[…] just five years (11.24–38) prompts Mormon to conclude the original ch. IV with a lengthy lament about human nature. This is the clearest exposition of the worldview of the BoM’s primary narrator, whose pessimistic […]
[…] unto me according to thy word” (Luke 1:38). Mary is the most common female name in Western human history. In fact, we can get lost in the many Marys spanning time. Virginia Woolf capitalizes […]
[…] there are many more in this room. Theology for me is about cultivating ways to unify the human with the divine. It’s about seeking an Atonement with Deity and each other. And to me, […]
[…] prospect of being pregnant billions of times might seem less appealing.) However, all this involves projecting our human condition onto heaven’s, where a whole lot of things have not yet been revealed to us […]
Darren Parry summarizes how the Book of Mormon continuously testifies of Jesus Christ in the latest Book of Mormon Gospel Study. Darren Parry is the former Chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation.…
Amy Watkins Jensen looks at the story of the brother of Jared anew, in this latest Gospel Study lesson Amy Watkins Jensen is a teacher and writer with a BA in Spanish Teaching and an…
When I picked up William V. Smith’s The King Follett Sermon: A Biography, I was expecting to find a history of the text of the famous sermon from April 1844. I found that it was…
[…] novels about Black Mormon pioneers entitled Standing on the Promises. He has long been actively engaged in human rights and civil rights causes that promote the brotherhood and sisterhood of God’s children. Gregory A. […]
[…] and bleeds “from every pore” or “at every pore.” And Smith’s Jesus is not just suffering from human anxiety in the face of his own impending death on the cross. He suffers, he sweats […]
[…] of the series, Valerie and Fiona Givens dive deep into the implications of atonement theology on the human soul and the criminal justice system. They emphasize the need for a healing-focused approach within both […]