My sister stopped me in the hall at church. “Have you ever heard anyone use the phrase ”activating the Atonement” before?” She was referring to a talk that was recently given by one of our High Councilors. The phrase bothered her. To my sister, this phrase was offensive because, as she explained, the Atonement is
A homosexual friend of my wife recently read my article on homosexuality and commented that it was a good article but did not present anything new to the discussion. I was not offended; I do not claim to be a prophet. Rather, it is my contention that we have everything we need already before us
Many Latter-day Saints believe that they can just coast into Heaven by going to church on Sundays and reading their scriptures once in a while, perhaps reading a lesson they haven’t prepared in front of a class. The prophets and apostles seem to have had a different perspective. With all the encouragement to share the
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Frequently we hear the accusation that to be Mormon is to be racked with guilt. In a Sunday School class I was teaching recently, a teenage girl revealed to the class that her brother, an atheist, claimed to be free from guilt now that he had left the Church. As a very green missionary, my
[Author’s note: A friend of mine runs a popular LDS-related blog. After I had most of this article written, it was brought to my knowledge that he had also written a post about sodomy. Our views on this subject are polar opposites, so I have not named him here. I have, however, addressed some of
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