Headliner

I wrote the cover story for the August online Today's Officer magazine — an article about the pros and cons of online education.  Check it out here!

Publication dates!

Zondervan tells me that they will release The Mormon Mirage, Third Edition:  A Former Mormon Looks at the Church Today in April, 2009.  April 1, 2009 is the publication date for The Latter-day Cipher, my first novel which will be published by Moody. I can't believe it...

Does God Change His Mind?

Our Bible study small group has struggled with the sense that God changed His mind in various situations in the Old Testament.  Here is the way I have tried to resolve the issue: DOES GOD CHANGE HIS MIND? Exodus 32:14, in speaking of how God did not bring about...

Sermons, Parables, and Book Ideas

Dan and I have an unusual situation — our minister Alan Taylor has been our preacher for 23 years.  His sermons are consistently high quality and Bible based.  Old-timers and visitors alike comment on his sermons. I always get something out of his sermons for...

New Book Title

One of the challenges of the upcoming publication of my first book on Mormonism has been settling on a title that reflects both its history (it stayed in print almost 20 years through multiple printings) and its new research.  Here is what Zondervan has said about it,...