Blind Obedience

In this episode we tackle the tough issue of what is blind obedience and what is our responsibility in both adhereing to our perception of right and wrong and still sustaining the brethren in their callings a Prophets, Seers, and Revelators.  Are we indeed supposed to follow prophets even when they are wrong.  We hit this and more on today’s episode of the Mormon Discussion Podcast.  Please consider becoming a subscriber today by visiting http://mormondiscussion.podbean.com/premium-signup

https://www.lds.org/liahona/1981/06/fourteen-fundamentals-in-following-the-prophet?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2002/04/faith-obedience?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/broadcasts/article/ces-devotionals/2013/01/what-is-truth?lang=eng

http://en.fairmormon.org/Mormonism_and_doctrine/Changing

https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/824169

http://books.google.com/books?id=fFEoAAAAYAAJ&dq=The+Latter-Day+Saints%27+Millennial+Star+Volume+14&pg=PA593#v=onepage&q&f=false  —–>  start on page 594 right hand side

http://www.mormonchronicle.com/img/Ezra-Taft-Benson-and-Mormon-Political-Conflicts.pdf  —> start on page 77

Blind Obedience

PREMIUM: Julie Willis & Tough Questions

Today I take a look at a recent talk at BYU Idaho by Julie Willis.  The talk titled “Gaining Light through Questioning”  speaks of several concepts that we speak of often here on Mormon Discussion and which would benefit those struggling in a difficult faith transition.  So sit back as we dissect this talk and hit on its important points.

BYU IDAHO Speech by Julie Willis on Video

BYU IDAHO speech by Julie Willis Audio

Michael Otterson’s letter

Church article to the youth on Questioning

PREMIUM: Julie Willis & Tough Questions

Mark Staker: Church History in Ohio

We sit down with LDS historian Mark Staker.   We talk at length about the Historical setting in Kirtland, Ohio where more documented revelations occurred in this dispensation then any other place.  We talk about the Kirtland Safety Society Bank, Elsa Johnson’s miraculous healing, the role of early LDS Bishops, the Law of Consecration, and Symonds Rider

http://www.amazon.com/Hearken-Ye-People-Historical-Revelations-ebook/dp/B006R6JF4I

http://www.amazon.com/Hearken-Ye-People-Historical-Revelations/dp/158958113X

Best Book Award – Mormon History Association

Best Book Award – John Whitmer Historical Association

Mark Lyman Staker has a Ph.D., Cultural anthropology from the University of Florida. Mark began work as curator of the Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City in 1993. For more than twelve years Mark has been involved in historic sites restoration and nineteenth-century expressions of the Latter-day Saint experience. He received the J. Talmage Jones Award of Excellence for an Outstanding Article on Mormon History from the Mormon History Association and has been involved in numerous museum exhibits. He and his wife, Kimberly L. Staker, are the parents of seven children and live in West Bountiful, Utah. Mark Staker is the author of Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith’s Ohio Revelations.

Mark Staker: Church History in Ohio

Nancy Browne: Help Thou Mine Unbelief

Nancy Browne: Help Thou Mine Unbelief

PREMIUM: Mitch Mayne

Sometimes we assume that there is no room to be Gay and be Mormon….. but today we blow that false assumption right out of the water.  Today we also help LDS distinguish between Doctrine, Policy and Culture around this issue.  We tackle how to be more inclusive and how to bring all unto Christ.

Today I sit down Mitch Mayne, an Active Gay Mormon.  Bro. Mayne describes himself this way

I was raised in Idaho, and baptized into the Mormon Church when I was eight. I left the church for many years, due in large part to my parent’s divorce. In my mid-20s, 

 

I returned to the church of my own accord, knowing full well that I was gay, and that someday I would have to find a way to reconcile my sexual orientation with my faith. For many years, I was fractured: I believed I was a man with a foot in two worlds, and that I belonged in neither. But as I’ve grown in my testimony of my Savior and my confidence in who I am, I’ve come to understand myself as a man with a foot in two worlds–who very much belongs in both. From August 2011 through November of 2013, I served as the executive secretary of the bishopric of the Bay Ward within the San Francisco Stake.

 

I currently remain an active, happy and whole gay Mormon–just the way I am.

 

Resources

http://www.mitchmayne.com/

http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/

Supportive Families / Healthy Chuildren  – Pamphlet that can be helpful any in this situation

Mitch Mayne

PREMIUM: Mitch Mayne

Elder Oaks: the Sisters' Power and Authority

Today we talk about what power and Authority Women have in the Church.  We use Elder Oaks April 2014 talk as a guide to show that maybe things are not quite what we thought they were.  That Women have a much bigger piece of the Priesthood pie than we are used to saying.  I think this talk was much more meat filled and gracious than many at first thought took notice.

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/the-keys-and-authority-of-the-priesthood?lang=eng

Elder Oaks: the Sisters' Power and Authority

Charlie Harrell: This is my Doctrine

Today I sit down with Prof. Charles Harrell, author of “This is My Doctrine”.  His book takes a historical look at the development of Mormon Doctrines within LDS theology.  His books helps us first learn and then cope with the complex ways in which LDS Theology and Doctrine developed.  We discuss how to define the word Doctrine, How to define scripture, how to deal with the inaccurate ways we define our Doctrine, and how to cope with the nuance of it all.

Bro. Harrell has also been on MormonStories and a recurring series on Old Testament Scripture and others on MormonMatters

http://www.amazon.com/This-Is-My-Doctrine-Development/dp/1589581032

http://improvementera.com/2011/04/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-review-of-charles-harrells-this-is-my-doctrine-the-development-of-mormon-theology/

http://bycommonconsent.com/2011/09/10/this-is-my-doctrine/

Charlie Harrell: This is my Doctrine