The LDS Church published changes in its handbook and made this available to general membership for the first time. Previously, the handbook was private and only available to general and local leaders. I haven’t had much time to read up on these changes, but while I was at the gym this afternoon, I noticed […]

  For over 100 years, Bible scholars have analyzed the Bible text and historical sources to understand more about things like: when it was written, by whom, actual historical events or extant literary sources that influenced the text, etc. For religions that are open to progress/revelation, the information learned by scholars in this process has […]

  You’ve probably seen the recent story about the LDS Church saving surplus tithing funds and growing a large ‘rainy day fund’, estimated at $100B.  The math goes like this. Let’s assume the Church takes in $1B per year surplus in tithing. For example, let’s say the Church brings in $7B in tithing and expenses […]