Tag: faith
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The Works
It can be successfully argued that the Christian Bible (as opposed to the Hebrew Bible) preaches a religion based on grace not works. Since at least the Reformation there has been a tension among Christians between faith and works. The Book of Mormon clearly teaches the importance of good works. Mormonism leaves me with little…
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My Faith Is Autistic
I am coming to grips with the fact that I have never been a religious person. My heart just isn’t in it. I am a man of faith however because I know the gods are more diverse than all the books about them. I first started to question Christianity when I was about fourteen or…
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Washing Your Hands
I just read along with an audio of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Mark. The disciples weren’t washing their hands before they ate. The Pharisees were upset because it violated the laws of ceremonial cleanliness. Jesus tells them they are teaching the commandments of men instead of the commandments God. But the thing…
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Haul It Away
About once every six month our neighborhood takes large items to the dump for free. I have never tried to do this before so I don’t really know if putting a futon and some old mattresses on our front lawn will have the desired effect of getting them off the property. That is the theory…
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Read The Book of Mormon
What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? I would like everyone to read the Book of Mormon in its entirety and decide for themselves what to make of it. Some people love it, some people hate it, and some people just think it’s boring. Also some people…
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A Choice of Life or Death
I ponder 2 Nephi 2 again today. “27 Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and…
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Earthly and Divine Principles
A few weeks ago I shared this picture of four snakes. A I have pondered my own art I have come to the conclusion that it need to mean something more than just thumbing my nose at St. Patrick. The snake is an earthy symbol. They are very grounded spiritually in this reality. Each of…
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Why I’m A Mormon
The Book of Mormon rises and falls on the single claim that Jesus visited the Americas after his resurrection. No amount of historical or archeological data can prove or disprove that one thing. The same is true for the resurrection itself. The central claim of traditional Christianity has to be taken on faith because it…
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Refocus
Today I am trying to refocus on things of eternal significance and being distracted by my politics and the cat. It’s hard to remember sometimes that the neediest people are actually image bearers of God. And our family has its own needs. It’s very easy for my adult children to become dysregulated when I’m attending…
Latter Day Sinner 