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The Lie That Works Has Half Truth
Paul diagnosed it in 2 Timothy 3, and his list is in order. The mechanics of religious deception in four steps—and why honest people share, with a clear conscience, what they suspect is false.
The Merchants of Faith Are Not a Metaphor
"They shall make merchandise of you," wrote Peter — the person is not the client of the operation, but the product. The biblical category of the merchant of faith, from Micah to Ezekiel, and what happens when the thing reaches the ballot box.
«The Lord’s Anointed» Does Not Mean What They Make It Mean
The phrase is a restraint imposed on the one who speaks, not a passport given to the one spoken of. Saul was anointed and rejected; David was rebuked to his face. And there is a prayer in the Book of Mormon that is the exact portrait of all this.
The Test of Fruits, and Four Questions to Use Tomorrow
"And who art thou to judge?" is a fair objection, and it has an answer that is not mine. The test Jesus gave, Paul's table, Moroni's operational definition — and four questions to distinguish theology from ideology.
The Godhead, Corporeality, and the Distinction Between the Father and the Son: The Complete Testimony of the Scriptures
To understand the true nature of Jesus Christ, His relationship with God, and the plan of salvation, biblical exegesis must harmonize two fundamental pillars: the essential unity of Godhood and purpose between the Father and the Son, and the physical and ontological interpersonal distinction between them.
«Are Mormons Christians?» — and why the criterion matters more than the answer
Answering «yes» convinces nobody. What changes the conversation is accepting the questioner’s own criterion and applying it to everyone — including to whoever proposed it. With Acts 3:20-21 and Ephesians 1:10.
What was I before I was born?
Jeremiah 1:5 says «I knew thee», and to know is a relationship. Job 38 asks «where wast thou». What changes when life does not begin at birth — and the objections to that reading.