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Active Versus Passive Christianity

Active versus passive Christianity: Discover how bold, practical faith transforms Christian concepts from passive belief into powerful action—and why Easter’s message demands more than nominal faith.

The Role of Christ in Transhumanism

Christ as savior, exemplar, and collaborator—exploring participatory atonement, grace and works, and the Body of Christ as a communal transhuman future.

The Eternal Dance

Explore “The Eternal Dance,” a visionary poem celebrating love, transformation, and humanity’s divine potential—born from a father’s reflections at his son’s wedding.

The Historical Christ Jesus of Nazareth Matters

Explore why the historical Jesus of Nazareth remains indispensable—not through supernaturalism, but as the principal example of sublime humanity and our shared path to divinization.

Covenant Is Atonement

Explore how covenants serve as the profound path to atonement, fostering genuine unity through cooperation rather than compulsion—and why this vision matters amid today’s social divisions.

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Colossians 1:24 (NRSV): I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.

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In our preexistent state, in the day of the great council, we made a certain agreement with the Almighty. The Lord proposed a plan, conceived by him. We accepted it. Since the plan is intended for all men, we become parties to the salvation of every person under that plan. We agreed, right then and there, to be not only saviors for ourselves but measurably, saviors for the whole human family. We went into a partnership with the Lord.

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Return of Christ
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Lincoln Cannon

Return of Christ

Lincoln Cannon reinterprets the prophecy of Christ’s return through the lens of Christian theosis and Mormon theology. Examining the Hebrew Bible’s multiple “Christs”—including King David and Cyrus of Persia—alongside Paul’s teaching that “Christ is in you,” he argues that the “Son of Man” refers not exclusively to Jesus but to all the children of humanity. When Jesus says his return will be “as lightning visible from east to west,” he speaks of a collective transformation: the return of Christ is the moment when we become Christ, loving, healing, and raising the dead as Jesus commanded his disciples to do.