Showing posts with label Captain Moroni. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Captain Moroni. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

The Samaritan’s Sword: Where to Start with War and Peace

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            You’re watching the news of something awful. The world trade towers collapsed, Israel suffered the worst holocaust since World W...
Thursday, July 3, 2025

By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed

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                    The above title is based on Genesis 9:6, a command from God after the flood. It says “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Give War a Chance: Moroni as a Peacemaker

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                  There are several exciting projects on which I'm working. This is the introduction of my piece on Moroni as a peacemak...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Grotius and the Book of Mormon

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 O ver at Mormon Dialog and Discussion  Board there is a detailed discussion about methodology and if the 17th century philosopher, Hugo Gro...
Monday, July 1, 2024

Newest Book on Just War Released, Ten Year Anniversary of my First Book!

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       I’m excited to announce that my new book, To Stop a Slaughter: Just War in the Book of Mormon is published and available on Amazon! ...
Friday, June 7, 2024

Moroni's Extreme Aggression? Notes on Alma 46:30

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  I'm busy making final edits on my next book. As I make those edits I thought this is an interesting nugget you might enjoy reading.   ...
Saturday, April 20, 2024

New Journal Article in the Interpreter: The Unwritten Debates in Moroni's Letter

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  Hello everyone. I'm proud to present my newest article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter Day Saint Scripture . Moroni in his letter ...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Notes from the National Security Conference

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            I just returned from the 2023 LDS National Security Professionals Conference last weekend. I came down with a non covid illness...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Research Update: Isolationism, First Strike, Sacrifice, Ambushes Oh My!

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Hey everyone. I haven't been able to post here, but that doesn't mean I don't have any great writing out there. Here is a list o...
Friday, May 6, 2022

Book Review: Proclaim Peace

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I'm proud to present my review of Proclaim Peace! The whole thing is too long to repost on this blog but see the whole thing here . The...
Saturday, February 26, 2022

Who is our Neighbor? Ukraine and the Christian Duty

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     The following is a response to an LDS isolationist that wrote an apology for Putin  here . I thought it was a concerning argument becau...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Heart Problems, The Book of Mormon and The Just War Tradition

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     I’ve talked about this issue before. In my first thoughts on preemptive war I discussed how if you read the account carefully in Morm...