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Whether you embrace Jesus as Savior & Lord, or still have your doubts, RUF is a safe place to ask more about, and hear more about the unique claims of Jesus' Christ, especially his birth, life, death, resurrection, ascension & return.
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Experience behind-the-scenes stories and interviews relating to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Join Sarah Jane Weaver as she interviews Church leaders, members who are making a difference and writers from the Church News team.
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The Erotic Liberation Podcast Conversations to share and celebrate our erotic selves so we can activate, reclaim, and heal erotic power as a pathway to aliveness and personal transformation. Brought to you by the Body Electric School
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Tod Worner discusses the culture, faith, literature, philosophy, history, and more in stimulating conversations with renown intellectuals of our time on the Evangelization & Culture Podcast. Tod also shares a reflection of his own and a book recommendation in each episode. Tod curates more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute, Evangelization & Culture. Learn more and become a member at WordonFire.Institute.
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Open and Relational theology just makes sense... at least that's what most people say when they discover it. This podcast offers 3-minute short episodes -- "shorts" -- on this perspective on God. Episodes offer insights, inspiration, and information, and a few are posted each week. Dr. Thomas Jay Oord hosts this podcast. He's a best-selling author, world-renown speaker, and leading voice in this burgeoning field. Dr. Oord directs a Center and Doctoral Program in Open and Relational Theology ...
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In the Life Help section on the website for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are reminded that, “Everyone needs help sometimes. Life is like that. In fact, God planned it to be that way.” For social scientist, New York Times bestselling author and Church member, Joseph Grenny, helping others has become his career and a personal c…
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In October 2020, the Church News launched the Church News podcast. For the next 199 weeks, the podcast featured leaders and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints talking about their experiences and sharing their testimonies of the restored gospel. In May 2024, podcast host Sarah Jane Weaver was named editor of the Deseret News.…
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In the wake of a willful youth and a harrowing brush with death, Tammy Peterson discovered something: she is not in control. Through reluctant surrender and a budding trust, a prayerful companion, and a grandmother’s Rosary, Tammy Peterson found her way to the Catholic Church. Join Tod and Tammy Peterson as they explore her winding road and exhilar…
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In the fall of 2024 and in the spring of 2025, Body Electric will offer Sacred Intimacy Training workshops that will be taught by the talented and experienced facilitators JoJo Bear, Lizz Randall, and Mark Fleming. In this rich conversation, they join Craig Cullinane to explore the art of Sacred Intimacy, best practices for Sacred Intimates, and wh…
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In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with a chapter in the recently released book "God After Deconstruction" discussing issues related to sexuality and gender diversity. Interacting with Aristotle's essentialism and Darwinian evolution, Oord and co-author Tripp Fuller espouse a non-binary theology, which celebrates complexity and diversity in creation…
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President Russell M. Nelson donated the medical journals from his pioneering career as a heart surgeon to the University of Utah on Aug. 30, 2023. “I am deeply grateful for the important role the University of Utah played in my education and surgical career,” President Nelson said. Having “perhaps our most distinguished alumnus donate such a remark…
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Church Correlation is the process by which members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints become united through the covenants of the gospel to establish the kingdom of God in their hearts, in their homes, in their communities and throughout the world. Official Church publications, including the Church News, work with members of the Chur…
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In this episode, Dr. Oord pays tribute to influential author and open and relational theologian Joseph Bracken who recently passed away. One of the last things Joseph Bracken wrote was an essay for the book, Preaching the Uncontrolling Love of God: Sermons, Essays and Worship Elements from the Perspective of Open, Relational and Process Theology wh…
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In the ruinous aftermath of the Second World War, the Catholic intellectual tradition found itself at a crossroads. Had the wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas, an anchoring point for over half a century, sufficed in responding to the ideological inferno that was World War II? Or was there a need for a Ressourcement—a “return to the sources” of our Cathol…
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On Nov. 13, 2022, President Jeffrey R. Holland, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, addressed members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Finland during a special member meeting. President Holland promised Finnish Latter-day Saints that the prayers of the righteous will prevail. This episode of the Church News p…
