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Many Christians have difficulty reconciling the Biblical descriptions of Creation with the origins of life as revealed by modern science. However, there is no conflict between modern science and ancient scripture, only a contrived conflict between modern science and a modern reading of ancient scripture, a reading that is tragically displaced from historical and cultural contexts and uninformed of ancient literary devices. This book situates the scriptural accounts of Creation within their proper historical, cultural and literary contexts. Because this book examines the stories of creation as found in the Torah and the Christian Bible, it addresses that which may be of interest to Jew an ...

Mud puddles and the Atonement. Haunted Houses and Reaching Out to Others. She-Bears and Testimonies. Grapes and Honesty. Reproving and Receiving Reproof. The Five B's of Asking Gospel Questions. The Fruits of Discipleship. These are just a few of the many topics considered in this book of Christian sermons, which were delivered to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while the author served on the Yuba City California Stake High Council, as Bishop of the Buttes Vista Ward in Yuba City, and finally as Bishop of the Sutter Buttes Ward in Yuba City. The sermons span just over eight years, delivered from April 2011 to May 2019, while the author served in these eccles ...

In a Church that was restored through a young man who dared to ask difficult questions and who sought diligently for the answers, questions are at the heart of true discipleship. This collection of essays explores difficult theological questions within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The answers, though personal, are provided with the hope that others may find some kernel of truth upon which to further their own understanding and discovery.