Elder Jeffrey Holland, accompanied by Sharon Eubank (who was among the participants at the FairMormon conference in Darmstadt late last week) and, evidently, by Elder José Teixeira, president of the Europe Area of the LDS Church, has just been in London as a guest of Baroness Emma Nicholson.  He addressed a group at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mormon-apostle-addresses-all-party-parliamentary-group-in-uk-house-of-lords   Posted from Logan, Utah     Read more

  Of late, in a series of blog posts, a rather well-known non-Mormon historian has taken quite negative aim at the Book of Mormon.  His arguments aren’t very good and, in this area at least, he doesn’t really know very much, but, because of who he is, they probably merit reply from a faithful Latter-day Saint scholar.  Who will take up the task?   My friend and former BYU colleague Bill Hamblin appears poised to do so.     Dr.... Read more

    First of all, let me grant that they were within their strict legal rights.   That said, I regard them as predatory bottom-feeders.  As I shall explain.   Here’s the sad tale of woe:   Three of us stopped for a quick lunch at the Flat Bread Neapolitan Pizzeria, on 2100 South in Salt Lake City’s Sugar House district.   There was a largely empty parking lot behind a building across the street to the north.  A sign indicated... Read more

    “Malice is only another name for mediocrity.”  (Patrick Kavanagh)     Read more

    Sigh.  I’ve just come across another atheist thread, positively breathless with excitement and delight, asserting that scholarship has now demonstrated that Jesus of Nazareth never existed.   The inspiration for this particular thread is a book by one Michael Paulkovich,   This is crazy stuff.   So, just for the record, here’s a brief response to Mr. Paulkovich written by Candida Moss, professor of New Testament and early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame, and Joel Baden,... Read more

    My friend Steve Densley brought this interesting and important letter to my attention, for which I’m grateful:   http://lds.net/blog/faith/defending-the-faith/never-seen-letter-doubt-hugh-b-brown/     Read more

    http://www.relevantmagazine.com/current/what-man-described–next-darwin-has-say-about-god   Thanks to Rodney Ross for bringing this interesting item to my attention.     Read more

    Matthew 18:10-14 Compare Luke 15:3-7   1.   Matthew 18:10-11 could be read as supporting the notion of “guardian angels.”   2.   Matthew 18:12-13 and Luke 15:3-7 forcefully illustrate the value that God himself places on every human soul.  Absolutely every one.   3.   Thus, it’s not surprising to read, in Matthew 18:14, that “it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”   Which... Read more

    Well, apparently it is:   http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2015/06/08/brain-bigger-in-the-morning/#.VXfNf0vgMdt     Read more

    http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/no-strategy-defeat-isis-no-strategy-win-iraq_967388.html   And that’s the sad truth.     Read more