One more article to kick off September

Make sure you check out September’s Christianity Today and the article, “Latter-Day Politics”.

The Christian Century on Mormonism

For some reason, I missed these articles in The Christian Century (August 21, 2007) on Mormonism.  Again, I am behind the times. I am sure that most of you have already read “A Mormon president? The LDS difference” by Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp. But it is the second article in the magazine, “Counting Mormons:  Study says […]

Local Headlines on Rexburg Temple

According to today’s Post Register, the temple will be finished on December 29. The temple will be dedicated February 3. “The church’s temple construction missionaries have taught nearly 22,000 (83 percent of Rexburg’s population) about the temple since May 2006, said Linda Frost, one of the missionaries.” “Church officials said there will also be a […]

One Last Scoping Ride Before LotoJa

I needed a ride today to clear my mind and also scope out the Lotoja route, so I headed down to Preston, Idaho, near the place of an altogether different massacre that unfolded back in the 1800′s (check out some of the description by Brigham D. Madsen). Preston, today, is pure, pristine, rural, LDS Southern Idaho.  There is […]

What Has Joseph Smith Done to Isaiah 29? Part 2

Friends, I couldn’t sleep last night. About 2:00 am, I got out of bed, thinking about Isaiah 29. Heading downstairs to the home study, I thought I would start my inquiry by seeing what Joseph Smith said about the chapter, so I pulled out the Joseph Smith Translation (Orem:  Granite Publishing, 2006).

What’s going on in Isaiah 29? Part 1

I just came back from vacation in Oregon.  Tonight, about a half hour before our inductive study, I read Isaiah 29 (KJV), the new chapter of concentrated study for our church family in Ammon, Idaho.  As I quickly perused the chapter, some of the phrases in the text looked very familiar to me, though I have never […]

Baptist Blog Problems

But perhaps my LDS friends already knew Baptists had these kinds of problems, too.  Some need wisdom in what they air to the whole wide world. HT:  Joe Roof

The new movie, shaking Idaho’s capitol

Nope, it is not the rated-R movie, September Dawn!  In fact, one of the culture papers of Boise, awards it a one star. So which film is presently shaking and moving Idaho?????!!!!!

Late summer angles on evangelical/mormon interaction

Nitsav over at Faith Promoting Rumor introduces Heiser in his discussion with LDS on the divine council of gods.  Sometime in the future, I would like to interact with the material within the latest FARMS volume. In another sphere, evidently, Bill and Eric over at Mormon Research Ministries are breaking rules again over what is proper […]

As a pioneer, would you travel on the Sabbath?

My family is hanging out at a Best Western up here in Hermiston, Oregon. After making our way this morning across the Snake River Plain of Idaho, we spent a good part of our afternoon at National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center on the outskirts of Baker City, Oregon. I have always gained much pleasure in tracking pioneer […]