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The Heart of the Matter When Latter-day Saints and Evangelicals talk about ongoing revelation, we often spend a lot of energy debating peripheral issues — like whether Revelation 22:18–19 supports the closing of the biblical canon. But that misses the heart of the matter. Latter-day Saints do not simply believe in an open canon; they…
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This morning, a friend liked an old post I made on the Book of Esther a few years ago, and so it got me thinking again about the story of Esther. From childhood I always loved this story and enjoyed wearing costumes and going to the synagogue to hear the story of brave queen Esther…
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“And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.”— John 1:16 (KJV) > “…he received not of the fulness at the first, but received grace for grace.”— Doctrine & Covenants 93:12 These two verses use the same phrase grace for grace” (or “grace upon grace”), but they tell very different theological stories.…
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The Bible teaches that everyone will rise from the dead to face the final judgment. But is that resurrection a gift for those who did not believe in Jesus? For Latter-day Saints, the answer is emphatically yes. The resurrection is seen as a universal gift from Jesus Christ — a baseline blessing extended to all,…
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about the challenge of finding the right balance in conversations about faith—between conviction and courtesy. Since the tragic shooting in Michigan, tensions have been high between Evangelicals and Latter-day Saints. Dialogue has never been more important, but also more fraught. Today in church, I heard…
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When I heard Elder David A. Bednar’s October 2025 conference talk, I was immediately struck by how important his central question is. It’s a question that every human being must face sooner or later: How can we stand before the judgment bar of God “with eager and hopeful anticipation instead of [] fear”? It’s hard…
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I’ve been having a lot of conversations with Latter-day Saints on social media this week both pushing back against some of the unfair criticisms against the Church and also trying to explain why orthodox Christians sees the issues that divide us as particularly important. As I’ve done so, I’ve repeatedly receive a variation of this…
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In the last few days my social media feed has been filled with a back and forth between orthodox Christians, generally but not always Evangelical Protestants, and Latter-day Saints. The orthodox Christians argue that Latter-day Saints depart from Christian orthodoxy in fundamental ways and therefore are not Christian. Meanwhile the Latter-day Saints respond by pointing…
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While it’s hard to be sure of all the details, the latest news suggests that the person who shot worshipers at an LDS Church building in Michigan was motivated by anti-Mormon sentiment. It isn’t clear yet what the shooter’s own religious convictions were. But it is clear that he scapegoated members and saw the Church…
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My heart goes out to my Latter-day Saint friends and family members who had a really difficult day today with the passing away of their leader President Russell M. Nelson, and the horrific church shooting in Michigan. My heart breaks with my friends who are in mourning. An attack on a house of worship is…