[…] and hell as found in most other Christian churches. The Levites’ ideal is to avoid the outside world, but they desire to be well informed about its affairs. Many “worldly” recreational activities are considered […]
[…] to carry the Christian message to the heathen, the unbelieving, the unchurched, the unreached peoples of the world. Considering the current advanced state of the social sciences, contemporary missiologists look at the problem of […]
[…] arts. Old Nick had circled some passages in a bright red magic marker. I quote: In our world, there have risen brilliant stars in drama, music, literature, sculpture, painting, science, and all the graces. […]
[…] recently, in Roman Catholicism. To some Mormons this tainted the question with some how being “of the world.” In addition, the unique sociological and theological dynamics of priesthood in Mormonism require that the question […]
[…] and the interior of the Tabernacle was remodeled to accommodate it. He took the choir to the World’s Fair in 1893 and won second prize, giving concerts in Denver, Kansas City, Saint Louis, and […]
[…] westward expansion nurtured a profound belief in America as the land of destiny, a light to the world. God could not have chosen a better place, a better time, or a better people than […]
[…] Historians will naturally seek to answer those questions most important to them and those who share their world view. As Croce put it, “Every true history is contemporary history,” since it addresses those questions […]
[…] I’d created a sculpture of myself outside myself, a clone who was my personal representative to the world. She had groomed hair, was nice, kind, responsible, well-loved, obedient, and she tended home fires. The […]
For some time now, especially since World War II and the shock and guilt evoked in the Western world by the virtual extermination of the European Jews, traditional Christian views of the role of […]
[…] later time, and the Doctrine and Covenants speaks of knowledge “that has not been revealed since the world was until now; a time to come in the which nothing shall be withheld, whether there […]