(This likely represents my last post here.) Update- some of the text of this long post disappeared when I first posted it, but it’s been reinserted and set off. Part 1 of the series and Part 2 My note-taking mechanism consist of two things*: Evernote and a pocket notebook. I’ll explain what they are, and [...]
Posted in Bible, Quotes of Note, Scripture on Mar 1st, 2011
“Let us not try to wrest the scriptures in an attempt to explain away what we can not explain. The opening chapters of Genesis, and scriptures related thereto, were never intended as a text-book of geology, archaeology, earth-science or man-science. Holy Scripture will endure, while the conceptions of men change with new discoveries. We do [...]
Posted in Bible, Church teaching, Doctrine, History, Scripture on Nov 9th, 2010
In my last post (and hinted at in the one before that), I raised the idea that prophets tend to share the worldviews and myths of their culture, with myth properly defined as something like “worldview expressed in narrative.” Their revelations are by necessity received and framed within that worldview. In other words, prophets in [...]
Posted in Bible, Doctrine, Scripture, teaching on Nov 2nd, 2010
We’re way past Genesis at this point, but like the poor, the issue of non-historical scripture will always be among us. Most people know of the genre of “parable” because they’re in the Gospels, but “myth” is very poorly understood and the term carries a lot of negative baggage. You have to be very careful [...]
Posted in Church teaching, Culture, Doctrine, Scripture on Oct 29th, 2010
In my own struggles to balance faith and tradition with scholarship, I find it useful to see how others have done so, particularly when I see close structural parallels between the two traditions. Peter Enns speaks from a Protestant perspective but Protestants aren’t the sole source of useful insight. I’ve enjoyed Jewish perspectives more, explored [...]
Posted in Bible, History, Podcast, Scripture, teaching on Sep 28th, 2010
This podcast is long delayed and the first podcast on Isaiah has been written already. Various things have prevented me from posting it so far. General Conference this weekend gives me a chance to catch up, so I’ll try to post several podcasts in the next 7 days. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [...]
Posted in Bible, Church teaching, Podcast, Scripture on Sep 17th, 2010
Edit: Some people are reporting errors, for others it’s working. Please leave a comment or send me an email with the error message so we can get it fixed. If the links below don’t work, try downloading from this alternate link. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (Right-click and save here to download.) Opening [...]
Posted in Bible, History, Podcast, Scripture on Sep 10th, 2010
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] (Right-click and save here to download.) Openining clip: Loreena McKennit, “Marco Polo.” Transcript (I ad libbed a bit more this time.) Notes and references:
Posted in Bible, History, Podcast, Scripture on Aug 16th, 2010
It’s been busy around here, putting together the Future of Mormonism series. Other things too. But we’re back, trying to make up lost time. Here’s the podcast on lessons 29-30, which cover Elisha and then Hezekiah and Josiah. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Transcript Download link for MP3 (right-click and “save as” Notes:
Posted in Bible, Church teaching, History, Scripture on Jul 15th, 2010
Right about now in Gospel Doctrine classes, everyone should nearing the Divided Kingdom stories, when Jereboam breaks off and takes 10 tribes with him, and we get two Israelite kingdoms (Israel and Judah) with two Israelite kings (Reheboam and Jereboam.) And coincidentally right about now, it gets darn hard to keep everyone straight. Instead of [...]
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