Reason #136: God was once a man; man can become a god

15 years ago

Quotes from Current LDS Manuals on Nature of God Christians have long opposed the LDS teaching about the nature of…

Review of When Mermaids Sing

15 years ago

The central plot of When Mermaids Sing by Mark Zvonkovic (IUniverse, 2008) focuses on the narrator, Larry, a man still…

Reason #135: Two questions for Temple-Endowed Mormons

15 years ago

In the LDS temple endowment ceremony, there are two issues that a faithful Mormon must deal with. First, why is…

Reason #134: The Logic Required to Affirm LDS history

15 years ago

This article claims to have pinned down the date of Joseph Smith's supposed First Vision. It hinges on the account…

Reason #133: Today’s Mormons Don’t Know The Church’s Past

15 years ago

I have read that a very high percentage of members of the LDS church today are first-generation. Recently I had…

Reason #132: New Archaeological Site for Manufacturing Weapons

15 years ago

A newly-excavated archaeological site in Mexico shows a sophisticated Mayan manufacturing center devoted to weapons and tools. No metal weapons…

Chiasmus in my Current Novel

15 years ago

For literary geeks only: This is a chapter from the novel I am currently writing.  It includes an ancient literary…

Interview on Examiner

15 years ago

The Examiner recently interviewed me with the following questions: Q-How did you get started writing?A-Writing begins, I think, with the…

No Silent Reading

15 years ago

There have been many ground-breaking events in the history of Christian literature and its readers. Perhaps one of the most…

Reason #131: Joseph Smith Could Cut and Paste

15 years ago

A reader recently sent me a section of an article that's being circulated among Mormons. Its premise is that the…