Is there a Universal Grammar of God?

Where does my heart beat much of the time? In my family, in my writing, and in my Bible study and Representational Research. This last area basically involves the triadic structure of the Godhead, of reality (the part you see, the part you don’t see, and the links...

Reason #166: Because of Letters Like This

I sometimes get letters like this. They do indeed cause me to pause and re-evaluate my reasons for writing what I do, and reasons why I won't return to the LDS Church, in spite of the joyful experiences I had there. Here's the letter, and my reply. Mrs. Scott, I...

Reason #165: The Futility of Trying to Talk Grace to a Mormon

Mormons believe in grace — as a subsequent to the exhaustion of your own good works. Yet, this is not the Biblical concept of grace; the unmerited favor of God. Grace is central to the Christian gospel, but is more of an attachment to the Mormon teaching. For...

A Book and Eternity

I love (and often mention) the generalization we can derive from Jesus’ feeding of the 5,000 – where the lunch of a little boy could do the work of a man laboring for five months. Two completely incommensurate things, a small amount of bread and fish and the sweating...

Reason #164: The LDS Church is a Corporate Investment Entity

I recently read an article that quotes a former employee of the LDS Church who has insider information about how this corporation — which he says is no longer a church, and hasn't been for a long time — spends its billions of tax-free dollars. As a...