Thursday, December 25, 2014

D&C 84:28 and the baptism of John the Baptist

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The current text of D&C 84:28, speaking of John the Baptist, reads as follows: For he was baptised while he was yet in his childho...

Michael S. Heiser, Letter Differences in Isaiah 52:13-53:12

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One common mistake (if not down-right lie) one hears from many Evangelical apologists is that the text of Isa 53 in the Masoretic Text and...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

2 Nephi 28:22 and the denial of a supernatural Satan

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2 Nephi 28:22 records a prophecy of Nephi: And behold, others he [Satan] flattereth away, and telleth them there is no hell; and he sa...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

The Elohim of Psalm 82 and 89: Deities, not Human Judges

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Latter-day Saints have interpreted the Elohim in Psa 82:6 and 89:5-8 as being actual deities, albeit subordinate to the God of gods. Usua...

Trent C. Butler on the Text of the book of Joshua

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"We believe the Bible to be for word of God as far as it is translated correctly . . . " (Article of Faith, 8) I came across ...
Monday, December 22, 2014

A Post in Honour of the Prophet Joseph Smith

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"[M]y name should be had for good and evil among all nations, kindreds, and tongues, or that it should be both good and evil spo...

John A. Tvedtnes, Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon and The Isaiah Variants of the Book of Mormon

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The Neal A. Maxwell Institute (PKA Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies) has recently posted a number of the FARMS Prelimina...