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September 2015

September 17, 2015
    “Nevertheless, just as I believe that the Book of Scripture illumines the pathway...
September 17, 2015
    The spirit of Joseph Smith’s private letters, which were never intended to be...
September 17, 2015
    The critics' responses to my weekly column are pretty predictable, on the whole,...
September 16, 2015
    Rather disappointing news out of Israel, regarding a site that all LDS tour...
September 16, 2015
      Leonhard Euler (1707 – 1783), a native of my beloved Switzerland, is widely considered...
September 16, 2015
    Joseph Smith’s honesty and sincerity shines in his personal writings.  Judgments on such...
September 16, 2015
    From Thomas Dubay, The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet (San...
September 16, 2015
    "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the...
September 16, 2015
    Terrible things are happening in Europe right now, and there's a lot of...
September 16, 2015
    "No, sir!  I was not under any hallucination, nor was I deceived!  I...
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September 16, 2015
    An interesting little item from Neal Rappleye:      
September 15, 2015
    "Whoever is happy will make others happy too." "Everyone has inside of him...
September 15, 2015
    One of the distinctives of the constitutional government of the United States is...
September 15, 2015
    William Smith, the younger brother of the Prophet Joseph Smith, led an occasionally...
September 14, 2015
    http://www.ldsliving.com/20-Things-You-Didn-t-Know-About-Church-History/s/79974?utm_source=ldsliving&utm_medium=email    
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September 14, 2015
      “Finish each day and be done with it.  You have done what...
September 14, 2015
    My father would have celebrated his 102nd birthday today.  But, unfortunately, he's been...
September 14, 2015
    The internet is a place where rumors can be presented as fact, anonymous...
September 14, 2015
    Even less so, in other words, than you may have assumed:  
September 14, 2015
    I may have shared this comedic masterpiece with you before now, but, if...
September 14, 2015
    You may perhaps have heard of the "Faith Counts" effort that's been undertaken...
September 14, 2015
    I met the Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi some years ago when...
September 14, 2015
    John 12:9-11   Clearly, according to the gospel of John, the raising of...
September 14, 2015
    If you think your boss is stupid, remember this:  You might not have a...
September 13, 2015
    John 12:1-8 Compare Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; Luke 7:36-50   One of the...
September 13, 2015
    Tanner Mangum is certainly getting some good press -- for himself, of course,...
September 13, 2015
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