Would God really turn away His face (would He cease His affections) from His son in whom He is “well pleased,” especially at the epicenter of redemption history, the cross on Calvary? Never was God more pleased than at that pivotal moment when His Son forever redefined true power—not through force but through sacrifice—as He inaugurated the new covenant, loosened sin’s grip, defeated Satan, and forged lasting peace, reconciliation, and unity between God and humanity.

On a snowy Easter Sunday, April 2, 1899, Dwight Lyman Moody stood from his chair to approach the pulpit. Most heads in the congregation were bowed in prayer as the famous evangelist shuffled across the stage. There were thousands of them—upwards of 6,500—and they were quite unlike the people to whom he was accustomed to preaching. Moody, the Protestant evangelist, was in Salt Lake City, standing in the famous Mormon Tabernacle, facing a sea of Latter-day Saints.

Eunice Ross Kinney, Part 1 explores the early life, conversion, terrible losses, and unexpected gains of one of Mormon history’s most resilient women.

Let’s think about Thanksgiving. No, not the middle child of holidays, that neglected sibling born after Halloween and before Christmas. I’m talking about the virtue, the state of the heart that recognizes its dependence, is open to receiving and expressing gratitude in affection, words, and action.

The Bible is foundational to Mormonism, but as an authority it is not final, so the difference between Christians and Latter-day Saints concerning the Bible isn’t whether it is important but why.

In Mormonism, the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of God, the divine Comforter. He’s not holy simply because he’s pure and sinless; he’s holy because he sanctifies or ‘makes holy.’

What if we didn’t see faith in a binary constructed-deconstructed status? What if we riffed off the “construction” theme to better frame how we approach faith and doubt? And, in making that discovery, learn better ways to frame our faith journey and shepherd others in doubt?

In the end, God will ask all of us to give an account for our gospel encounters. I imagine there will be two questions. First, “What did you say?” Did you stand for truth even when it was “out of season” or did you scratch itchy ears (2 Tim. 4:2–3)? Angry apologists will be happy to report their stalwart loyalty, but then the second question comes. “How did you say it?”

In 1849, Latter-day Saints proposed to Congress the formation of the State of Deseret, the 31st state in the union, but Congress had different ideas. Check out this map of the Mormon state that never was.