Nathan Richardson In a previous post, “Your Spiritual Nose,” I suggested that people too often dismiss the spiritual senses as
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C. S. Lewis on Judgment Day
Jeffrey Thayne I was recently rereading Mere Christianity and found a passage that eloquently expresses an idea I hinted at
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Nathan Richardson Empirical means “depending upon experience or observation alone.â€1 Thus, empiricism is defined as “the doctrine that all knowledge
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Jeffrey Thayne The phrase unconditional love is familiar to us and is in common use in today’s society. It is
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Nathan Richardson Philosophy can be divided into several branches that address different issues, such as metaphysics (“What is real?”) or
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Jeffrey Thayne My friend Nathan brought to my attention a pedagogically useful example that illustrates an idea I have tried
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Jeffrey Thayne We habitually consider the university to be an institution of higher learning, that is, a place where students
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Jeffrey Thayne I recently read an article by Ed Gantt and Stan Knapp entitled “Marriage: Of Contracts, Commitments, and Covenants.”
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Nathan Richardson In a previous post, “The Essence of Marriage,” I responded to a review of a book on marriage.1
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Jeffrey Thayne Does having an honor code at BYU remove the students’ agency? Dallin H. Oaks had something to say
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