Mormon Coffee Podcast http://blog.mrm.org It's forbidden, but it's good! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:46:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Mormon Coffee is the official podcast of Mormonism Research Ministry, a missionary/apologetics organization that was organized to propagate the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to critically evaluate the differences between Mormonism and biblical Christianity. You can read our articles at mrm.org and blog at blog.mrm.org It's forbidden, but it's good! Mormonism Research Ministry http://blog.mrm.org/wp-content/themes/mrm/images/podcast300x300.jpgMormon Coffee Podcasthttp://blog.mrm.org mormon,coffee,lds,book,of,mormon,bible,mormonism,latter,day,saints,lds,church no mormon,coffee,lds,book,of,mormon,bible,mormonism,latter,day,saints,lds,churchReligion & Spirituality/ChristianityReligion & Spiritualityaaron@mrm.orgMormonism Research MinistrySubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with Google Correlation Matters http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonCoffeePodcast/~3/YNW4wazHx50/ http://blog.mrm.org/2010/01/correlation-matters/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:35:07 +0000 aaron@mrm.org (Mormonism Research Ministry) http://blog.mrm.org/?p=3916 Bill McKeever and I discuss the recent LDS Church News article on using “proper” sources and other related issues on LDS Church “correlation”.

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]]> http://blog.mrm.org/2010/01/correlation-matters/feed/ 26 Bill McKeever and I discuss the recent LDS Church News article on using “proper” sources and other related issues on LDS Church “correlation”. Link to MP3 Bill McKeever and I discuss the recent LDS Church News article on using “proper” sources and other related issues on LDS Church “correlation”. Link to MP3 Mormonism Research Ministry 35:31 lds mormon correlation nohttp://blog.mrm.org/2010/01/correlation-matters/ Mormons, Relationships, and Sensitivity http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonCoffeePodcast/~3/hfO9HYtA-fY/ http://blog.mrm.org/2009/05/mormons-relationships-and-sensitivity/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 07:50:19 +0000 aaron@mrm.org (Mormonism Research Ministry) http://blog.mrm.org/?p=2459

Bill McKeever talks about the challenge of maintaining relationships with people in a culture where people are taught to avoid information that might cause one to question their faith.

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]]> http://blog.mrm.org/2009/05/mormons-relationships-and-sensitivity/feed/ 16 Bill McKeever talks about the challenge of maintaining relationships with people in a culture where people are taught to avoid information that might cause one to question their faith. 1920×1080 MP4, 640×360 MP4 Bill McKeever talks about the challenge of maintaining relationships with people in a culture where people are taught to avoid information that might cause one to question their faith. 1920×1080 MP4, 640×360 MP4 Mormonism Research Ministry 00:01:16 clean mormon,coffee,lds,book,of,mormon,bible,mormonism,latter,day,saints,lds,churchhttp://blog.mrm.org/2009/05/mormons-relationships-and-sensitivity/ Don’t Stereotype Mormons http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonCoffeePodcast/~3/W2v595mAl88/ http://blog.mrm.org/2009/03/dont-stereotype-mormons/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:44:09 +0000 aaron@mrm.org (Mormonism Research Ministry) http://blog.mrm.org/?p=2452

Bill McKeever talks about inconsistency and diversity within Mormonism and the value of asking questions to the individual Mormon you are speaking with.

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]]> http://blog.mrm.org/2009/03/dont-stereotype-mormons/feed/ 2 Bill McKeever talks about inconsistency and diversity within Mormonism and the value of asking questions to the individual Mormon you are speaking with. 1920×1080 MP4, 640×360 MP4 Bill McKeever talks about inconsistency and diversity within Mormonism and the value of asking questions to the individual Mormon you are speaking with. 1920×1080 MP4, 640×360 MP4 Mormonism Research Ministry 00:01:16 clean mormon,coffee,lds,book,of,mormon,bible,mormonism,latter,day,saints,lds,churchhttp://blog.mrm.org/2009/03/dont-stereotype-mormons/ Joseph Smith as a Passport into God’s Presence http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonCoffeePodcast/~3/-7V2S-y7EF8/ http://blog.mrm.org/2009/02/joseph-smith-as-a-passport-into-gods-presence/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:26:56 +0000 aaron@mrm.org (Mormonism Research Ministry) http://blog.mrm.org/?p=2441 Continue reading →]]>

“[E]very man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are — I with you and you with me. I cannot go there without his consent” (Journal of Discourses 7:238. See also Search These Commandments, 1984, pg. 133).

