475: “Revelation” and “The Will of the Lord”: Changing Rhetoric and Its Effects in Today’s Mormonism

Dan Wotherspoon Church Leadership, Communication, Doctrine, General Conference, Mormon Culture, Prophets, Revelations 2 Comments

475: "Revelation" and "The Will of the Lord": Changing Rhetoric and Its Effects in Today's Mormonism [ 1:36:32 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The April 2018 General Conference confirmed a trend that some have noticed in recent years that, as they speak about various policies, practices, and teachings, …

433–435: Revelation

Dan Wotherspoon Doctrine, Holy Ghost, Prophets, Revelations, Scripture 3 Comments

343: Revelation, Part 1 [ 53:33 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
344: Revelation, Part 2 [ 56:55 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
345: Revelation, Part 3 [ 57:33 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Mormonism hangs its hat, so to speak, on the reality of revelation. It claims that God the Father and Jesus Christ visited a teenage boy …

117–118: Truth in Revelation and Scripture

Dan Wotherspoon Revelations, Scripture 15 Comments

117: Truth in Revelation and Scripture--Part 1 [ 49:57 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
118: Truth in Revelation and Scripture--Part 2 [ 1:01:27 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

What does it mean to still claim that scripture is “true” or “inspired” when we fully recognize that much of it is fictional (parable, allegory, …