Just calling attention to a piece by a talented young author who writes on movies for the Deseret News: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634504/What-will-be-the-first-great-video-game-movie.html?pg=all#YlPEAgYIdbLZEqFi.01 Read more
Just calling attention to a piece by a talented young author who writes on movies for the Deseret News: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634504/What-will-be-the-first-great-video-game-movie.html?pg=all#YlPEAgYIdbLZEqFi.01 Read more
I really, really, don’t like to see the Saints divide over questions of Book of Mormon geography. They’re not actually that important. They make for interesting discussion and even debate, but they shouldn’t be occasions for impassioned argument, let alone for breaking fellowship or even for schism. In all candor, I suppose that I should be counted among the “Mesoamericanists.” Not only because I like what I’ve read from John Sorenson, Mark Wright, David Palmer, Brant Gardner,... Read more
Matthew 19:23-30 Mark 10:23-31 Luke 18:24-30 Compare Luke 22:28-30 1. First of all, there’s no evidence for an ancient gate in the walls of Jerusalem known as “the eye of a needle.” This attempt to explain these passages should be abandoned. 2. So these passages seem, at first glance, to be saying that it’s flatly impossible for a rich person to be saved. 3. But Mark 10:24 (“how hard is it for... Read more
Today brings both a new article and a book review from Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, which, it seems, is taking an awfully long time to die: “A Treasure Trove of Questions” “The Theory of Evolution is Compatible with Both Belief and Unbelief in a Supreme Being” Enjoy! Read more
If you haven’t seen this bit of missionary lip-syncing, you might enjoy giving it 2:15 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaqSFbPwa-s And here’s the original group, the Nashville Tribune Band, giving the song a live performance in 2012 in Safford, Arizona: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OelY3AcbROY Read more
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/aylan-kurdis-story-how-a-small-syrian-child-came-to-be-washed-up-on-a-beach-in-turkey-10484588.html Read more
It’s National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is taking notice: “LDS Church featuring the stories of members who have overcome addictions” “Church Video: Crystal Meth Addict Finds New Heart with God.” If such addictions aren’t overcome, they can (and often do) have tragic implications. Here’s one heartrending story of addiction and loss: http://bycommonconsent.com/2015/09/02/requiem/ I’m guessing that virtually everybody could tell at least one somewhat... Read more
Matthew 19:16-22 Mark 10:17-22 Luke 18:18-23 1. Jesus’ humble unwillingness to pronounce himself “good” while he was still in mortality, his mission not yet completed, is mirrored in the distinction between his statement recorded in Matthew 5:48, spoken before his crucifixion, and the quotation from him given in 3 Nephi 12:48, which was spoken after his resurrection and ascension. 2. It’s not clear from this story — and I think it very unlikely — that Jesus expects... Read more
Do you agree? Do you see yourself in the data? Do you recognize your parents or your kids? http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/millennials-have-low-opinion-of-themselves-compared-to-boomers/2015/09/03/36acd614-525d-11e5-8c19-0b6825aa4a3a_story.html Read more
The silly claim that Jesus never existed exasperates me. It’s essentially crank stuff, but lately, via the unfiltered medium of the internet, it’s won an audience (that it doesn’t deserve) among credulous, over-eager atheists and agnostics. I understand disbelief in his divinity. But the flat denial of his existence is a different matter altogether. I’ve had relatively little to say about it, but, having again encountered the claim several times over just the past few days, I... Read more
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