[…] the statutes and the articles of the pertinent religious organization.” See U.S. Department of State Dispatch, Ukraine Human Rights Practices, 1994 (Mar. 1995). For an in-depth discussion of religious liberty and the law in Ukraine, […]
[…] the beauty of the gospel for the faithful is in people coming together imperfectly, yet having their human-ness hallowed by the transcendent grace of God. And by my experiences I am encouraged that self-reflexive […]
[…] about such a foundation stone of our theology, but I find President Hinckley’s answers refreshingly honest and human. Similarly Anderson wonders if someday the “irrational teachings of the church will gradually become less literal […]
[…] areas of inquiry that are vital to and rightly treated by theology (for example, the divine and human natures of Jesus, the truly miraculous nature of some of his actions) are not the proper […]
[…] unhealthy. I see now that my idealization of church leaders, both past and present, was unfair. No human being is perfectly benevolent and wise. Leaders are human just like the rest of us. They […]
[…] own confirmation and un derstanding. Despite our fervent desire for infallible leaders, the Lord has given us human ones, who, although they are undeniably good men and occasionally transcend the usual limitations of the […]
[…] slavery, that was it. A living, breathing soul became a thing to get boxed up, not even human anymore. And he, Elijah, was supervising the process: measuring the remains, cutting the wood, putting the […]
[…] two men who had hurt my career four years before, to help me see them wholly, as human beings He loved. And I had asked God to help me see Sister Morris, to help […]
[…] prophetess, “a Daniel, come to jedgment .” Three great spiritual concepts possessed her. She believed that the human soul could and did hold close communication with the Divine Over-Soul. She believed in direct and […]
[…] event which was both necessary and desirable for the progress of Adam and Eve and the entire human family, while simultaneously viewing it as a transgression which merited punishment. The story contains a double […]