Face in Hat Aaron Brewster & Eric Jepson

Two for one!  Grace vs. works is one of our favorite topics, and the foreknowledge of God is another!  The two articles from BYU Studies we are covering today relate to each other in fascinating ways. Join us as we discuss how we can approach Grace using LDS and Protestant theology, and how the paradoxes of omniscience can be used to discover more about our own relationship with reality, time, and agency.  This was a fun one!
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Understandings of the Relationship between Grace and Works, by Terryl L. Givens
https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/understandings-of-the-relationship-between-grace-and-works/
On the Foreknowledge of God: Time, Knowledge, Reality, Agency, by Rosalynde F. Welch
https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/on-the-foreknowledge-of-god/
The full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens
https://byustudies.byu.edu/journal/60-3/
(I think this is the one I was referring to! -Aaron)
After All We Can Do...Grace Works, by Robert L. Millet
https://deseretbook.com/p/after-all-we-can-do-grace-works-robert-l-millet-902?variant_id=132598-paperback
Believing Christ: The Parable of the Bicycle and Other Good News, by Stephen E. Robinson
https://deseretbook.com/p/believing-christ-parable-bicycle-other-good-news-stephen-e-robinson-3355?variant_id=108581-hardcover
Aaron’s top three talks :)
The Mediator, by Elder Boyd K. Packer
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1977/04/the-mediator
The Purifying Power of Gethsemane, by Elder Bruce R. McConkie
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1985/04/the-purifying-power-of-gethsemane
Beware of Pride, by President Ezra Taft Benson
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1989/04/beware-of-pride
Pelagianism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagianism
Original Grace, by Adam S. Miller
https://www.amazon.com/Original-Grace-Adam-S-Miller/dp/1639930248
Book of Mormon infinite atonement: Alma 34: 9-14
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/34?lang=eng&id=p9-p14#p9
2 Nephi 9:7
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/9#p7
The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt by Parley P. Pratt
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44896
Our episode that includes the Great God by Orson Pratt
https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/52-divinization-and-deity/
Exploring Mormon Thought: Volume 1, The Attributes of God, by Blake T. Ostler
https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Mormon-Thought-Attributes-God-ebook/dp/B0077YUTJE
Gospel Topic: God the Father
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/god-the-father
D&C 130:7, “...past, present, and future… are continually before the Lord.”
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/130?lang=eng&id=p7#p7
The “eternal now” quote: “the past, the present, and the future were and are, with Him, one eternal ‘now.’” History of the Church, 4:597, quoted here:
https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/knowledge-of-gods-plan
If You Could Hie to Kolob
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/music/library/hymns/if-you-could-hie-to-kolob
“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.” – Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14434-space-is-big-you-just-won-t-believe-how-vastly-hugely
Joseph Smith and the Possibility of Comics Andrew Knaupp and Sal Velluto, Pillar of Light Mark Elwood, The Glass Looker Noah Van Sciver, Joseph Smith and the Mormons, by Eric W. Jepson
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/joseph-smith-and-the-possibility-of-comics-andrew-knaupp-and-sal-velluto-pillar-of-light-mark-elwood-the-glass-looker-noah

When exactly are we supposed to be obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law? Nathan Oman’s article on Civil Disobedience in Latter-day Saint Thought took us down a winding road exploring this question. Ride along!
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Civil Disobedience in Latter-day Saint Thought, by Nathan B. Oman
https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/civil-disobedience-in-latter-day-saint-thought/
The full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens
https://byustudies.byu.edu/journal/60-3/
General conference
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/04?lang=eng
Peacemakers Needed, by President Russell M. Nelson
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/04/47nelson?lang=eng
The Restoration of Conscientious Objection, by Ron Madsen
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/british-latter-day-saint-conscientious-objectors-in-world-war-i
QI Series M, Episode 2 - Military Matters (transcript)
https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/qi/episodes/13/2/
Google Books Ngram Viewer: conscientious objection and civil disobedience
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=conscientious+objection%2Cconscientious+objector%2C+civil+disobedience&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3
Doctrine and Covenants 98
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/98?lang=eng
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men, by Carol Lynn Pearson
https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Eternal-Polygamy-Haunting-Hearts/dp/0997458208
Wiki on “The Freeze” in Ghana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Ghana#%22The_Freeze%22
You Can't Close My Heart: Ghanaian Saints and the Freeze
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2015-12-0001-you-cant-close-my-heart-ghanaian-saints-and-the-freeze?lang=eng
Helmuth Hübener
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmuth_H%C3%BCbener
Hübener, a play by Thomas F. Rogers
https://www.amazon.com/Huebener-Other-Plays-Thomas-Rogers/dp/0963261800
(This includes a review of the play Hübener!  Check it out!) Review: The Plays of Thomas F. Rogers, by B. Kent Harrison
https://squaretwo.org/Sq2ArticleHarrisonThomasRogers.html
The Darkest Abyss: Strange Mormon Stories, by William Morris.  Look for the story “Reach”, a science fiction story about an oppressive future where a bishop is released from a calling his conscious mind doesn't realize he held.
https://www.amazon.com/Darkest-Abyss-Strange-Mormon-Stories/dp/1948218682

