Tag: faith

Apocryphal Scripture of the Week #1: Wisdom—More Mobile Than Any Motion

Apocryphal Scripture of the Week: (see Doctrine and Covenants 91)

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“All that was secret or manifest I learned,

For wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me. . . .

For wisdom is more mobile than any motion,

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In Praise of Fear

 
Many of us have been taught for most of our lives that fear is a sign of human weakness, an instrument of the Adversary to be avoided at all costs. After all, fear is the opposite of faith; therefore, it is not of God and has no place in the hearts of His people.
 
Today, however, I wish to speak in praise of fear.
 

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Why the Book of Mormon Has Been Changed Thousands of Times

Last night I finished reading an 1830-edition Book of Mormon, the very first printed script of the book.

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Of Bandwagons, Bacon, and Polar Bears

In 2007, a film adaptation of Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass sparked a controversy that should never have happened. Critics condemned it for portraying religion—the Catholic Church especially—in a negative light. I’ve heard warnings ranging from its atheistic agenda to its being a story about two children who “kill God.”

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The Ransom

Hey, look what I found!”

A man brought his heavily burdened donkey to a halt and reached down to grab a small leather sack off of the cobblestone road before him. He and his traveling companion gazed at first curiously and then in delight as he upended the bag, from which cascaded a pile of heavy silver coins. He grabbed a handful and let them slide out of his grip as he greedily rubbed a few pieces together. Continue reading “The Ransom”