Against King Benjamin
Nate Oman | April 28, 2005
I am sorry to say that I think that King Benjamin’s great sermon has badly distorted the way that Latter-day Saints think about charity, the treatment of the poor, and the redistribution of wealth.
The Unfortunate Decline of Preaching
Nate Oman | April 23, 2005
Mathew Cowley, Hugh B. Brown, J. Golden Kimball. What these men had in common (other than the fact that I think they were all Democrats) is that they were great preachers. Preaching, however, seems to be a lost art of sorts in the Church. Indeed, there is so little real preaching that [...]
Blake Ostler: Guest-blogger
Nate Oman | April 19, 2005
Our latest guest blogger is Blake Ostler. Blake is a practicing attorney, having graduated from BYU and the U of U with a JD and a Master’s degree in philosophy. Blake, alas, has demonstrated almost no interest in writing about law and Mormonism. He has, however, been a prolific author on the [...]
A Tale of Two Revelations
Nate Oman | April 18, 2005
Those who imagine change in the Church are fond of hanging their hat on the principle of continuing revelation, arguing that it allows us a tremendous amount of flexibility to reformulate our doctrines and practices. This is, I think, far too simplistic, a fact that is illustrated by two of the most dramatic shifts [...]
Condescension and Exaltation
Nate Oman | April 14, 2005
For all of our insistence that we are Christians too, Mormons think about Jesus differently. I think that the two words that best capture this difference are condescension and exaltation.
God on Times & Seasons
Nate Oman | April 13, 2005
As I was reading the Doctrine & Covenants on my way into work the other day, I learned (not to my complete surprise, I will confess) that God has already condemned this blog.
The Blogging Advantages of Murmuring
Nate Oman | April 12, 2005
By and large, the bloggernacle is can be a pretty whiney, carping