Encanto, The Anti–Superhero Movie
Forget the god with a hammer. Remember the God on the Cross.
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Author: Alan Hurst
Alan Hurst is a Latter-day Saint, husband, father, lawyer, and recovering academic. He is an editorial advisor to Public Square.
The Natural Mind Is an Enemy to God
Part III in a rejoinder to “All Things New: Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and Everything in Between,” by Terryl and Fiona Givens.
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“The Justice of God in the Punishment of the Sinner”
Part II in a rejoinder to “All Things New” by Terryl and Fiona Givens.
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The Natural Man Is an Enemy to God
A Friendly Rejoinder to Fiona and Terryl Givens’ “All Things New: Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and Everything in Between,” in Three Parts.
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The Temptation of Prince Salim
From Mughal India to modern America, the moral stakes of politics never really change.
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A “Me Too” Faith?
Some found it odd that the Church would ask people to stop using “Mormon” after its “I’m a Mormon” ad campaign. What if that was kind of the point?
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The Sheepherder Judge
Monroe McKay, a Latter-day Saint judge for the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, passed away leaving a legacy of humility, hard work, and generosity of spirit.
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The Falling Berlin Wall Matters (Or Should Matter) Today
The fall of the Berlin Wall was an early memory as a child, scarcely comprehended. Americans today don’t seem to grasp its full import either. But they should.
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How Modern Freedom Turned Into Slavery
Ideas have consequences—big ones, personal ones. Patrick Deneen’s book Why Liberalism Failed laments the modern view of freedom, but what’s the alternative?
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