Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1070
September 4, 2015
Kelli O’Hara
My wife and I went out to dinner with friends tonight, and then, afterwards, attended a BYU concert with them by Kelli O’Hara. She arrived here in Utah yesterday, taking a break from her current role in the Broadway revival of The King and I, and she spent much of today in a [Read More...]
The universe is orderly, lawful, and rational — which should, perhaps, strike us as rather odd.
“Scientific progress is the discovery of a more and more comprehensive simplicity. . . . The previous successes give us confidence in the future of science: we become more and more conscious of the fact that the universe is cognizable.” (Father Georges Lemaître [1894-1966], Belgian astronomer, physicist, and priest, and, arguably, originator of [Read More...]
“Faith films can’t be dismissed as irrelevant”
Few religious-themed or religiously motivated films — whether Mormon or non-Mormon — have been particularly memorable. But the effort is important, some have been fairly good, and the best is undoubtedly yet to come: Chris Hicks surveys some of the relatively recent offerings for the Deseret News: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...
“What will be the first great video game movie?”
Just calling attention to a piece by a talented young author who writes on movies for the Deseret News: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...
A response to a Book of Mormon “Heartlander”
I really, really, don’t like to see the Saints divide over questions of Book of Mormon geography. They’re not actually that important. They make for interesting discussion and even debate, but they shouldn’t be occasions for impassioned argument, let alone for breaking fellowship or even for schism. In all candor, I suppose [Read More...]
New Testament 255
Matthew 19:23-30 Mark 10:23-31 Luke 18:24-30 Compare Luke 22:28-30 1. First of all, there’s no evidence for an ancient gate in the walls of Jerusalem known as “the eye of a needle.” This attempt to explain these passages should be abandoned. 2. So these passages seem, at first glance, [Read More...]
On the theory of evolution and, separately, on the New Testament
Today brings both a new article and a book review from Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, which, it seems, is taking an awfully long time to die: “A Treasure Trove of Questions” “The Theory of Evolution is Compatible with Both Belief and Unbelief in a Supreme Being” Enjoy!
“Children, Go Where I Send Thee”
If you haven’t seen this bit of missionary lip-syncing, you might enjoy giving it 2:15 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaqSF... And here’s the original group, the Nashville Tribune Band, giving the song a live performance in 2012 in Safford, Arizona: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OelY3...
The Church and the fight against addiction
It’s National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is taking notice: “LDS Church featuring the stories of members who have overcome addictions” “Church Video: Crystal Meth Addict Finds New Heart with God.” If such addictions aren’t overcome, they can (and often do) [Read More...]
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