Friday, September 28, 2018

Papyrus London 904 and the Historicity of the Census in Luke 2

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And it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, hat all the world should be taxed . . . And all went to...

Joseph Smith's Description of the Apostle Paul and the Acts of Paul and Thecla

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William Clayton, on 5 January 1841, recorded the following comments from Joseph Smith who described the apostle Paul thusly: Descripti...

Was Jesus a "Rabbi"? And if so, does that mean he was (1) married and (2) a polygamist?

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Recently, on a facebook page dedicated to answering questions LDS missionaries who are currently serving have about the Gospel, one Latter...

Ezekiel 18:22 vs. Forensic Justification and Imputation

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The Lord, through the prophet Ezekiel, speaking of the sinner who repents and does righteousness, said: All his transgressions that he...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

David L. Paulsen and Cory G. Walker on "After all we can do"

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In their review of Douglas Davies' book, The Mormon Culture of Salvation: Force, Grace, and Glory (Ashgate, 2000), Work, Worship, and...

Some quick thoughts on D&C 130:7 and the Question of "Divine Timelessness"

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In D&C 130:7, a common "proof-text" by many Latter-day Saints in favour of divine timelessness as well as exhaustive foreknow...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Robert F. Smith on Egyptian, not Hebrew, being the Underlying Language of the Book of Mormon

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In my post,  Non-KJV Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon , I reproduce excerpts from John A. Tvedtnes and Matt Roper’s review of The New Mormo...