Gary W. Toyn

How preconceived notions are destroying our ability to think, talk, and solve problems together

What if doctrines critics call “un-biblical” were actually ancient? Modern biblical scholarship is reconstructing a religious world that looks surprisingly familiar to Latter-day Saints. Quick Summary: The Old Testament Reflects a Reform Movement Modern biblical scholarship widely agrees that during the reform period of the 7th and 6th centuries BCE, Deuteronomist editors reshaped Israel’s sacred texts. In their effort to centralize worship and reinterpret earlier traditions,

Summary : We've been reading Hebrew scriptures with Greek minds, and it's quietly shaping how we experience faith, repentance, and scripture in ways most of us never notice. Pontius Pilate asked Jesus a question that reveals the classic confrontation between Greek and Hebrew thinking. Jesus spoke of bearing witness to the truth. Of people hearing His voice. Of His kingdom not being of this world. Pilate responded with the most Greek question imaginable: ' What is truth ?' Pil

Joseph Smith Receives the Gold Plates, by Kenneth Riley In a courtroom, attorneys rarely ignore testimony unless they believe it will not help their case. When a witness goes unchallenged, jurors notice. Silence can sometimes be revealing. History is not a courtroom, but the analogy is useful. For nearly two centuries, critics have focused almost entirely on impeaching the Three Witnesses and Eight Witnesses  of the Book of Mormon. Entire books and lectures have attempted to