We are proud to welcome another addition to the FPR staff. Chris H is a colleague of mine at a college where I teach and he was excited to come here and discuss that thing that we spend most of our time here discussing: political philosophy. He introduces himself as follows: I am political philosopher with a BA and MA in political science for the University of Utah. I also have an associates degree from Ricks College. I specialize in... Read more
When did Jesus die? The Gospels do not provide a single, unambiguous, answer. This issue may be most easily addressed by breaking it down into more specific questions: what hour of the day? what day of the week? what date in the month? what year? Hour of the Day The Synoptics write that Jesus was near death by the ninth hour (Mk 15:34; Mt 27:46; Lk 23:44). In the Fourth Gospel, Jesus is before Pilate at the sixth hour (Jn... Read more
Faith-Promoting Rumor is please to announce the addition of another perma-blogger to the staff. Please welcome Mogget to our blog. Mogget is a graduate student in New Testament Exegesis back east, working on her dissertation (as I ought to be doing, instead of blogging) and she graciously agreed to class up the place over a pizza in Philadelphia. I haven’t asked her if she would like her real name or interesting history revealed, so I will let her make that... Read more
The responses to part 1 were great. Here are some additional things I’ve observed that are noteworthy. Again, for brevity’s sake, I may have referred to non-Mormons as “Christians,” so I expect everybody to be on the same page with that. As with part one, sometimes these are terms we use that will sound strange to Christians, and sometimes these are terms they use that will sound strange to us. Enjoy. 1. Gethsemane. To Christians, it appears as though we... Read more
If it is appropriate to take the events and calamities leading up to the death and resurrection of Christ in the Book of Mormon as a model for the period prior to the second coming, is it then appropriate to take the events of 3rd Nephi 11-4th Nephi 1:18 as a model for the millenium? Read more
Or, “how I stopped reading my book during stake conference because of the loud ‘BANG’ from somewhere near the pulpet.” So last Sunday was stake conference, and two hours of talks is usually a bit much for me, let alone my two toddler-aged children. As usual, I normally bring something to read just in case the talks… well, go sour. This week’s reading was Phil Barlow’s Mormons and the Bible which I am enjoying immensely. While totally wrapped up in... Read more
As the perfect antithesis to John C’s deep and insightful recent post, I’d like to ask the opposite. I thought I had a firm handle on this one until recently, but I’d like to get the take on this from the rest of the ninjas in the Mormon blogger dojo. So… What constitutes “speaking against the Holy Ghost”? Read more
If no-one is saved in ignorance, what do you think constitutes saving knowledge? Read more
Take a moment and think about Dungeons and Dragons. Did any of you play this game as children? Are you Satanists now? Just curious… I played D&D (or AD&D, at the time) quite a bit growing up. The guy who was our regular DM (ie. the dude who ran the game) always tried to straddle the line between strict adherance to the rules and fudging them to make it the game funner for those participating. We had two kids who... Read more
A quickie (I am very busy of late): Who do you think best exemplifies the spirit of FARMS: Jack Welch or Daniel Peterson? Vote away! Read more
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