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October 22, 2015
“Welcoming the world’s religions to Temple Square”
This week’s Thursday Deseret News column is up: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86... Don’t miss going through the eight photographs that accompany the article. They give some sense, at least, of what the program was like.
October 21, 2015
New Testament 274
Mark 11:18-19 Luke 19:47-48 Compare Luke 21:37; John 8:1-2; 11:45-53 Jesus is forcing a confrontation with the Jerusalem elite. He’s challenging them. His raising of Lazarus and his cleansing of the temple, in which he’s now teaching, have made him more and more public, and they have no choice but to react. [Read More...]
A heartbreaking story from Yemen
People tell me all the time that we should simply ignore the Middle East. Let ‘em kill each other if that’s what they want, I’m told. It’s none of our business. I understand such comments. The region seems permanently violent and unstable. Its many problems seem insoluble, and many there don’t even [Read More...]
“Slick and Far from Truth”
“And should they die before their journey’s through . . . Meh. Life is tough. Get over it.” Or something of that sort, I suppose. Slate magazine recently published an exposé – “a stunning investigatory story” – alleging that Latter-day Saint “missionary culture counsels strongly against seeking medical help” and that (apparently callous) [Read More...]
“Most earth-like worlds have yet to be born, according to theoretical study”
This is a fascinating little item: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arch... “And were it possible that man could number the particles of the earth, yea, millions of earths like this, it would not be a beginning to the number of thy creations; and thy curtains are stretched out still.” (Moses 7:30)
How to change the world
“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire!” St. Catherine of Siena
“History vs Heritage: Maybe We Should Stop Saying That We’ve Been Lied to by the Church”
There are points here at which I disagree — I don’t, for example, concur with the description of the “September 6″ excommunications as a “witch hunt,” and I’m considerably less condemnatory of the “heritage” that this article contrasts with “history” than the article itself seems to be (see, for example, David B. Honey [Read More...]
New Testament 273
Mark 11:15-17 Luke 19:45-46 Compare Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17 Once more, the ever-accepting, totally non-judgmental Jesus asserted by some seems to be completely invisible in the New Testament. Obviously, we can’t use his example here to charter our own harsh behavior toward those of whom we disapprove or with whom we [Read More...]
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