For almost 130 years, Mormon missionaries have been going to foreign lands. Most of this activity has been in Western European countries where the culture and the political and social institutions were quite […]
[…] In 1876 the territory’s first anti-abortion law was enacted, carrying a penalty of two to ten years for performing an abortion; a woman convicted of having an abortion received one to five years “unless […]
[…] 13 as the overseer for 1825,1827, and 1829. In 1870, Martin recounted his early ideas about religion, dating back to about 1818: I was Inspired of the Lord & of the Spirit that I […]
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[…] past several years, the church has introduced racially diverse images of the savior into its videos and online exhibitions,” Turner also observes that LDS depictions of Jesus in the meetinghouses, temples, and temple visitors’ […]
As I tried to figure out why on earth I was chosen for this talk, I could think mainly of reasons against it. First of all, I am a striking example of the failed […]
[…] published by his Hatrack River press, and his sermons in his Vigor Newsletter and to his America Online community sound very much like the preaching of a very conservative Latter-day Saint, intended to comfort […]