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]]> http://blog.mrm.org/2009/02/joseph-smith-as-a-passport-into-gods-presence/feed/ 35 “[E]very man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are — I with you and you with me. I cannot go there without his consent” (Journal of Discourses 7:238. See also Search These Commandments, 1984, pg. 133). 1920×1080 MP4, 640×360 MP4 “[E]very man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are — I with you and you with me. I cannot go there without his … <a [...] Mormonism Research Ministry 00:00:51 joseph smith clean http://blog.mrm.org/2009/02/joseph-smith-as-a-passport-into-gods-presence/ BYU Professors vs. LDS Leaders: Who Has Authority to Interpret Doctrine for Members? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonCoffeePodcast/~3/x3uC3acvecg/ http://blog.mrm.org/2009/02/byu-professors-vs-lds-leaders-who-has-authority-to-interpret-doctrine-for-members/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:58:57 +0000 aaron@mrm.org (Mormonism Research Ministry) http://blog.mrm.org/?p=2465

Bill McKeever talks about the importance of looking to published statements of the LDS institution as more representative of Mormonism than neo-orthodox writings of BYU professors.

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]]> http://blog.mrm.org/2009/02/byu-professors-vs-lds-leaders-who-has-authority-to-interpret-doctrine-for-members/feed/ 81 Bill McKeever talks about the importance of looking to published statements of the LDS institution as more representative of Mormonism than neo-orthodox writings of BYU professors. 1920×1080 MP4, 640×360 MP4 Bill McKeever talks about the importance of looking to published statements of the LDS institution as more representative of Mormonism than neo-orthodox writings of BYU professors. 1920×1080 MP4, 640×360 MP4 Mormonism Research Ministry 00:03:07 byu,lds,mormon,professors clean http://blog.mrm.org/2009/02/byu-professors-vs-lds-leaders-who-has-authority-to-interpret-doctrine-for-members/ After All BYU Professors Can Do to Implicitly Reject LDS Institutional Readings of 2 Nephi 25:23 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonCoffeePodcast/~3/G12_VxLUpfo/ http://blog.mrm.org/2008/11/after-all-byu-professors-can-do-to-implicitly-reject-lds-institutional-readings-of-2-nephi-2523/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:16:32 +0000 aaron@mrm.org (Mormonism Research Ministry) http://blog.mrm.org/?p=1406 Continue reading →]]> Bill McKeever, Eric Johnson, and I discuss 2 Nephi 25:23 in relation to institutional Mormonism and BYU neo-orthodoxy. This conversation is from around June 21, 2007. I procrastinated in uploading the talk and hence have not done all I can do.

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Having listened to this MP3 again, I realize how much I need to be quicker to listen and slower to speak and interrupt!

]]> http://blog.mrm.org/2008/11/after-all-byu-professors-can-do-to-implicitly-reject-lds-institutional-readings-of-2-nephi-2523/feed/ 29 Bill McKeever, Eric Johnson, and I discuss 2 Nephi 25:23 in relation to institutional Mormonism and BYU neo-orthodoxy. This conversation is from around June 21, 2007. I procrastinated in uploading the talk and hence have not done all I can do. Direct link to MP3 Having listened to this MP3 again, I realize how much I need to be quicker to listen and slower to speak and interrupt! Bill McKeever, Eric Johnson, and I discuss 2 Nephi 25:23 in relation to institutional Mormonism and BYU neo-orthodoxy. This conversation is from around June 21, 2007. I procrastinated in uploading the talk and hence have not done all I can … [...] Mormonism Research Ministry 58:48 nephi,mormon,salvation clean http://blog.mrm.org/2008/11/after-all-byu-professors-can-do-to-implicitly-reject-lds-institutional-readings-of-2-nephi-2523/ Free Speech and the Julie Bird Case http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonCoffeePodcast/~3/aNxtisSzPrs/ http://blog.mrm.org/2008/10/free-speech-and-the-julie-bird-case/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:23:32 +0000 aaron@mrm.org (Mormonism Research Ministry) http://blog.mrm.org/?p=1311 Continue reading →]]> Julie Bird had a diaper bag over her shoulder, her child in one arm, and a stack of tracts in the other arm. On a public sidewalk in front of an abortion clinic, she had a peaceful, gentle, pleading conversation with a woman passing by. So how did this result in her being charged with assault (even though there was no physical contact or threatening gestures) and then ultimately convicted of disorderly conduct a year and a half later? Are laws that define “disorderly conduct” as that which is an “inconvenience” or “annoyance” vulnerable to the abuse of agenda-driven judges?

Bill and I talk to Julie’s husband, Andy Bird.

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An introspective question for my evangelical Christian brothers: Are we willing to die to defend the right of others—including non-Christians we vehemently disagree with—to participate in legitimate, peaceful, and non-violent expressions of free speech, even if the content of the speech makes us uncomfortable?

