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United Order vs Consecration

Mormon Heretic June 15, 2010history, LDS, Mormon, social justice, stewardship, theology 26 Comments

I always thought the United Order and Consecration were the same thing.  I’ve been reading a book called Great Basin Kingdom by Leonard Arrington (former church …

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Are you sure you’d like to live the United Order?

Mormon Heretic June 8, 2010Culture, history, Mormon, obedience, righteousness, social justice 48 Comments

We had an interesting discussion on my Prayer and Politics post.  (Unfortunately, we talked more about politics than prayer.)  The discussion focused on economic policies.  …

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What if the “Sunday School Answers” were:

Bored in Vernal April 22, 2010Charity, christianity, Mormon, religion, social justice 11 Comments

First, do no harm Be kind Help others I see nothing but good coming from praying, reading the scriptures, and keeping the commandments. But it …

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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 …

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Radical Retention

guest April 2, 2010diversity, liberal, Mormons, politics, religion, sacrament meeting, Sermon on the Mount, social justice 78 Comments

Our guest poster, Jason M. Brown is a life-long ‘Niblian’ Mormon who grew up in Southern California. He served an LDS mission from 2001-2003 in …

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