What follows is the first of a five-part series that Zondervan published on their academic blog, Koinonia. The subject matter may repeat some previous “365” posts, but I will nonetheless publish them for those who might not want to scroll back...
A recent guest on Chris Arnzen's hour-long radio program, Iron Sharpens Iron, was Sandra Tanner. As well as being Brigham Young's great, great granddaughter, she is also one of the world's most authoritative experts on Mormonism. She and her late husband...
When the LDS Church reversed its policy of denying priesthood to black male members, the announcement left many of the church's apologists holding the bag. One example is that of Bruce R. McConkie, an apostle of the Mormon Church and universally regarded...
What a terrific weekend this was for me! I awakened Saturday morning to the news that my new novel, Latter-day Cipher, had hit the 8,000 ranking on Amazon.com. Wow! For a Christian book from a new novelist, God really did a wonder. In addition, it was #15 on...
Today on the Web magazine Pop Syndicate, the editor Angela Wilson conducted what she calls “a virtual sitdown” with me concerning my writing. In the interview, I shared with her an incident that occurred when I was writing both Latter-day Cipher and The...