]]> http://blog.mrm.org/2008/10/free-speech-and-the-julie-bird-case/feed/ 4 Julie Bird had a diaper bag over her shoulder, her child in one arm, and a stack of tracts in the other arm. On a public sidewalk in front of an abortion clinic, she had a peaceful, gentle, pleading conversation with a woman passing by. So how did this result in her being charged with assault (even though there was no physical contact or threatening gestures) and then ultimately convicted of disorderly conduct a year and a half later? Are laws that define “disorderly conduct” as that which is an “inconvenience” or “annoyance” vulnerable to the abuse of agenda-driven judges? Bill and I talk to Julie’s husband, Andy Bird. Direct link to MP3 An introspective question for my evangelical Christian brothers: Are we willing to die to defend the right of others—including non-Christians we vehemently disagree with—to participate in legitimate, peaceful, and non-violent expressions of free speech, even if the content of the speech makes us uncomfortable? Julie Bird had a diaper bag over her shoulder, her child in one arm, and a stack of tracts in the other arm. On a public sidewalk in front of an abortion clinic, she had a peaceful, gentle, pleading conversation … <a [...] Mormonism Research Ministry 45:48 free speech clean http://blog.mrm.org/2008/10/free-speech-and-the-julie-bird-case/ Introduction to Mormonism Research Ministry http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonCoffeePodcast/~3/xH-O-79TYho/ http://blog.mrm.org/2008/10/introduction-to-mormonism-research-ministry/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:07:50 +0000 aaron@mrm.org (Mormonism Research Ministry) http://blog.mrm.org/?p=1298 The audio podcast is finally back up and running (RSS and iTunes), and we are slowly releasing a few MP3s. Here we introduce the ministry.

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]]> http://blog.mrm.org/2008/10/introduction-to-mormonism-research-ministry/feed/ 1 The audio podcast is finally back up and running (RSS and iTunes), and we are slowly releasing a few MP3s. Here we introduce the ministry. Direct link to MP3 The audio podcast is finally back up and running (RSS and iTunes), and we are slowly releasing a few MP3s. Here we introduce the ministry. Direct link to MP3 43:44 mrm clean Mormonism Research Ministryhttp://blog.mrm.org/2008/10/introduction-to-mormonism-research-ministry/ Conversation with Stephen at Temple Square http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonCoffeePodcast/~3/ARbzV1ziYG4/ http://blog.mrm.org/2008/04/conversation-with-stephen-at-temple-square/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:35:13 +0000 aaron@mrm.org (Mormonism Research Ministry) http://blog.mrm.org/?p=816 Continue reading →]]> We discuss General Conference, the Lorenzo Snow couplet, whether God was possibly once a sinner, whether God demands praise, whether God gets all the glory, and some other things. (30m 6s)

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Yes, I’m horrible with names. I think I asked him three times!

Some passages referenced in the conversation:

For my name’s sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.” (Isaiah 48:9-11)

“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.” (Romans 11:33-36)

“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.” (Hebrews 1:1-2)

“Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:4-11; I wish I had read this whole passage!)

“I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.” (Revelation 22:18-19)

]]> http://blog.mrm.org/2008/04/conversation-with-stephen-at-temple-square/feed/ 10 We discuss General Conference, the Lorenzo Snow couplet, whether God was possibly once a sinner, whether God demands praise, whether God gets all the glory, and some other things. (30m 6s) Direct link to MP3 Yes, I’m horrible with names. I think I asked him three times! Some passages referenced in the conversation: For my name’s sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.” (Isaiah 48:9-11) “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.” (Romans 11:33-36) “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.” (Hebrews 1:1-2) “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:4-11; I wish I had read this whole passage!) “I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.” (Revelation 22:18-19) We discuss General Conference, the Lorenzo Snow couplet, whether God was possibly once a sinner, whether God demands praise, whether God gets all the glory, and some other things. (30m 6s) Direct link to MP3 Yes, I’m horrible with names. … [...] 00:30:06 mormonism,lds clean Mormonism Research Ministryhttp://blog.mrm.org/2008/04/conversation-with-stephen-at-temple-square/ Observations On Reactions to Yesterday’s Post http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MormonCoffeePodcast/~3/GWzodP5QRO8/ http://blog.mrm.org/2008/04/observations-on-reactions-to-yesterdays-post/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:40:07 +0000 aaron@mrm.org (Mormonism Research Ministry) http://blog.mrm.org/?p=802 Continue reading →]]> Bill and I discuss reactions to yesterday’s post (6m 24s).

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A related item: Some Mormons had their own attempt at humor (link no longer works) describing a “slow-track” that enables those who are not “top-level celestial material” to “earn a temple recommend” stamped with an “S”. Funny upon a first read, but more than anything it’s sad… Update: I’ve added an update to the April Fool’s post.

]]> http://blog.mrm.org/2008/04/observations-on-reactions-to-yesterdays-post/feed/ 48 Bill and I discuss reactions to yesterday’s post (6m 24s). Direct MP3 Link A related item: Some Mormons had their own attempt at humor (link no longer works) describing a “slow-track” that enables those who are not “top-level celestial material” to “earn a temple recommend” stamped with an “S”. Funny upon a first read, but more than anything it’s sad… Update: I’ve added an update to the April Fool’s post. Bill and I discuss reactions to yesterday’s post (6m 24s). Direct MP3 Link A related item: Some Mormons had their own attempt at humor (link no longer works) describing a “slow-track” that enables those who are not “top-level celestial [...] 00:06:24 repentance,forgiveness clean Mormonism Research Ministryhttp://blog.mrm.org/2008/04/observations-on-reactions-to-yesterdays-post/ Mormonism Research MinistrynonadultIt's forbidden, but it's good!