Category Archive

Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “apostles”

Hanging Out with Apostles at Sunstone

Mormon Heretic August 6, 2010apostles, community of christ, conference, conferences and symposia, Early Christianity, history, Leaders, Mormon, Restoration Groups, women 10 Comments

Sunstone has been going on since Wednesday here in Salt Lake City. It ends tomorrow, and I thought I would give a few words about …

Elder Brown Defines Political Extremism

Mormon Heretic August 3, 2010apostles, BYU, General Authorities, history, Leaders, Mormon, Mormons, politics, war 169 Comments

There are a large majority of Mormons (especially here in Utah) that think the Church is wedded to the Republican Party. A very interesting letter …

A Schismatic End to the Mormon History Association meetings.

Mormon Heretic June 1, 2010apostles, community of christ, conferences and symposia, history, inter-faith, international, Leaders, Mormon, RLDS 20 Comments

I attended the Mormon History Association meetings in Independence, Missouri this past week. I thought I’d share some pictures. If you’d like to read more …

The Death of McConkie’s Mormon Doctrine

Bored in Vernal May 20, 2010apostles, books, correlation, doctrine, General Authorities, LDS, mormon, news 178 Comments

Last night on KUTV in Utah, an announcement was made which signals the end of an era. It was reported that Bruce R. McConkie’s Mormon …

A Non-Historical View of the Book of Mormon

James May 15, 2010Anti-Mormon, apostasy, apostles, Bible, Bloggernacle, book of mormon, burdens, church, community of christ, curiosity, diversity, doctrine, doubt, education, faith, fear, historicity, history, LDS, liberal, Logic, Mormon, orthodox, restoration, tesimony 73 Comments

Perhaps the time has come in the church to recognize that some members want to openly espouse a non historical view of the Book of …

After Action Report: The Community of Christ Did WHAT?

FireTag April 21, 2010apostles, baptism, christianity, church, community of christ, conference, feminism, gay, homosexuality, Jesus, marriage, Mormon, Mormons, ordinances, Priesthood, prophets, resolutions, restoration, revelation, RLDS, sacrament, sacrament meeting, sexuality, social justice, theology 29 Comments

Headline in the Independence Examiner for Thursday, April 15, 2010: “Delegation Takes No Action on Human Sexuality Issues: Church Will Continue Dialogue.” Headline by John …

Bombshell at the BYU Studies Symposium

Bored in Vernal March 13, 2010apostles, BYU, conferences and symposia, General Authorities, history, LDS, Leaders, Mormon, Priesthood, prophets, succession, testimony 15 Comments

A small crowd at the BYU Studies Symposium yesterday was on hand to receive Richard Holzapfel’s self-proclaimed Mormon history “bombshell.” He presented the morning plenary …

Prophets, Seers and Bureaucrats

Aaron R. aka Rico March 8, 2010apostles, Culture, diversity, doctrine, General Authorities, Mormon, Priesthood, prophets, revelation, theology 24 Comments

I listened recently to a Mormon Expression podcast with John Dehlin, in which he comments upon the difficult position the Church leaders face. He observes that their are …

Interfaith Marriages by guest Madam Curie

guest January 30, 2010accountability, apostasy, apostles, Bloggernacle, Charity, children, christianity, Culture, curiosity, doctrine, doubt, faith, Happiness, inter-faith, LDS, love, marriage, Mormon, mormon, questioning, salvation, women 30 Comments

A recent post by Cr@ig on Main Street Plaza caused me to reflect on the strength of interfaith marriages. I had hoped to generate a …

For God’s Sake, Blog!

Mormon Heretic January 24, 2010apologetics, apostles, catholicism, General Authorities, media, media manipulation, Mormon, President Monson 22 Comments

I wish I could claim credit for the title of the post, but it actually comes from this MSNBC article. Apparently the Pope is encouraging …

On Being an Apostle but not in the Quorum

Aaron R. aka Rico January 11, 2010apostles, Mormon, Priesthood, scripture, theology 47 Comments

‘In 1866, at the age of only twenty-seven, Joseph F. Smith was ordained an Apostle by President Brigham Young, and served briefly as one of …

Think for yourself or not – that is the question .Cognitive Dissonance 1

James January 9, 2010accountability, apostasy, apostles, Bloggernacle, book of mormon, Charity, Culture, curiosity, doctrine, doubt, faith, General Authorities, history, LDS, Leaders, Logic, Mormon, Mormons, obedience, ordinances, questioning, revelation, Scriptural translation, tesimony, thought 70 Comments

The Word of Wisdom and the Temple: Personal, Political and Prophetic Dimensions

Aaron R. aka Rico December 28, 2009apostles, Culture, doctrine, General Authorities, LDS, Leaders, Mormon, prophets, revelation, theology, Word of Wisdom 23 Comments

Obedience to the Word of Wisdom, it is commonly known, was not always a requirement for entering the Temple or advancement in the Priesthood. What …

In the Shadow of the Temple by Guest

guest December 22, 2009apologetics, apostasy, apostles, baptism, Bloggernacle, book of mormon, burdens, christianity, church, cinema, Culture, curiosity, depression, Discrimination, doctrine, doubt, education, faith, families, Folklore, General Authorities, Happiness, historicity, LDS, Leaders, liberal, Logic, marriage, media, Mormon, mormon, obedience, ordinances, polygamy, questioning, resignation, righteousness, spiritual progression, temple, tesimony 283 Comments

A close friend of mine who wishes to remain anonymous recently saw in the shadow of the temple his story follows: In October, I was …

Temple Wedding Petition

James December 12, 2009accountability, apologetics, apostles, Bible, book of mormon, Charity, children, Culture, curiosity, doctrine, doubt, faith, families, General Authorities, General Conference, Happiness, historicity, Jesus, joseph, LDS, Leaders, liberal, marriage, missionary, Mormon, Mormons, plan of salvation, testimony 161 Comments

A temple wedding petition to is being circulated to promote love and happiness in the family by changing the church’s stance on civil marriages preceding temple …

Brother Brigham Brother Young

James December 6, 2009abuse, adultery, Anti-Mormon, apostasy, apostles, baptism, blacks, burdens, Charity, christianity, church, Culture, curiosity, death, depression, Discrimination, doubt, eternity, excommunication, faith, historicity, LDS, Leaders, marriage, media, Mormon, Mormons, obedience, ordinances, polygamy, Priesthood, prophets, race, repentance, salvation, tesimony, thought, Utah, women 6 Comments

Recently I drove up Little Cottonwood Canyon with my brother and nephew. This is the canyon in which many of your ancestors pulled out the …