Monthly Archives: July 2009

One meme that is constantly bandied about the bloggernacle is the idea that people leave the church because they are too black and white in their thinking. That if people could just see more shades of gray then they wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Edit: This post is in response to the Thomas Marsh discussion here. I was recently present for the Thomas Marsh lesson in a ward not my own. Being aware of the larger context, that for Marsh, the milk issue was … Continue reading →

This is a talk I gave many years ago, slightly modified. I have had a lot of time to think about the scriptures, what they mean and how they mean. I have read the history of the times in which … Continue reading →

If you haven’t yet voted in this year’s Niblets, stroll on over to Mormon Matters to check out the many amazing nominations. It is real treat to read or reread so many of the excellent content produced in the bloggernacle … Continue reading →

Ken Brown at the blog C. Orthodoxy started a meme asking bloggers involved in biblical studies what are the top 5 books or scholars which have influenced them the most. Here’s FPR’s contribution, organized by author:

I recently turned 25 and realized that there are a lot of things that I don’t know about that I would like to know more about. One of them is fiction. I rarely, rarely read fiction. Part of the reason is … Continue reading →

In previous posts in this series I have danced around the historicity question. In this post I will tackle this head on. The best advice I can give believers who are beginning to judge what is historical in scripture and … Continue reading →