The Book of Job as the LDS Endowment

One book of scripture has given Bible scholars more cause for disagreement than any other: the Book of Job. The disagreements range from who and when it was written, the purpose behind its literary construction and alternating poetic/prose style, the spiritual…

Understanding Job’s Behemoth and Leviathan

Introduction: A little over a year ago, I was fortunate enough to stumble upon a recorded presentation of Dr. Mack Stirling’s presentation at the Temple on Mount Zion conference sponsored by the Mormon Interpreter Foundation. His remarks were titled…

Reasons I’d Be Atheist, But Choose to Be Religious

Putting it Mildly

Questions, answers and burning hearts: Luke 24:13–35

This is something that I wrote a while ago but I thought I’d put it up here to see how it works. It’s perhaps not typical of the things on Medium but I wanted to see where it goes, which I realize may be no where.

Book of Mormon Evidence in Arabia: Beyond Nahom

When LDS scholars publish evidence for the Book of…

Greek mythology and Jesus Christ

Last week I was reading the Iliad for a class. This week I’m reading the Odyssey. What’s amazing about…

LGBTQ Orientation is a Given, Not a Chosen

Issues of gender and sexual identity are complex. I believe we are living in a very…

Joseph and the Book of Mormon

A response to an article.

Powerful Temple Imagery in President Monson’s “Ponder the Path of thy Feet”

One gift that many true prophets are given is an ability to write and speak in highly complex patterns. Often their words can be instructive and powerful to a wide range of spiritually prepared…