Peter’s Testimony
“Whom do you say that I am?” And Peter said unto him: Thou art very God of very God, the Ultimate Ground of our being.” And Jesus said unto him, “What?” Link I heartily recommend the linked work.
View ArticleWhy denying Mormons are Christians is a problem
There’s been a fair amount of buzz over the post at Patheos by Ben Witherington, who evidently should know better, barring the gates of Christianity against Mormonism. There have been some...
View Article“The story does not end here.”
A phrase uttered during one of the Conference talks triggered an almost completely unrelated epiphany for me. J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is arguably the greatest fantasy work of the 20th...
View ArticleNicene Creed: deliberately ambiguous and non-understandable.
And how Joseph Smith resolved the need for un-understandable ambiguiity by throwing out the philosophical metaphysics at the core of classical Christianity. An analysis by Bruce Charlton.
View ArticleThe story of Christ and the woman taken in adultery
I don’t think it means what you think it means.
View ArticleFreedom is Responsibility
Freedom is responsibility. For a long time I thought freedom was choice. When the prophets talked about choice and accountability, I thought that accountability was a supporting argument for the...
View ArticleMormon Laity, or non-member participation in Mormonism.
It has long occurred to me that a non-member participating in Mormonism, to whatever degree a non-member is able to participate, would be better off than were he to participate in other Christian...
View ArticleThe Angels that Pertain to Us
I like the old, weird Mormonism. The quirky doctrines that float out there like driftwood, but that tie in profoundly to the gospel when rightly understood. Things like the three degrees of glory,...
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Charles Williams and the Athanasian Creed
This post is intended as a way into understanding the significance of the mystical conceptualization of the Holy Trinity of the traditional Catholic type. It is not a defence of this conceptualization...
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Hat tip to Ben Carson’s #iamaChristian.
Generally, I don’t like to jump on memes and follow a crowd. I don’t like fads. I don’t like cheap shows of support or solidarity. If I participate in a meme, it has to be something I already believe...
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