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The Mormon Temple Ceremony – Evidence of a Mormon Cult?

The Mormon Temple Ceremony is often painted as solid evidence that the Mormon Church is a demonic cult. While people rant against the “Mormon Cult” (and I’m talking about sites…

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Swift Action Needed to Stop Bullying

There’s an important essay over at Mormon Momma on the painful topic of bullying. Alison Moore Smith’s story, and the story of her daughter, should be read by every bishop…

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Puzzling Coincidences After People Pray to Find the Truth

I just checked out MormonTestimonies.org, a new Wiki-based site where members can upload their own testimonies. I encourage you to use it. I was pleased to find the testimony of…

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Solving the Christian Puzzle

If you missed it, there’s a good laugh and some valuable insights to be had by reading Solving the Christian Puzzle by John Tvedtnes, who shows how modern anti-Mormon scare…

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The Clipboard Virus: Don’t Let the Street Preachers Know about This

Recently during the opening exercises of Priesthood Meeting, I was sitting quietly by myself with several books open on my lap, trying to get some studying and planning in while…

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Mingling Scripture with the Philosophies of Men: BYU Presentation on Sept. 13

Anybody can mingle scripture with the philosophies of men, and frankly, it’s not only easy but fun, too. Here’s my most recent attempt. It’s the abstract of a presentation I’m…

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Take a Bite of Byteline

Just added a great LDS blog to my blogroll: Byteline by Alma Allred. Outstanding LDS material with unique insights from a solid Latter-day Saint intellectual. Wish I had noticed this…

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Noah’s Flood: When the Mediterranean Sea Broke Through to the Freshwater Black Sea?

“Marine Team Finds Surprising Evidence Supporting A Great Biblical Flood” is a headline from ScienceDaily.com today: Prof. Beer was part of the team on board “Mediterranean Explorer” that recently headed…

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Working Through Disillusionment: Faith-Based Education

Many Latter-day Saints and numerous Christians of other faiths have experienced the disillusionment that can come when facing intellectual assaults on their faith. Whether it’s from reading an anti-Mormon book,…

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The Latest Buzz from Jerusalem

“3,000-year-old beehives unearthed in Israel” is the top story listed over at Digg.com at the moment. Interesting. There is now archaeological evidence that an advanced beekeeping industry was in place…

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