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The Book of Scripture and the Book of Nature

    Nevertheless, just as I believe that the Book of Scripture illumines the pathway to God, so I believe that the Book of Nature, with its astonishing details — the blade of grass, the Conus cedonulli, or the resonance levels of the carbon atom — also suggest a God of purpose and a God [Read More...]

Of motives for worshiping God

    “If I adore you out of fear of Hell, burn me!  If I adore you out of desire for paradise, lock me out of paradise.  But if I adore you for Yourself alone, don’t deny to me your eternal beauty.” Rabi‘a al-‘Adawiyya of Basra (d. AD 801)   Posted from Park City, Utah [Read More...]

New Testament 291

    Matthew 24:23-28 Mark 13:21-23 Compare Matthew 24:4-5, 11; Mark 13:5-6; Luke 17:20-21, 23-24, 37; 21:8   1.   Again, it’s really easy to sit back and condemn, or even to mock, those who will be seduced by false teachers — as if such teachers came clearly marked “false.”  If even the “very elect” [Read More...]

New Testament 292

    Matthew 24:23-28 Mark 13:21-23 Compare Matthew 24:4-5, 11; Mark 13:5-6; Luke 17:20-21, 23-24, 37; 21:8   1.   Again, it’s really easy to sit back and condemn, or even to mock, those who will be seduced by false teachers — as if such teachers came clearly marked “false.”  If even the “very elect” [Read More...]

“NASA adds to evidence of mysterious ancient earthworks”

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/sci...   It seems that we don’t yet know and understand absolutely everything about the past.    

New Testament 290

    Matthew 24:15-22 Mark 13:14-20 Luke 21:20-24 Compare Luke 17:31; 19:43-44   The šiqqǔṣ mišômēm (שִׁקּוּץ מְשׁמֵם) or, in Greek, the bdelugma tes eremoseos (τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως), is something mentioned in the book of Daniel and in 1 Maccabbees, and is often rendered “abomination of desolation,” as in the King James Bible.  Other renderings include the [Read More...]

Could polygamy be good for women and children?

    From the University of California at Davis:   http://blogs.ucdavis.edu/egghead/2015...    

“Panel discusses decline of faith, morality, and family”

    Some of you might find this interesting:   http://universe.byu.edu/2015/10/29/wo...    

“Don’t make the church in your political image”

    I agree with this counsel, and think it really quite important:   http://www.heraldextra.com/news/opini...    

Fun concert last night

      My wife and I attended a really good show last night at BYU, “This is the Moment: The Musicals of Frank Wildhorn.”   Frank Wildhorn is an American composer of popular songs and musicals who’s developed a special relationship with BYU.  (His The Count of Monte Cristo had its world premiere on campus [Read More...]