Posted on March 24, 2009 by brentm
“Can you be a good Mormon and want to be a millionaire?”
This question, or something very much like it, was posed in my Sunday School class last week. I think the very question says something interesting about the asker, but since my short answer (“No”) would not have gone over terribly well, and my [...]
Filed under: Scripture | Tagged: Brigham Young, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, economics, eye of a needle, Gordon B. Hinckley, Hugh Nibley, Jesus Christ, King Benjamin, Latter-day Saints, love of money, Mammon, Mormons, rich young ruler, riches, Scripture, Solomon, Sunday School, wealth | 34 Comments »
Posted on September 16, 2008 by Dennis
We’ve heard a lot this campaign season about playing the gender card or race card. But there’s another kind of card-playing that is unique to highly conservative areas, such as Utah County, Utah: playing the “Democrat card.” This is the story of a Utah County Republican who is playing the Democrat card in order to [...]
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: abortion, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Democrats, Don Jarvis, Donald K. Jarvis, education, ethics reform, gay marriage, Gordon B. Hinckley, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Jim Matheson, John Edwards, John Kerry, marriage, McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Politics, pro-choice, pro-life, public education, Republican Party, Republicans, Stephen D. Clark, Steve Clark, traditional families, Utah, Utah Constitutional Amendment 3, Utah County, Utah House District 63, Utah politics, Utah Valley University, Utah Values, Utah vouchers | 20 Comments »
Posted on June 10, 2008 by Dennis
Last Sunday (June 8, 2008), a member of my ward, Whitney, gave an excellent talk in sacrament meeting in commemoration of the 30 year anniversary of the revelation on the priesthood (the formal announcement of). With Whitney’s permission, I am including a written version of his talk here. It is an excellent talk, which speaks [...]
Filed under: History, Mormon Culture, Mormon Doctrine | Tagged: anti-slavery, Brigham Young, Bruce R. McConkie, Cain, Chicago, compassion, curse of Cain, Darius Gray, Deseret, Elijah Abel, endowment, First Presidency, George Q. Cannon, Gordon B. Hinckley, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Jeffrey R. Holland, Jesus Christ, Joseph F. Smith, Joseph Smith, Journal of Discourses, LDS Church, long promised day, love thy neighbor as thyself, Margaret Young, Melchizedek Priesthood, Mormon Doctrine, Mormons, neutrals in the war in heaven, Orson Hyde, pre-existence, Priesthood, Quorum of the Twelve, Race, Racism, Restoration, revelation, revelation on the priesthood, slavery, Spencer W. Kimball, Temple, Walker Lewis, Zebedee Coltrin | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 19, 2008 by Dennis
This morning Barack Obama gave an excellent speech on racial issues in America. The full text is available here, from the New York Times. The full speech can be viewed on MSNBC.
Nobody has spoken this openly about racial problems in America. A truly heroic — and presidential — effort by Obama.
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: Gordon B. Hinckley, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Obama, poiltics, Race, Racism | 5 Comments »
Posted on February 8, 2008 by Dennis
With Mitt Romney out of the presidential race, who might the Mormon faithful back?
Of course, the Church is officially neutral on political candidates and parties (thank goodness). But let’s be honest, Romney’s failed attempt at the presidency has got to upset a lot of Latter-day Saints, who overwhelming backed Romney (at least in Utah), and [...]
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: Darfur, Economy, Faith and politics, Family, Gordon B. Hinckley, Health-care, Immigration, Iraq war, Joseph Smith, Michelle Obama, Obama, Politics, Poverty, pro-life, Utah | 70 Comments »
