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Gospel Fare

The Hope Resurrection Provides Here and Now

Talk of resurrection usually hearkens to a day far off into the future when all will be made right—with little reference to the fears and despairs crowding us right now.

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Prophetic Priorities and Personal Impressions

Some highlights from our weekend participating in the semiannual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ—listening to 10 hours of counsel, teaching, and witness.

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My General Conference Odyssey

Words of prophetic counsel are a constant presence and fixture in most Latter-day Saint lives. But it wasn’t until I started studying them intently that something changed inside me.

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Come Listen to a Prophet’s Voice

Are we among those deriding and deconstructing prophetic teachings, or are we rejoicing and relishing the chance to hear from them?

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Fortresses Aren’t Forever

We can appreciate the safety of a fortress church without going into “bunker mentality”— and while retaining warm and open relationships with goodness wherever we find it.

Faith

The Fortified Church and Prophetic Foundations

Are believers engaged in an escalating spiritual war or not? Different answers to that question might help explain how willing people are to change or challenge long-held beliefs and values.

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Why A Belief Crisis Need Never Be Fatal To Faith

Does a review of historical and scientific evidence compel faith crises today? Only if you limit your review to critical scholars, wholly ignoring the robust explanations of faithful scholars.

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Belonging at Church

The second in a series on unity, belonging, and striving toward the just society of “Zion.” This article explores how to achieve a community of belonging in our congregations and church-sponsored schools.

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The Ambiguity / Authority Tradeoff in Scripture

Why all the intense feelings over competing interpretations of particular passages of scripture? Maybe because of what the winning conclusion says about the authority of scripture as a whole.

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Sacred Experiences with Jewish Friends

At a time of rising antisemitism, it can be especially helpful to reflect on ways in which a Latter-day Saint perspective invites robust solidarity and rich connection with Jewish friends.

Church & State

You Can’t Spend Your Way Out of Poverty

Critics of the way the Church manages its resources fail to understand that adequate resources are a necessary but insufficient condition to alleviating suffering.

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