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Author Connor Boyack, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormons"), shares provoking questions and thoughtful analysis of scripture on issues ranging from agency and liberty to idolatry, secret combinations, culture, freedom, and more.
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A new letter sent to local leaders of the Church urges discussion around security of its members while continuing to prohibit what would actually keep them safer.
The process for selecting the next Church president is predictable and follows clear precedent—but is that pattern borne from revelation or created by custom?
Prior to announcing the Proclamation on the Family, President Hinckley highlighted a trend that plagued God's past people—and which plagues us today. How are we faring?
The three-decades-old document seems more potent and prescient than ever before. But when the Proclamation was released, what was the response?
How should we respond in the wake of the assassination of one of this generation's loudest voices of freedom, faith, and family?
References in scripture to the Watchman on the Tower often miss how in a version of the parable revealed to Joseph Smith, the tower isn't built and the enemy infiltrates. What might this mean for us?
1While many believe that contention is of the devil and therefore shy away from controversy, the scriptures suggest that there are instances in which we should absolutely contend against others.
Can a prophet be true if he was previously claiming to use divine assistance to ascertain the location of hidden treasure?
A myopic focus on religious freedom runs the risk of giving us tunnel vision, ignoring the crumbling of our rights around us until it's too late.
A quote attributed to Joseph claims that parents sealed in the temple can have spiritual influence to save wayward children. But there's more to the story…
Traditional interpretations of the Book of Mormon reduce these early characters to little more than murmuring opponents of God's will. But what if there's more to the story—an additional layer that is far more relevant to us today?
There's a wound that won't heal at the center of church history and doctrine—but a new discovery might give it an opportunity to heal.
Apostles of Jesus Christ are called as "special witnesses" of his name, but does that mean, or guarantee, that they have personaly seen the Savior? And does it even matter?
Trump's suppression of the Epstein list is a powerful (and enraging) example of the laws of wickedness in operation—something the Book of Mormon highlights in tragic detail.
What would it take for Latter-day Saints to colonize a new planet?
Why are Latter-day Saints, who are commanded to renounce war and proclaim peace, so often guilty of the exact opposite?
A quietly released document reveals that former Church leaders engaged in a cover up to deny knowledge of a purported revelation received by John Taylor.
Joseph Smith's inspired translation of the Bible revealed words from Enoch in 1830 that have striking similarity to the apocraphyal Book of Enoch discovered later.
While a debate continues about what constitutes doctrine versus policy in the restored Church of Christ, what role does its culture play, both good and bad?
An 1834 change to the Church's official name raises questions about what was happening and why the Saints didn't stick with the original.
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