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February 2015

February 21, 2015
      The new (March 2015) issue of Scientific American contains an interesting article...
February 21, 2015
    Luke 6:43-45 Compare Matthew 7:15-20; 12:33-35   Immediately following a strong exhortation not...
February 21, 2015
    I was delighted, a couple of days ago, to discover that the British...
February 21, 2015
      The efforts of many have gone into creating a program that's...
February 21, 2015
    There is much -- very much -- in and about Hollywood that is,...
February 21, 2015
    A moderate Muslim voice, reminding us of a moderate Muslim tradition:  
February 21, 2015
      It's a pleasant enough little article, a nice description of ward...
February 20, 2015
    "We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough?"...
February 20, 2015
    The latest Hamblin/Peterson column for the weekend Deseret News has gone up a...
February 20, 2015
    Luke 6:37-42 Compare Matthew 7:1-5; 12:36-37; Mark 4:24-25; John 13:16; 15:20   I...
February 20, 2015
    Militant atheists often deride religious believers as dominated by "magical thinking."  Yet, as...
February 20, 2015
    I'm very fond of this Deseret News author, who's always interesting:  
February 20, 2015
    Royal Skousen is, by light years, the foremost mortal authority -- ever --...
February 20, 2015
    An important new statement from the group "Evangelicals and Catholics Together":  
February 20, 2015
    An American Muslim lawyer weighs in with her view on the topic:  ...
February 20, 2015
    For some out there, no doubt, yet another reason to hate the place....
February 20, 2015
    You probably recall -- I hope you haven't forgotten -- the twenty-one Egyptian...
February 19, 2015
      Films about repentance, forgiveness, and redemption:      
February 19, 2015
    "When will we realize that the fact that we can become accustomed to...
February 19, 2015
    Luke 6:27-36 Compare Matthew 5:38-48   The differences between the Matthean text (the...
February 19, 2015
    I've often made similar points, so, of course, I admire and approve of...
February 19, 2015
    A fascinating case, albeit a really sad one:        
February 19, 2015
    Here's an interesting little article on the American retreat from marriage and the...
February 19, 2015
    I strongly concur with this piece by Jana Riess, to which I should...
February 19, 2015
    My Thursday Deseret News column for this week is now up, and it's...
February 18, 2015
    Nicol Sorenson-Legakis brought this very positive story to my attention, for which I'm...
February 18, 2015
    I want to thank Ray Agostini for bringing this moving little video to...
February 18, 2015
    When the master has come to do everything through the slave, the slave...
February 18, 2015
    Luke 6:20-26 Compare Matthew 5:3-13   The Beatitudes, as they're given in Luke's...
February 18, 2015
    I've just read a very sneering online post alleging that The Church of Jesus...
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