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Can BYU afford to avoid Sunday play?
It has been more than 30 years since BYU won a National Championship in football. Things have changed quite a bit since 1984. Many of the larger schools were upset that the undefeated BYU team (who played in the Western Athletic Conference-WAC) played a 6-6 Michigan team in its final game, and changes soon followed. […]
Utah’s model of Anti-Discrimination and Religious Rights
A recent law passed in Indiana has put the state in an unusual spotlight. Proponents claim that their law uses essentially the same language as the 1993 federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) that passed with near unanimous support. However, one thing Indiana has done that the federal statute did not is expand the reach of the religious […]
Is ISIS our generation’s version of Nazis?
Edmund Burke was an Irish political philosopher, Whig politician and statesman who is often regarded as the father of modern conservatism. His most famous quote: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” How involved should the U.S. be? Hitler invaded Poland, Austria, and Czechoslovakia in 1939, and […]
God Bless Foster Parents
I went to a missionary farewell at my old ward today. It was fun to see old friends and catch up on their lives. One family sticks out in my mind. The father was just released as a singles’ ward bishop. He and his wife have raised several children of multi-races and ethnic backgrounds. While […]
Abraham for Liberals and Conservatives
The story of Abraham’s attempted sacrifice of Isaac is one of the most perplexing moral dilemmas in all of scripture. It has long been held up as an example of Abraham’s faithfulness. Orthodox members do not question the traditional interpretation of the story. They seem to reason that if God wants you to do something, you […]
Religious Liberty or Discrimination?
Should a wedding cake owner be allowed to avoid making cakes for a same sex wedding? Is the owner discriminating against the couple, or simply exercising their religious liberty? A recent case in the Colorado courts ruled that the owner was discriminating against gays, and ruled in favor of the gay couple. Now the case […]
Evangelical Wants to Keep Mormon Moment Alive
2012 brought a lot of interest in the LDS Church due to Mitt Romney’s campaign for President of the United States. Now that the election is over, many feel the Mormon Moment is over. Christianity Today’s Ed Stetzer put out an article this week advocating that evangelicals “not let the Mormon moment pass completely.” I have […]
Women Addicted to Porn too
Over the weekend, Christianity Today (CT) put out an article stating that women “make up an estimated one in three visitors to adult entertainment websites.” This means that a 2007 study by “Nielsen/NetRatings found that approximately 13 million American women click on pornographic sites each month.” It’s not just a man’s problem anymore. CT interviewed 3 women […]
What Should be the LDS Church position on Syria?
A somber-looking Pope Francis made an impassioned appeal before 100,000 people on Saturday to avert a widening of Syria’s conflict, urging world leaders to pull humanity out of a “spiral of sorrow and death.” Francis, who two days ago branded a military solution in Syria “a futile pursuit,” led the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics […]
Modernizing the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
I’ve been reviewing The Challenge of Honesty which was released Sept 1. (You might want to check out my first post, or second post on the book.) Frances Lee Menlove relates the following. Today I am going to tell you a story. This is a Jesus story, the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, which […]
Mormon Heretic 