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All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.–2 Timothy 3:16 Finding Hidden Books Recently, I listened to an Episode of Mike Licona’s Risen Jesus Podcast. He was discussing three methods ofContinue reading “Dialogues With My Former Self (Part 4): The Breath Of God Pt 1”

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.Matthew 23:27-28 (KJV) As a Mormon apologist, IContinue reading “Fountain Theology: Moroni 7 and the Gospel of Grace”

3 You keep the one in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because that one trusts in you. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.Isaiah 26:3-4 The Great Prologue A pastor friend of mine has a favorite axiom that he coined: “Truth is discovered, not downloaded.”Continue reading “Dialogues With My Former Self: On Why I Still Love God Pt 2”

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.”Proverbs 25:11 NKJV By: Fred Anson and Michael Flournoy In part one of this series we considered some of the harsh “scorched earth” tactics that Christian Mormon Critics often engage that either drive Mormons deeper into the LDS Church or ensures that whenContinue reading “Apples of Gold (Part Two): Becoming Mormon to Win Mormons”

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.–A.W. Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy . . . there began to come moments when I could feel moving into my mind, like a physical presence, the conviction that all was quite absurd. It made no sense at allContinue reading “Dialogues With My Former Self: On Why I Still Love God Pt 1”

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold In settings of silver.(Proverbs 25:11 NKJV) In Disney’s “Hercules”, Hercules battles a monster called a hydra. During the fight he slices its head off with his sword. Bystanders applaud his victory until the beast revives with two heads instead of one.  Hercules flies around on hisContinue reading “Apples of Gold (Part One): Will You Forget the Whole Mormon Bashing Thing?”

Smoke, nothing but smoke. [That’s what the Quester says.] There’s nothing to anything—it’s all smoke. What’s there to show for a lifetime of work, a lifetime of working your fingers to the bone? One generation goes its way, the next one arrives, But nothing changes—it’s business as usual for old planet earth.—Ecclesiastes 1:2-4(The Message: TheContinue reading “Dialogues With My Former Self: Continuing The Tragic Quest”

“The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! But wisdom is justified of all her children.”Luke 7:34-35 KJV Imagine you come home on your birthday. The lights are off and as you enter the kitchen you see aContinue reading “The Pariah Messiah”

If you’re a new Ex-Mormon who has accepted Christ, you probably feel anxious, isolated, and confused. You’re likely still in the process of rebuilding your identity and hurting from relationships that fell apart during your transition. You might still feel the pull of the Mormon church, like an addiction that won’t go away. I wantContinue reading “It Ain’t Easy, But It’s Worth It: An Open Letter to Former Latter-day Saints”

If you’re a Latter-day Saint who has talked theology with Evangelicals, chances are you’ve walked away exasperated more than once. I’m willing to wager you’ve thought, “How can these people misrepresent my church so much? Do they understand my beliefs at all?” Perhaps, you think the most blatant example is when Evangelicals show scriptures thatContinue reading “The Apostle Paul’s Law v. Grace Dichotomy”