It’s that day of the week, so, of course, Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture has published a new article:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/a-mormon-theodicy-jacob-and-the-problem-of-evil/   Posted from San Antonio, Texas     Read more

    This article reminded me of a question that has occurred to me from time to time:   I can’t say that I “hate” any team in sports — though, at one point, the San Francisco Giants came close in my mind, and though I can’t claim to think many positive thoughts about the New York Yankees.   But that’s not the real background of my question.   I’ve never understood how an active, believing Latter-day Saint can “hate”... Read more

    https://www.commentarymagazine.com/2015/06/09/obama-isis-strategy-unworkable/     Read more

    Matthew 18:19-20   Christianity was never meant to be a religion of isolated piety.  Hermits and anchorites are foreign to the New Testament.   Christians are intended to be in fellowship with one another, to worship as congregations, “to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light” (Mosiah 18:8).     Read more

      We’re still learning significant things about our own solar system:   http://www.space.com/29624-giant-saturn-ring-even-bigger.html     Read more

    “Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.” Oliver Stone Read more

    Matthew 18:15-18 Compare Luke 17:3; John 20:23   So much gossip, anonymous internet fault-finding, nastiness, character assassination, pain, and strife would be eliminated if the simple principle declared here were followed!     Read more

    There’s a huge amount of bad news out of the Middle East.  But sometimes, as here, there’s some good news:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article/419593/coptic-charity-empowers-egypts-orphans-nr-interview   Posted from Bountiful, Utah     Read more

    Some things to try to avoid when launching a new academic or scientific journal:   http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2015/06/10/strange-world-reward-deficiency-syndrome-part-1/#.VXmoh0vgMds   Of course, as I’ve tried to point out on numerous occasions, the most fundamental question isn’t about who reviewed an article or who edited the journal in which it appeared, but whether its evidence is solid and its analysis solid.   Neither Plato, nor Herodotus, nor Aristotle, nor Thucydides, nor Euclid, nor Tacitus, nor Eusebius, nor Aquinas, nor Descartes, nor Pascal,... Read more

    This week’s installment of the ongoing Deseret News “Defending the Faith” column, written by yr obdt serv’t, hath been published:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865630493/If-any-man-shall-add-unto-these-things-.html   Posted from Logan, Utah   Read more