What do we mean by the phrase “spiritual experiences?”
Are spiritual experiences self-generated emotional phenomena?
What meaning can we attach to spiritual experiences?
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Continue reading “Spiritual Experiences or Frenzied Minds”Author: Dan Ellsworth
Imaginary Jesus or The Revealed Christ
People look at the Gospels and claim a lot of conflicting things about how Jesus would approach today’s issues.
Why is that? Is there a better way?
Yes, there is.
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Can we be our “authentic selves” at church?
What does it even mean to be our authentic selves?
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Continue reading “On Authenticity”Fallibility Doesn’t Matter.
Why are some Latter-day Saints consumed with questions around prophetic fallibility, while others aren’t?
This presentation explores that question .
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Continue reading “Fallibility Doesn’t Matter.”Church Spending
Church finances are often a point of criticism. But should they be?
In thinking about church finances, it’s helpful to have a basic grasp of tools large organizations use to make complex decisions around investments and spending. In this presentation we look at one of those tools, the Analytic Hierarchy Process, and think about how organizations bring maturity to their decision making processes.
The important question to consider is, what methodologies are the church’s critics employing? And are those superior to frameworks like AHP?
Continue reading “Church Spending”Presentation on Spiritual Discernment
How can we tell the difference between God’s influence and other things like emotion?
What are signs of good versus evil spiritual energy?
What are signs of demonic influence?
We discuss these and other questions in this presentation; slides here:
Continue reading “Presentation on Spiritual Discernment”Yes, Russell M. Nelson is an Authentic Prophet
What do we mean when we affirm that President Russell M. Nelson is a prophet of God?
In this presentation, we have resources to answer that question.
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Is empathy always a good thing?
Can it be used improperly?
What are some differences between empathy that leads to the well being of another person, versus empathy that facilitates their downward spiral?
These topics are covered in this presentation; slides below:
Continue reading “Healing vs. Destructive Empathy”Are Latter-day Saint Missions Traumatic?
This was a challenging topic to discuss, addressing some current negative thinking around our missionary program.
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Presentation: Judgment Day is Underway
Why are we here?
Where are we going?
What does “judgment day” mean?
How does God judge souls?
Is there such thing as “sad heaven?”
These are all discussion points in this presentation. Slides below:
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