The question was asked of the evangelical Christian participants on another blog: why did God create us? In answering this question, I’m going to make two assumptions about theology that are held by virtually all evangelical Christians, namely (1) that God created the universe out of nothing, and (2) that at the time of creation, [...]

Back in December, I announced that I was going to take a break from blogging about Mormon topics and interfaith topics and try to blog about more evangelical-centered topics. I’m not sure how well I made good on my promise. The truth is, every time I sat down to write about it, I just felt [...]

After an 18-episode absence from the Podcast, I teamed up with Glenn Ostlund to interview with fellow interfaith marriage masochist Jana Riess concerning her controversial blog post from last week, “Five Reasons Why Mormon Church Meetings Are the Dullest You’ll Find Anywhere.”
Episode 73: Why Mormon Church Meetings Are So Dull
As usual, if you want to [...]

This month’s Ensign contained an article by Elder M. Russell Ballard entitled “Sharing the Gospel With Confidence,” remarks originally delivered as part of a commencement address at Brigham Young University on August 13, 2009. In the article, Elder Ballard had this to say about discussing polygamy:
Our Church members have often allowed others to set the [...]

The other day, my daughter (who just turned 4 last week) picked up a glass china mug, pretended to drink from it, then shouted, “Mmm, COFFEE!”
I blinked at her in disbelief. You’ll recall that neither of us drinks coffee, so we don’t have it in the house, therefore I don’t know where she familiarized herself [...]