Matthew Watkins

Matthew Watkins is a Latter-day Saint blogger, podcaster, General Conference junkie, and software engineer. He served a full-time mission in Colorado. Matthew regularly writes his thoughts about the Gospel on his blog, https://www.powerinthebook.com, and hosts the ConferenceTalk podcast (https://conferencetalk.org). He and his wife, Leah, have three children.

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“We Don’t Know, So We Might as Well”: A Flimsy Philosophy for Same-Sex Sealings

by Matthew Watkins | undefined 54 | 01-06-2023

Review of Nate Oman, “A Welding Link of Some Kind,” Thoughts from a Tamed Cynic (Substack, September 27, 2022). Abstract: Nate Oman claims to demonstrate a theological path that allows for same-sex sealings within existing Latter-day Saint doctrine. In fact, he claims that such an adjustment would be not only compatible with most Church doctrine but more scripturally […]

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