A good rule of thumb is that there’s no point debating what could have been. Today I’m going to break that rule by describing what could have been if not for the transgression of Adam and Eve because I continue to encounter a widespread misunderstanding about the fall of man and the character of God. […]
Author Archives: Markham
Melchizedek is not Jesus
Not long ago, I read a paper which defended the position that Melchizedek of the Old Testament was the ante-mortal Messiah. The paper made a great analysis, which included philology, legend, and canonical scripture. Today, it seems reasonable to assemble my thoughts on why LDS teaching does not leave much room for this possibility. The […]
Day 4: Bedfordshire to Derbyshire
The previous post in this series on our visits through Britain detailed our family history calls for the Fenn family in Billington and Leighton Buzzard. In our travel northward through Bedfordshire, we created a few other memories, however. Villages of Aldwincle & Wadenhoe The beautiful small towns between the day’s first and final ports of […]
Genesis 35 and 37 are out of order
The writer no longer holds the following position (having been disabused of it by Luther). The post remains in place due to pack-rat compulsions. Last week’s discussion of Joseph’s second dream only bears merit if Genesis chapters 35 and 37 don’t fall in chronological order. Their anachronlogy has long been my unexamined supposition, but since it has […]