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The St. George Utah Temple glows at nightfall in the center of St. George proper, with the massive laccolithic Pine Valley Mountains in the background. The major suburban areas of Washington and Bloomington are not shown in this photo from the Utah Chamber of Commerce.\u00a0 A second Latter-day Saint temple is currently under construction in St. George.
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Kerry Muhlestein and Lamar Newmayer have a podcast that they\u2019ve entitled The Scriptures are Real<\/em>, which they describe as follows:<\/p>\n

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The Scriptures Are Real (TSAR) with Kerry Muhlestein is a podcast where we look at elements of the scriptures that have become real to us. We interview both experts (people with language, archaeological, historical backgrounds, etc.), and lay folks, and explore times when the scriptures became real to them. This is done from the viewpoint of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a>. We believe that there is real power in the scriptures and that as they become more real we can better apply them to our lives and draw more power from them. If you listen to this podcast you will learn all kinds of interesting background information that will help you understand and learn more from the scriptures. We believe it will allow you to add real power to your life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The latest installment of TSAR is this episode, which some of you with especially strong constitutions might possibly be able to endure:<\/p>\n

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\u201cDaniel Peterson on Ishmael, Arabs, and Islam Today\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And, as if that\u2019s not horrible enough, permit me to warn you yet again against the two latest installments of the\u00a0weekly followHIM Podcast<\/em><\/a> that is hosted by Hank Smith and John Bytheway:<\/p>\n

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Genesis 18-23 \u2014 Part 1 : Dr. Daniel C. Peterson (51 minutes)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

How do the ancient Near Eastern traditions regarding hospitality affect the story of Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah? Dr. Daniel Peterson explains how Abraham, Lot, and Sarah learn to trust the Lord and wrangle some of the more difficult passages regarding Sodom and Gomorrah.<\/span><\/p>\n

Genesis 18-23 \u2014 Part 2 : Dr. Daniel C. Peterson (one hour and nine minutes)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Peterson continues to discuss Genesis 18-23 and the impossible choices Sarah, Hagar, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac make as they heed the Lord\u2019s commands,\u00a0 wrestle with identifiable human emotions, and reap considerable blessings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Life is often very good.\u00a0 But it does sometimes have its bad<\/em> spots.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOnce there was a man rowing a boat down a river. \u00a0Someone on the shore warned him, \u2018Stop rowing so gaily down the swift current; there are rapids ahead and a dangerous whirlpool, and there are crocodiles and demons lying in wait in rocky caverns. \u00a0You will perish if you continue.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn this allegory, \u2018the swift current\u2019 is a life of lust; \u2018rowing gaily\u2019 is giving rein to one\u2019s passion; \u2018rapids ahead\u2019 means the ensuing suffering and pain; \u2018whirlpool\u2019 means pleasure, \u2018crocodiles and demons\u2019 refers to the decay and death that follow a life of lust and indulgence; \u2018Someone on the shore,\u2019 who calls out, is Buddha.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Teaching of Buddha<\/i> (Tokyo, 1962), 90<\/span><\/p>\n

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Latter-day Saints would be comfortable with this allegory, too.\u00a0 We might well even be comfortable with treating the Buddha as a divinely-inspired warning voice.\u00a0 Most likely, though, we would say that the person on the shore who calls out a warning is one of the prophets, whether ancient or modern.\u00a0 And we are fools if we pay no heed to his cautions.<\/p>\n

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Sic et Non<\/em> is your one-stop place not only for restaurant recommendations but for relationship advice!<\/p>\n

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\u201cIs marrying later really better?\u00a0 A new study from the Wheatley Institution at BYU and the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia says there shouldn\u2019t be stigma attached to marrying young\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cSHOCKING: Experts discover a secret to marital happiness that\u2019s only been known to anyone in history who ever read the Bible\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I love this article that\u00a0was written by Julie Boy\u00e9 and published in<\/span>\u00a0the Deseret News<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cPerspective: What I\u2019ve been wanting to say to the anonymous hater: My husband is Black. Our eight children are biracial. We love each other even when we are confronted by haters\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Good for her<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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Beyond the double connection to Salt Lake City in this article, there is also a remarkable story of great generosity:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSalt Lake\u2019s Erin Jackson makes history in winning gold in 500-meter speedskating: On the global stage, Salt Lake City resident Erin Jackson proved why she is ranked No. 1 in the world.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I forget, sometimes, which items from the Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cHow Religion Poisons Everything\u201d File<\/em>\u00a9 I\u2019ve shared with you and which I haven\u2019t.\u00a0 (It\u2019s likely that the sheer horror of the contents of the Hitchens File<\/em> leads to some degree or other of repressed memory syndrome.). Anyway, in case I didn\u2019t share these or in case you missed them, here are a quartet of abominations that are worth passing on to you.\u00a0 If you find that mounting indignation begins to cause your blood pressure to spike, I suggest that you read only one of them or, alternatively, that you take a break of at least fifteen to twenty minutes between articles:<\/p>\n

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\u201cFrench Polynesia Sends Love to Tonga: Government, congregations and communities respond to natural disaster with needed aid\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHow Church Humanitarian Donations Are Blessing Lives in South America\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cClean, Safe, Reliable: How a Village in Uganda Restored Its Water Source\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNew Deseret Industries Dedicated in Tucson Metro: Dedicated as \u201ca refuge and a place of renewal,\u201d the welfare and self-reliance facility in Marana, Arizona, aims to emulate Savior\u2019s love for others\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m currently working away at my computer out on a patio from which I can see all the way over to mountains that are several miles away.\u00a0 I\u2019m wearing a short-sleeved shirt and no shoes.\u00a0 This is why I retired.\u00a0 This is the kind of winter with which I was familiar growing up in southern California.\u00a0 I love it.<\/p>\n

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We drove out today with friends to see the new Red Cliffs Utah Temple, which is under construction and really beginning to take shape.\u00a0 It will be the second temple within the city limits of St. George and, on the day that it is dedicated and for some relatively short period thereafter, St. George will contain both the Church\u2019s newest temple and the Church\u2019s oldest still-functioning temple.\u00a0 A nice little distinction, I think.<\/p>\n

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Posted from St. George, Utah<\/p>\n

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