“For Calvin, the creation reflects its Creator at every point. Image after images flashed in front of our eyes, as Calvin attempts to convey the multiplicity of ways in which the creation witnesses to its Creator: it is like a visible garment, which the invisible God dons in order to make himself known; it is like a book in which the name on the Creator is written as its author; it is like a theater, in which the... Read more

    Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and conclusive increasingly turned out to be circular, tentative, and uncertain. Alister McGrath Posted from Richmond, Virginia   Read more

    On 8 August 2014, Sharon Eubank, the director of LDS Charities, delivered one of the most well-received talks in the history of FairMormon’s annual conferences.  It’s available for listening and for reading here:   http://www.fairmormon.org/perspectives/fair-conferences/2014-fairmormon-conference/womans-church   Posted from Richmond, Virginia     Read more

    Who knew?   http://www.sltrib.com/blogs/3347602-155/gay-leader-huddles-with-mormon-leaders   Of course, you would never have learned this simple fact from many accounts.   Posted from Richmond, Virginia     Read more

    A new item has been posted on the blog of the Interpreter Foundation:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/thoughts-on-evidences-for-the-historical-authenticity-of-the-book-of-mormon/   I hope you enjoy it!   Posted from Richmond, Virginia     Read more

    It seems that the effort was pretty successful:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/a-savior-is-born-video-ranked-top-10-holiday-campaigns-of-the-year   I’m looking forward to next year’s campaign.   Posted from Richmond, Virginia     Read more

    Faith is reason plus revelation, and the revelation part requires one to think with the spirit as well as with the mind. You have to hear the music, not just read the notes on the page. Francis Collins   Posted from Richmond, Virginia     Read more

    Cultures merge, meld, and adapt in endlessly fascinating ways.  Here are the beginnings of one such transformation:   http://www.npr.org/2015/12/23/460726559/what-american-muslims-do-on-christmas-new-traditions-emerge   Thanks to Jabra Ghneim for sharing this link with me.     Posted from Richmond, Virginia     Read more

  Note:  Henceforth, as requested by some for ease of searching, each of these Book of Mormon comments will bear the title “BOM,” followed, simply, by the Book of Mormon reference in simple form.     1 Nephi 2.   Lots to discuss here.   I’ve vowed to discuss only one item per chapter, and to do it briefly.   I still plan usually to adhere to that rule — I hope to go through the Book of Mormon multiple times,... Read more

    The battle against stupidity seems hopeless, sometimes:   http://amthirdpartyreport.com/2015/12/26/milwaukee-county-constitution-party-islam-isnt-christian/   It’s tempting to despair.  But we mustn’t.   (Thanks — I guess — to Cody Quirk for bringing this item to my notice.)   Posted from Richmond, Virginia     Read more