Is Protecting Privacy an Act of Faith?
From the life of Christ, we can learn the role of privacy in maintaining our autonomy and dignity and how it relates to our spiritual and moral values.
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After Satan’s Temptations, What Do You Do? What Can You Do Better?
We often go directly from stimulus to reaction, but we can learn proactive approaches we can take to respond to temptation with a little bit of time and practice.
Jesus Ads During Football Playoffs?
Deseret News recently shared an article by Kelsey Dallas regarding a new ad campaign titled “He Gets Us” to be shown during the NFL playoffs. Religion News Service reported this campaign launched with a $100 million dollar budget. The focus is to introduce people to Christianity and to show how Jesus Christ is relevant to things in our modern everyday life. Their goal is to have people associate Jesus Christ with love instead of hate. Isn’t that what we all want? That would be the ultimate touchdown.
Can Our Different Perspectives on Jesus Be a Strength?
Our inclination in a conflicted America is to see any significant difference as a potential threat. The New Testament can remind us not to overlook the value of competing views on even the most important question of all.
Why Jesus?
Do we really need to be saved? That’s a question we’re hearing from more and more people. And it’s an important one to take seriously as we enter a brand new year.
What Shall We Give?
Would we be willing to give up our ideas this Christmas? Or is it too hard to believe in a God that asks hard things of us—unpopular things and countercultural things?
Why Jesus As An Unborn Baby Matters
We don’t often speak of the short period when Jesus was an unborn baby Himself. Maybe we should?
The Wheat and Tares Parable in the Social Media Age
Are Latter-day Saints obligated not to judge religious influencers? Or might they be commanded to do exactly that?
The Respect for Marriage Act and Caesar’s Coin
It’s been easy for people to misinterpret the Church’s support of the Respect for Marriage Act. Greater awareness about the difficult cultural atmosphere believers find themselves in might help.
Is Our Exercise of Agency Always Intentional?
When we equate agency with being merely choice, we miss out on how human agency manifests in rich ways that are not always conscious and deliberately chosen.
Let the Chosen Unite Us, Rather Than Further Divide
“The Chosen” represents a uniquely beautiful opportunity and invitation towards unity among any and all intrigued by Jesus’s life and message. Let’s not allow it to become just one more theological squabble.
Moderate, But Not Lukewarm
There is wisdom in holding space for competing important priorities, while seeking contextual cues in difficult matters to discern the right course. Let’s not confuse that with being “lukewarm.”