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Jun 12, 20244 min read
The Personal Side of the Church Handbook Update
OPINION, by Jeffery Borders For most people, updates in the Church General Handbook go relatively unnoticed. They are usually minor...
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Luke Hanson
May 30, 20243 min read
Young Man Accused of Yelling Racial Slurs by BYU Opens Up About His Experience
What started as a packed and competitive BYU Girl's Volleyball game on Friday, August 27, 2022, quickly turned into a national story when...
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Luke Hanson
May 29, 20245 min read
In Defense of the White Shirt and Tie
OPINION, By: GODWIN Last Christmas Eve, in the frostbitten late hours of the night, my wife and I walked through the grand oak doors of...
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Luke Hanson
May 28, 20243 min read
Watch out The Chosen, a New "Bible story with Book of Mormon Characters" TV Series is in the Works
"It’s 600 years before the coming of Christ… Amidst the Neo-Babylonian siege of Ancient Jerusalem, two Judahite families band together in...
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Guest
May 22, 20245 min read
"It will be Long but Must go on": Remarkable Church Growth in West Africa is Filled with Opportunity (and Challenges)
Opinion By: Davin Stevens Many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Church) are very excited about the...
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Luke Hanson
May 20, 20245 min read
Anti-Polygamy Support has Risen Dramatically, Some Wonder if it is an Illusion
In the inaugural episode of "132 Problems: Revisiting Mormon Polygamy" published on YouTube on February 13, 2022, Michelle Stone...
1,406 views24 comments
Luke Hanson
May 17, 20243 min read
Blaze Host Under Fire for Letting "Mormon" Speak at Christian Summit "There will never be a day where I Regret Extending my hand to Glenn Beck"
Sports columnist and political commentator Jason Whitlock used a large part of his daily show "Fearless" to explain and defend his...
1,558 views2 comments
Luke Hanson
May 2, 20242 min read
JosephSmith.com was Dormant for 25 Years, its New Creative Director Aims to Change That
Twenty-five years ago, a tech entrepreneur woke in the middle of the night with a pressing thought. He arose as if guided by a force...
1,802 views4 comments
Luke Hanson
Apr 29, 20243 min read
Women are Greatly Overrepresented in General Conference According to Topic Tags
The top three gender-specific topics are women, Relief Society, and motherhood.
1,095 views21 comments
Luke Hanson
Apr 17, 20242 min read
New York Post Turns to Exmormon to Explain Why Mormons Look Alike
Do Mormons look alike, and if so why? The New York Post published an article on April 15th titled "I’m an ex-Mormon — here’s why members...
1,106 views8 comments
Luke Hanson
Apr 11, 20244 min read
"Delete Elder Carpenter's talk": Web Editor for Dialogue Journal Critiques General Conference on Mormon Land Podcast
Yesterday, Emily Jensen, web editor for Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, joined Mormon Studies Scholar and member of the Church...
1,643 views12 comments
Luke Hanson
Apr 10, 20242 min read
Daily Wire's Michael Knowles Posts Family Proclamation in Response to KSL Branding Him a "Far-Right Commentator"
Self-declared "mackerel-snapping papist" Michael Knowles spoke at the University of Utah on Monday evening and had his fair share of...
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Luke Hanson
Apr 9, 20244 min read
Excitement, Skepticism Surrounds Discovery of Gold Plates in Saudi Arabia
Has another compelling piece of corroborating evidence for the Book of Mormon been found? Maybe, but many believers are skeptical. The...
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