What’s in a Name?
They’re just not “Mormons” anymore. This isn’t the first time, and it likely won’t be the last. The real question is: why drop the title? And the answer actually makes a lot of sense.
Am I my Brother’s Keeper?
After recently hearing two sides of an argument — both sides being Christians of similar denominations — I remained quite. Not because I didn’t have a side, but rather because my thoughts were outside the presented arguments. On the one…
The Bible vs LGBTQ
Even after the Supreme Court ruling made it legal, same-sex marriage is still an issue in the United States. The far right in our country has given Christianity and the Bible a lot of bad press by pushing against the…
7 Things That Aren’t Actually Mentioned in the Bible
There’s a large list of things that people assume are in the Bible, but actually are not. Abortion is a great example. While many use the Bible to push their anti-Abortion agenda, leading even more to believe the Bible is…
Abortion: A Biblical Perspective
There are many things we don’t understand as finite humans. This is one of the reasons religion exists — to answer the unanswerable. Yet religions generally seem to be used to excuse actions or reject/condemn people, rather than look to…
The Slippery Slope
I’m opening a bakery and anyone that drinks coffee will not be served, as coffee is morally wrong. Also, I’ll serve white people, but only if they’re actually white, so make sure you bring your family history chart. All other…
Making America Great Again
There’s a growing number of people that believe the nation is falling apart due to our political divide. But we’re a nation build on rebellion. We left Great Britain to create a new nation. We went west, rounding up and driving…
The Church, the State, and the Weed
Marijuana is illegal in the United States. Because of this, it’s been very easy for churches to preach and teach against its use for decades. However, while the Feds are still keeping it illegal, more and more states around the…
And Love was Spoken Here
American is a Christian country, founded by Christians sent here by God to save them from persecution. It really doesn’t matter that this isn’t how history really went down. What matters is that this is the narrative 67 percent of…