Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1063

“No New Mormon Hymnal”

    http://janariess.religionnews.com/201...   This offers an opportunity for a little discussion here:   Are there any hymns not in our current hymnbook that you would like to see included?  (“Amazing Grace” would be one of my nominations.  “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” would be another.)   Are there any hymns currently in the [Read More...]

“Why Mitt Romney should save the Republican Party and join the 2016 race”

    I’m not sure that he can save the Republican Party.  But I’m increasingly concerned that the other 3572 Republican presidential candidates can’t.   Which could, even if he never actually received a majority of the votes, deliver the Republican nomination to Donald Trump — and, shortly thereafter, deliver the While House to the youthful [Read More...]

New Testament 264

    Matthew 20:29-34 Mark 10:46-52 Luke 18:35-43 Compare Matthew 9:27-31; Luke 18:31-34   Jesus has the power to give us sight, to enable us to see the things that were always present but that, through our incapacity, we were previously unable to perceive.   May it be with us as it was with Bartimaeus: [Read More...]

Once again, four books to build faith

    I’ve posted this before.  It seems time to post it again:   I’m sometimes contacted by people who’re experiencing doubts about the claims of Mormonism or whose spouse or father or daughter has lost faith.  I always ask what the specific issues might be, and I then try to address those or to [Read More...]

“The Ecstatic Adam” and the creation of Eve

    Interesting thoughts for your consideration of the creation story in Genesis (and elsewhere):   http://www.plonialmonimormon.com/2015...    

Donald Trump (played by Jimmy Fallon) interviews Donald Trump (played by Donald Trump)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Dgw...   Funny, whether your political views are wrong or — like mine — right.   (Thanks to Anne Palmieri for bringing this important visual document to my attention.)    

“The Great Trumpian Divide”: Jonah Goldberg on Trumpmania

    I can’t see anything significant in Jonah Goldberg’s take on Donald Trump and his supporters with which I disagree:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...    

“Stonehenge Myths and Conspiracies”

    What on earth was the thing built for?   We still don’t really know.   But there’ve been some pretty wild theories proposed:   http://news.discovery.com/history/arc...    

“Mormon Church returns the favor, hosts Shabbat for Jews whose temple was destroyed”

    http://www.worldreligionnews.com/reli...   I absolutely love stories like this one.    

“John 10 and hearing unto salvation”

    A nice piece in the Deseret News by Taylor Halverson:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...