I was asked to speak at a women’s retreat about Zion, and specifically, how a Zion society looks and operates in contrast to a Babylonian/Gadianton society. My prepared remarks follow below. Throughout earth’s history, God has encouraged his children to rise to a heavenly standard—to create a “Zion” in which each member of society understood [...]
Holding political positions outside the mainstream of Mormondom, I’ve found it interesting to see how people react as they try (or, in most cases, don’t try) to understand how I can argue that the gospel of Jesus Christ harmonizes with libertarianism. The last 48 hours serve as a microcosm of the responses I’ve received over [...]
Boyd K. Packer’s “The Mantle is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect” (1981) is a talk I’ve often heard spoken of in hushed, insinuating tones–such that when I finally got around to reading it, I was braced for some sort of screed strangling of academic inquiry and silencing “unorthodox” research into Church history. On the [...]
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