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Tag: Theology

A young couple sits peacefully in sacred space, portraying harmony between religion and sexuality.
American Families of Faith

Religion and Sexuality: Reframing Intimacy as Sacred

How can faith enrich sexuality in marriage? By redefining sex as sacred, mutual, and expressive of covenant love.

Chelom Leavitt May 23, 2025
A woman gazes into a mirror that reflects darkness, portraying the emptiness behind the illusion of self-love.
Gospel Fare

The Illusion of Self-love: What Christ Taught Instead

Is self-love the key to healing? True wholeness comes through connection, not isolation or self-focus.

Joseph Chamberlain May 16, 2025
A courtroom scene where a dog’s presence satirizes doctrinal ambiguity and legalistic faith reasoning.
Gospel Fare

Air Bud Theology Meets Queer Theory: Loopholes in Latter-day Saint Doctrine

Can early Church practices justify new sealings? The evidence affirms doctrinal continuity, not revisionist change.

Stephen O. Smoot May 14, 2025
A courtroom scene where a dog’s presence satirizes doctrinal ambiguity and legalistic faith reasoning.
Gospel Fare

Air Bud Doctrine: How Ambiguity Becomes Strategy—and Undermines Faith

Is theological silence a loophole? Air Bud logic misreads doctrine and undermines revealed foundations.

Stephen O. Smoot May 12, 2025
Eve departs Eden and Mary prepares for birth, showing two sacred beginnings in the story of motherhood.
Family Matters

Like Eve and Mary: The Story of Motherhood

What do Eve and Mary teach us about womanhood? Sacred purpose begins with choosing God’s will in uncertainty.

Kellen B. Winslow May 9, 2025
A cardinal casts a ballot alone by candlelight, illustrating the solemnity and spiritual gravity of the papal election and the depth of conclave meaning.
History

A Church in Waiting: A Conclave of Possibility

Who will lead the Catholic Church next? The conclave may reshape its global, theological, and moral influence.

Tarik D. LaCour May 2, 2025
A figure clutches a cup in a dark grove, evoking Christ’s suffering and the question of Why God Allows Suffering.
Holidays

Drinking the Bitter Cup: ​​Finding Purpose in What Hurts Most

Pain can be spiritually and existentially productive—it wakes us up, calls us deeper, and invites us toward transformation.

Daniel Frost April 16, 2025
A warm community scene reflecting Mormons and violence with harmonious interactions.
Gospel Fare

A Peaceable People: Why Latter-day Saints Are Less Violent than the General Population

Latter-day Saints are a notably peaceful people. What keeps their communities nonviolent?

C.D. Cunningham March 31, 2025
Husband and wife rowing a boat together on a lake, their strokes synchronized as they move through the water, showing an equality in their companionship.
Proclamation On the Family

Equal Partnership: The Celestial Model of Marriage in the Proclamation

What defines equal partnership in marriage? It is mutual respect, shared leadership, and making decisions together in unity.

Loren Marks March 28, 2025
A bride and groom stand before an ethereal veil, symbolizing how "what is marriage" is a divine covenant with eternal significance.
Proclamation On the Family

Marriage: More Than a Commitment—A Sacred Covenant Ordained of God

What defines marriage? It is a sacred, God-ordained covenant rooted in divine purpose, not just a social or legal contract.

Alan J. Hawkins March 21, 2025
A serene mosque courtyard with a resting sword evokes debates on violence in Islam.
Dialogue

Beyond the Sword: Challenging the Myth of Islam’s “Inherent” Violence

Is Islam a Fundamentally Violent Religion? Extremist acts stem from political aims, with most Muslims opposing terror.

Jacob Tubbs March 17, 2025
An unfinished painting of Heavenly Mother, symbolizing the tension between revealed truth and human speculation.
Gospel Fare

Reimagining the Divine: Heavenly Mother and the Temptation of Speculation

Does Heavenly Mother stand apart from Heavenly Father? She is unified with Him, sharing His divine will, not a separate deity for revision.

Amanda Freebairn February 24, 2025
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