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Paula White: A heretic whose time has come
Image: An AI-generated image shows a more appropriate venue for Paula White’s preaching: a graffiti-covered back alley. The markings on the wall—”Seed Faith,” “Name It & Claim It,” “Give to Get”—reflect the core tenets of her prosperity gospel. Critics argue this theology turns God into a vending machine, promises material wealth for financial “seeds,” and…
The Celestial Divide: LDS Theology, LGBTQ Identity, and the Search for Belonging
Image: An AI-generated image captures the visible sign and the invisible wall: A young man in worn-out sneakers and casual clothes sits in somber isolation on a bench under a “VISITORS WELCOME” sign, a stark contrast to the impeccably dressed and happy congregation walking past him. He feels the heavy burden of loneliness and the…
The Skin of the Text: How the Book of Mormon’s Racial Theology Reveals a 19th-Century American Origin
Image: An AI-generated image depicts a corkboard with pinned illustrations and text snippets detailing the complex legacy of the Lamanites in the Book of Mormon. The pinned images visually contrast the narrative’s themes, showing scenes of warfare, hunting, and nomadic life alongside moments of profound spiritual conversion and a utopian period of peace following the…
When the Pillars Shake: Bob Jones University, Three Presidents in Three Years, and What Comes Next
Image: Via Britannica. Bob Jones University, the main entrance of Bob Jones University, a conservative Christian university in Greenville, South Carolina, in 2022. NAVIGATING THE STORM Leadership, Legacy, and An Uncertain Future of “The World’s Most Unusual University” Introduction: A Returning Graduate’s Perspective Certain places shape a life in ways that cannot be fully articulated…
From Cumorah to Mesoamerica: Why No Geographical Model Can Rescue the Book of Mormon’s Weapon Problem
Image: An AI-generated photo-realistic image that illustrates the text in 1 Nephi 4:9, where a young man crouches in darkness over a fallen enemy and marvels at his weapon: a sword of the most precious steel, hilted in pure gold. SWORDS, STEEL, AND SILENCE: The Metallurgical Anachronisms of the Book of Mormon A Historical and…
To Fear or to Steward? A Christian Response to Artificial Intelligence
Image: An AI-generated image imagines the Evolution of Outreach: A three-part visual history showing Johannes Gutenberg presenting his printed Bible in 1455, D.L. Moody utilizing early radio broadcasting in the 1920s, and a modern church community integrating AI and VR technology into their ministry today. Why the Church Must Engage Artificial Intelligence Before the Field…
Review & Summary, Mormonish Podcast, Ep284: Decapitation and The Book Of Mormon with Dr John Lundwall
AI image collage created by Google Gemini. [Click here] to read the full transcript of this podcast [Click again to close] Hi, everybody. Welcome to Mormonish. I’m Rebecca. And I’m Landon. And I’m John. Exactly. I was going to say, you need to just jump in because you need no introduction. Let’s do it again….
He Is Risen: The Resurrection That Changes Everything
Delivered by Pastor David Jerome | East Valley International Church | Gilbert, Arizona Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026 He Is Not Here: The Resurrection That Changes Everything The stone was rolled away. The tomb was empty. And nothing — not death, not doubt, not the weight of human sin — would ever be the same…
Record LDS Baptisms: Impressive Numbers, Harder Questions
The LDS Church announced 385,490 convert baptisms in 2025 — eclipsing the previous record of 330,877 set in 1990 and representing a nearly 25% leap over the 308,682 recorded in 2024. The Salt Lake Tribune. General Conference treated this as a prophetic milestone, and by raw numerical standards, it is. But headline statistics rarely tell…