The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the “Respect for Marriage Act” – Tal Davis

January 10, 2023   |  

Recently we did a three part article series highlighting the fact that a new temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (formerly known as the Mormons or LDS) is being built in Tallahassee, Florida. Read the full article here: Part 1: http://www.marketfaith.org/2022/06/mormon-temples-part-1-introduction-and-the-history-of-mormon-temples-tal-davis/ Part 2: http://www.marketfaith.org/2022/06/mormon-temples-part-2-temple-endowments-tal-davis/ Part 3:…
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The Difference Between God’s Creation and God’s Children

December 29, 2022   |  

Father James J. Martin is an American Jesuit priest, writer, and editor-at-large of the Jesuit magazine America, the national Catholic magazine. In 2017, Pope Francis appointed Martin as a consultant to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications. He is particularly known for his bridge building with the homosexual community. Not too…
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Religious Centrists are not Centrists

December 22, 2022   |  

John Avalon is a political analyst for CNN, and he wrote an opinion piece entitled, “Is there room for a religious left?” (https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/29/opinions/joe-biden-pope-francis-politics-and-faith-avlon/index.html). In some ways the article was a bit strange in that its entire focus had to do with political affiliations rather than religious beliefs. At…
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The Church’s Challenge to Stay Relevant

December 18, 2022   |  

Here is the beginning of an article written by NPR (National Public Radio) national correspondent John Burnett about how he sees problems in the modern church. (You can read the entire article at: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/10/1141010320/as-attendance-dips-churches-change-to-stay-relevant-for-a-new-wave-of-worshipper) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It’s Sunday morning and a small group sits around a fire pit …
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The Rise of the Gay Hymnal

December 15, 2022   |  

The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada (formerly “The Hymn Society in America) is a 501(c)3 non profit organization whose mission is to encourage, promote, and enliven congregational singing. This organization was founded in 1922, and is committed to promoting hymns in churches. The society has recently taken…
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