My Father’s Name Was Sam
April 24, 2018One spring day when I was about three years old, I hunkered near where my fa ther and the hired man were treating seed grain with formaldehyde. Father handed me the bottle to smell, […]
One spring day when I was about three years old, I hunkered near where my fa ther and the hired man were treating seed grain with formaldehyde. Father handed me the bottle to smell, […]
[…] with one but by revelation from God. Students at BYU are to listen respectfully (i.e., passively) to worldly ideas and then accept or reject them depending upon how closely these ideas conform with revealed […]
[…] is natural for Mormons to think in terms of potential missionary activity in any part of the world. With the black revelation granting the priesthood to all worthy male members, interest in missionary work […]
[…] when in comes Claude with hay in his hair and manure on his shoes (he heard the news while milking), and he says he’s just come to say goodbye and gosh, honey, I’m going […]
[…] publications are correlated and many members take pride that “the Church is the same all over the world” without asking how much sameness is desirable or even tolerable. The character of Church organization has […]
[…] spiritual documents that have continually shone when man was lost in darkness. Should there be one single world religion? Is it confusing for man to be sur rounded by varieties of religions and types? […]
[…] of religion and the history of philosophy. McMurrin treats ideas not merely as landmarks in a particular world view but as entities that have a life of their own. The genius of his particular […]
[…] submitted to the quorums, orders, and councils of the church and also to the delegations sitting in World Conference for their action on it as embodying the word and will of God. Many refinements […]
[…] in the Church often presume a common aesthetic; or when conflicts in judgment arise—whether with the “ worldly” critic or the division chairman—we throw up our hands at the other’s decadent tastes, or worse […]
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