“There is no merit before God. Nor should there be merit before Him. True community does not count the merits of its members. Merit is a concept rooted in sin, and well […]
Birch and Minch on Mormonism and Christian Identity
Michael Minch and Brian Birch recently discussed the Mormonism and Christian Identity at Utah Valley University. Both of these men treated me very well during my years adjuncting in the philosophy department […]
God In America on PBS: Watch it! (Episode One)
I have only seen the first two edisodes, but I am loving it. I may do some commentary later, but here is the first episode. I would love to hear what you […]
"We are to treat each other with respect as brothers and sisters and fellow children of God…" (Updated with Video)
The Church has released a statement in response to the petition circulated by Human Rights Watch. While BCC has a thread up discussing the full statement, I want to highlight my favorite […]
The Holy Ghost of Tom Joad
Author’s note: I would like to dedicate this post to Stephen George, a great teacher and Steinbeck scholar at BYU-Idaho. I co-taught an Ethics course with Stephen at BYU-I. It was the […]
Elder Jensen and the Exploitation of the Sacred Moments
I woke up this morning to find out via Facebook that Elder Marlin K. Jensen had apologized for Church participation in Proposition 8 (the headline was later changed to him apologizing for […]
Ezra Taft Benson Conservatism
I am developing a number of models of Mormon political conservatism. The first model that I am looking to describe in Ezra Taft Benson conservatism. This is not just the political conservatism […]
Smashing Pumpkins meet the Old Testament
We had out lesson on Hosea last week and it sounds like a number of people had that lesson today. Ardis shares her lecture notes with us on Keepa. All this talk […]
Community of Christ Denounces Religious Persecution
September 8, 2010 As a people who experienced religious persecution, we are alarmed by the growing tide of religious fear, intolerance, and violence evident throughout the world. We join our voices with […]
Testify!
I have recently read two posts on testimony the I have loved: Ronan’s beautiful “On these three thing hangs my testimony.” And Enoch’s thought provoking post on sharing “nuancimony.” In honor of […]
In defense of the Rodeo Clown
Now that I live in Wyoming, I feel that I must speak out on something. The title of rodeo clown is being misused and abused for a vile purpose. A certain somebody […]
Lesson #5: Have Faith
I have lost my faith. Quite the challenge when you blog at Faith-Promoting Rumor. However, Tuesday I awoke and read the following comment by Ronan over at BCC: This week we read […]
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