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In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with a chapter in the book, God After Deconstruction which focuses on Christian Nationalism, a major reason many walk away from the church and/or faith. The theme of Christian Nationalism is one of many highlighted in the accessible book God After Deconstruction, co-written by Thomas Jay Oord and Tripp Fuller.…
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Church leaders offered counsel and direction to almost 150 new mission presidents and their companions during the 2024 Seminar for New Mission Leaders for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on June 20 through 23. The mission leaders began their service in locations worldwide on or about July 1. During the four-day seminar every member …
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The word “humanism” was still in its nineteenth century infancy when it was stolen and transformed by Marxists and atheists. But, today, is there a religious humanism that champions human dignity, acknowledges man’s response to God’s saving grace, and wills the good of the other on their way to God? Join me and Professor Randall Poole as we discuss…
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In this episode, Dr. Oord interacts with Eric Seibert, a leading expert on biblical passages portraying God as violent. Seibert's latest book, Redeeming Violent Verses: A Guide for Using Troublesome Texts in Church and Ministry is an excellent, practical resource for those wrestling with troublesome texts in the Bible.…
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints launched the fifth and final season of the “Book of Mormon Videos” series in early 2024. Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles serves as the chair of the Scriptures Committee and has overseen the production of the “Book of Mormon Videos.” The Church recently hit a significant mile…
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In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with a sermon by Lukas Targosz entitled "Future Needs a Big Kiss". This is one of many Open and Relational sermons, essays and worship elements contained in the book, Preaching the Uncontrolling Love of God: Sermons, Essays, and Worship Elements from the Perspective of Open, Relational, and Process Theology…
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The First Presidency has asked the Relief Society organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to take the lead in a global initiative for women and children. This initiative seeks to provide the Savior’s relief through maternal and newborn care, child nutrition efforts, immunizations and education. Relief Society General Preside…
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“The truth doesn’t change according to your ability to stomach it emotionally.” So said the ingenious, straight-talking novelist Flannery O’Connor. Who profoundly influenced the faith and fiction of one of the finest (and most shocking) writers of the twentieth century? None other than St. Thomas Aquinas. Join Tod and Fr. Damian Ference as they exp…
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The welcoming sound of bells has heralded celebration and worship for centuries of Christian worshippers. This includes the music of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square since its pioneering start in 1847. In 2005, the inclusion of a handbell ensemble was officially organized under the auspices of the choir; the handbell group has evolved to 32 mu…
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For more than three decades, Lloyd D. Newell has served as the voice of “Music & the Spoken Word” with The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. In recent years, he has been joined by his wife, Karmel Newell, who has served as the choir’s director of member support. They have traveled the world sharing the gospel through inspiring words …
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What would happen if a brilliant philosopher penned influential works that undermine the religious and moral underpinnings of society only to replace them with utility and appetite? It doesn’t end well. Join Tod and Professor Aaron Alexander Zubia as we dive into his new book, The Political Thought of David Hume. Stay up-to-date with the latest epi…
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Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will dedicate the Salta Argentina Temple on Sunday, June 16, 2024. Having served as a full-time missionary in Argentina, his return is a joyous opportunity to reflect on his own service as well as the growth of the Church in South Am…
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In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with the work of Saida Mirsadri. Misadri is one of the contributors to the new book Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives. In her contribution, Misadri engages with the work of Muhammad Iqbal, an important Muslim open and relational thinker.…
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Six years after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced in 2018 that it was working to create a new hymnbook for members to use as part of their worship and gospel study, leaders have released the first batch of hymns in four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. On this episode of the Church News podcast, Elder Isaa…
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Crushed under an oppressive Communist regime in twentieth century Czechoslovakia, Václav Havel decided that enough was enough. Taking to his pen, the playwright and dissident crafted essays that changed the landscape of resistance. Join me and Professor Flagg Taylor as we unpack Stories and Totalitarianism and The Power of the Powerless, two of Hav…
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