Our church’s framing of the apostasy and restoration is changing, and Miranda Wilcox wrote about it!  How we narrate our religious history affects our general understanding of Christian history, and can help us better appreciate the centuries of progress between the ancient apostles and 1820.
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Narrating Religious Heritage: Apostasy and Restoration, by Miranda Wilcox
https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/narrating-religious-heritage/
Joseph Smith and the Possibility of Comics
Reviewed by Theric Jepson
Dialogue 56, no. 1, Spring 2023 (in press)
Pillar of Light, by Andrew G. Knaupp (Author), Sal Velluto (Illustrator)
https://www.cedarfort.com/pages/pillar-of-light
The Glass Looker, by Mark Elwood
https://theglasslooker.com/about/
Joseph Smith and the Mormons, by Noah Van Sciver
https://amzn.to/3JPxRJw
Ada Palmer and the Weird Hand of Progress, by Gregory Barber
https://www.wired.com/story/ada-palmer-sci-fi-future-weird-hand-progress/
Remnant or Replacement? Outlining a Possible Apostasy Narrative, by Nicholas J. Frederick and Joseph M. Spencer
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5076&context=byusq
1st Nephi 11-14
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/11
John the Baptist wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (The Hinges of History), by Thomas Cahill 
https://amzn.to/3I4v8uF
Martyrs' Crossing, by Melissa Leilani Larson
https://www.melissaleilanilarson.com/martyrs-crossing

So, was Jesus married? Our holiday edition of our series on open questions follows Christopher James Blythe’s article on the same question. Conspiracy, Assassin’s Creed, Dan Brown, this one’s got it all. Lots of great links in the show notes! See you next year!
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Was Jesus Married?, by Christopher James Blythe
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5137&context=byusq
The full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens
https://byustudies.byu.edu/journal/60-3/
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, by The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Blood_and_the_Holy_Grail
Wiki on the book!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Blood_and_the_Holy_Grail
Identical ancestors point
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identical_ancestors_point
Terrible Revolution: Latter-day Saints and the American Apocalypse, by Christopher James Blythe
https://amzn.to/3WBKo6E
LDS Church Issues Statement Regarding "The Da Vinci Code"
https://www.ksl.com/article/266159/lds-church-issues-statement-regarding-the-da-vinci-code
Evil along the Mississippi: Stories from Nauvoo, by Christopher James Blythe
https://irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/17-1-evil-along-the-mississippi-stories-from-nauvoo/
Introducing Introductions to Mormon Thought.  The first two books are linked there and below: Eugene England: A Mormon Liberal, by Kristine Haglund, and Vardis Fisher: A Mormon Novelist
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/introducing-introductions-to-mormon-thought/
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p058332
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=83xxc9pb9780252044090
Dialogue Book Report #19: Strange Mormon Fiction: Dave Butler and William Morris
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/dialogue-book-report-19-strange-mormon-fiction-dave-butler-and-william-morris/

Agency is critical to the plan of salvation, and the adversary wanted it gone. But how? Philip L. Barlow wrote a banger of an article in Dialogue looking at prevailing theories, and argues the theology yields critical implications for how Mormons interact with government, politics, and church organization.  It’s a great read!!!
Philip L. Barlow has a doctorate of theology (Th.D.) from the Harvard Divinity School and serves on the boards of directors for the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology and the Dialogue Foundation.  How cool is that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Barlow
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Article for today: “Shards of Combat: How Did Satan Seek to Destroy the Agency of Man?”, by Philip L. Barlow
https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/shards-of-combat/
The full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens
https://byustudies.byu.edu/journal/60-3/
Darlene Young’s “A plan of salvation” isn’t yet published, but will appear in Irreantum’s next issue, “The Plan”.
https://irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/
Moses 4:3
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/moses/4?lang=eng#p3
Bonus!  Jaywalking chat was cut from the episode, but enjoy Adam Ruins Everything - Why Jaywalking Is a Crime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AFn7MiJz_s

We welcome William Morris aka Wm, founder of A Motley Vision, onto our show to talk about the BYU studies article, The King Follett Discourse: Pinnacle or Peripheral?, by James E. Faulconer and Susannah Morrison.  We talk about the nature of individuality, intelligence, and our own eternal destiny, as revealed by Joseph Smith and studied by prophets and scholars ever since.  We even may have come to a new conclusion on the discourse as a whole?  Join us!
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Article for today: The King Follett Discourse: Pinnacle or Peripheral?, by James E. Faulconer and Susannah Morrison
https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-king-follett-discourse-pinnacle-or-peripheral/
The full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens
https://byustudies.byu.edu/journal/60-3/
Motley Vision website
https://motleyvision.org/
The Darkest Abyss: Strange Mormon Stories, by William Morris
https://www.amazon.com/Darkest-Abyss-Strange-Mormon-Stories/dp/1948218682
Email subscription for Wm
https://buttondown.email/motleyvision
God has created “both things to act and things to be acted upon”, 2 Nephi 2:14
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/2#p14
Science the Key to Theology: Volume One: Preliminaries, by Steven L. Peck
https://www.amazon.com/Science-Key-Theology-One-Preliminaries/dp/0998605204
The Marvelous Clouds: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media, by John Durham Peters
https://www.amazon.com/Marvelous-Clouds-Toward-Philosophy-Elemental/dp/022625383X
Dark Watch and other Mormon-American stories, by William Morris 
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Watch-other-Mormon-American-stories-ebook/dp/B00WQHCCFG
Talking to Dante in the Spirit World,by Daniel Cooper
https://irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/talking-to-dante-in-the-spirit-world-by-daniel-cooper/
Hemingway in Paradise and Other Mormon Poems, by Scott Hales
https://www.amazon.com/Hemingway-Paradise-Other-Mormon-Poems/dp/B09WQBHBQG
Thanks to our sponsor!  Check out Beyond the Witch's Woods: Book One of the Kingdom of Adair, by Nathan K Caulder 
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