Archive for January 30th, 2010

A Pastor with GUTS! A Prayer to our Lord

This is an  interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It seems prayer still upsets some people. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual  generalities, but this is what they heard: Heavenly Father, we come before you [...]

When Souls Had Wings: Pre-mortal Existence in Western Thought by Terryl L. Givens

Title: When Souls Had Wings: Pre-mortal Existence in Western Thought Author: Terryl L. Givens Publisher: Oxford University Press Genre: History/Philosophy/Theology Year Published:  2009 Number of Pages: 388 ISBN: 9780195313901 Price: $29.95 Reviewed by Blair Dee Hodges “Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting The soul that rises with us, our life’s star Hath [...]

The Fob Bible by Eric W. Jepson

Title: The Fob Bible Author: Eric W. Jepson, et al Publisher: Peculiar Pages (peculiarpages.com) Genre: Bible-oriented Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 262 Binding: Trade Paperback ISBN10: 0-9817696-8-3 ISBN13: 978-0-9817696-8-4 Price: $23.99 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle With apologies to Art Linkletter, “Mormons say the darndest things!” What the heck is a Fob Bible?  It’s hard [...]

Crossfire by Traci Hunter Abramson

Title: Crossfire Author: Traci Hunter Abramson Publisher: Covenant Communications Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 239 Binding: Trade paperback ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-59811-944-2 Price: $15.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle Click here to check availability In Abramson’s previous title, “Lockdown,” we met a unique team of CIA operatives nicknamed “The Saint Squad” — so [...]

The Mountain Meadows Massacre A Bibliographic Perspective

The Mountain Meadows Massacre was one of the worst acts of premeditated mass murder ever committed by Americans against other Americans. It occurred in southern Utah between Cedar City and St. George on September 11, 1857, and involved the slaughter of 120 California-bound emigrants, the Fancher-Baker train. It was perpetrated by an armed force of [...]

Mormon historical documents create auction buzz

Some of the early Mormon Church’s most poignant and embarrassing episodes are recounted in a trove of letters and other original documents sold at auction this week in New York. None of the items, from the descriptions on the auction house Web site, appears to contradict history. But they do illuminate the bitter contention between [...]