By Nathan Arp I recently drove by trees in full autumn splendor, their multi-colored leaves blurring as I sped past. The organic rustling of red, orange, and yellow was a fire around me that burned but did not consume. In this moment, as in many others, Earth became heaven in my eyes. I …
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Roundtable: The 2013 LDS Scriptures
With Gina Colvin, Charles Harrell, and Dan Wotherspoon The following discussion is drawn from ideas shared leading up to and in a March 2013 Mormon Matters podcast (Episode 164) about the release of the new version of the LDS scriptures. This edit is approved by all participants. The updates to the LDS scriptures include …
The Word of God: A Tale of Two Paradigms
By H. Parker Blount Or right-click to download the audio here: The Word of God: A Tale of Two Paradigms Both read the Bible day and night But thou read’st black where I read white. —William Blake My car in the shop to be serviced, I sat in a waiting room …
Violence in the Scriptures: Rene Girard and Mormonism
Violence in the Scriptures: Rene Girard and Mormonism An overview of Rene Girard’s mimetic theory of human culture will be presented with emphasis on an important corollary, the nonviolence of God. Several Biblical texts will be used to illustrate Girard’s theory. Then selected texts from the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of …
Leadership and Power: What We Can Learn from Scholars and Scriptures
Leadership and Power: What We Can Learn from Scholars and Scriptures
Searching the Scriptures for Our Mother in Heaven
Searching the Scriptures for Our Mother in Heaven
Memorized Scriptures
Memorized Scriptures
The Scriptures and Mormon Women–&– Let the Women Be Silent
The Scriptures and Mormon Women–&– Let the Women Be Silent