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April 2019

April 12, 2019
    Scientists are still celebrating the black hole image that was released a few...
April 12, 2019
    Luke 12:11-12 Compare Matthew 10:19-20; Mark 13:11; Luke 21:14-15; John 14:26   Jesus...
April 11, 2019
    Just a couple of hours ago, my wife and I toured the Tabernacle...
April 11, 2019
    The odds of finding flocks of sheep on the surface of Mars seem...
April 11, 2019
    Some are still curious to know when I’m speaking in Poway, here in...
April 10, 2019
    Luke 11:34-36 Compare Matthew 6:22-23   I'm sure that the Savior's comment here...
April 10, 2019
    It's good to be back in southern California, in my native state.  It...
April 10, 2019
    There is a story out of pre-Islamic Arabia that I've told before.  I...
April 10, 2019
    This is pretty astonishing, something that would have been essentially unimaginable not very...
April 10, 2019
    The third and final portion of a review of D. Michael Quinn's Early...
April 09, 2019
    Luke 11:29-32 Compare Matthew 12:38-42; Mark 8:11-12   Some have argued that, because...
April 09, 2019
    A few days ago, one of my sons surprised me with an unexpected...
April 09, 2019
    Back 0n 30 March 2017, slightly more than two years ago, I published...
April 09, 2019
    Continued, from a review that my colleague Stephen D. Ricks and I originally...
April 08, 2019
    Luke 11:5-8   Following on his presentation of "The Lord's Prayer," and leading...
April 08, 2019
    I was reminded a few minutes ago of the review of D. Michael...
April 08, 2019
      The two images above are simply subtle reminders, for those who might...
April 08, 2019
    The other day, I posted an entry here about the lavish banquets supposedly...
April 08, 2019
    I was amused a few weeks ago -- perhaps bemused would be the...
April 07, 2019
    Luke 10:25-28 Compare Matthew 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34   τοῦτο ποίει καὶ ζήσῃ.  ...
April 07, 2019
    I'm delighted at the announcement of eight new temples to be built:  ...
April 07, 2019
    In an earlier post, "The supposed war between science and religion," I cited Sir John...
April 07, 2019
    A new contribution from Hales Swift has appeared on the website of the...
April 06, 2019
    Luke 10:1-12 Compare Matthew 9:37-38; 10:7-16; John 4:35   1.   Since my...
April 06, 2019
    While I'm delighted at his call to serve as a General Authority Seventy,...
April 06, 2019
    I repeat a few words about Arabic/Islamic names that I hope some will...
April 06, 2019
    For years, I’ve reflected on scientific evidence that seemed to suggest that moderate...
April 05, 2019
    Luke 9:51 Compare Matthew 19:1-2; Mark 10:1   I'm struck by this language:...
April 05, 2019
    I'm very fond of the music of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), a contemporary of...
April 05, 2019
    It's Friday.  So were you really, seriously, wondering whether a new article has...
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