…] memorial, a white obelisque marking the spot where the clubbing actually took place, jutted up from the black rock base. Across the bay, sheer lava cliffs dove into the water. Another boat with another […]
[…] of the kitchen to chat with me in my office behind the massive refrigerator. There were big black lines painted on the floor beyond which only staff members were supposed to go. Jill didn’t […]
[…] old Mormon on an icy winter night when mounds of snow outside, as big as cars, lay black and cold, nearly invisible. Having searched since the beginning of the world, this devil found the […]
[…] He wished he had not created the scorpion, the egg plant, the stinging jellyfish, the rattlesnake, the black widow spider, blood sucking gnats or all those pesky bacteria that infect and kill humans, viruses […]
John Christopher Thomas is a Pentecostal who studies the Book of Mormon. He spoke at the Miller Eccles group on his new book A Pentecostal Reads the Book of Mormon: A Literary and Theological Introduction, published by CPT Press. Enjoy his fascinating insights in this newest Dialogue podcast.
From the Miller Eccles site: “Dr. Thomas (PhD, University of Sheffield) is Clarence J. Abbott Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee, and Director of the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies at Bangor University, in Bangor, Wales, UK. He also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies.