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Becoming Gods: What Mormons Won’t Hear in This Weekend’s General Conference
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Jana Riess
This week, the cover story in the Christian Century is one I was asked to write about the “Mormon Moment” in America today, and all the attention given to the LDS faith in the wake of Broadway’s Book of Mormon musical, the presidential runs of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, and the polygamous family of…
Stuff Mormons Believe
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Jana Riess
Many years ago a woman in my ward asked me to explain the theology of the Left Behind series to her. She had heard about the books’ phenomenal popularity and wanted to be sure she understood what they were teaching about the end times – that some Christians would be spared the tribulation by being…
The “Big Picture” of the Old Testament: This Week in the Twible (2 Kings 5-11)
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Jana Riess
Recently at my church, the regular adult Sunday School teacher was on vacation and the assigned substitute was ill. I offered to substitute and was handed a lesson plan just before I walked in to class. Obviously, there wasn’t a lot of time to prepare, so I had to wing it by primarily giving an…
The Gospel Doctrine Teacher: Ben Spackman’s Weekly Podcast
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Jana Riess
It’s Mormon Monday again at Flunking Sainthood, and since I am on vacation — well, sort of; I am finishing a book — I’m pleased to point readers toward something of good report in Mormondom. Ben Spackman, a very astute student of the Bible and the ancient world, has started a cool weekly podcast specifically…
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