Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1075

“The Discipleship of the Stressed”

    Greg Smith offers a bracing thought for those of us who’re trying to be followers of Jesus:   https://seesangelsinthearchitecture.w...   Fortunately, Christ atoned for our shortfalls, which are many.   Posted from Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

“The World’s Most Astonished Atheist”

    C. S. Lewis, of course, is extremely well known — though I always want to encourage those who haven’t read him to do so, and to encourage those who think they already have to read him again.   But Joy Davidman, who became all too briefly his wife, is considerably less famous.  (Those [Read More...]

“Biblical Archaeology’s Top Ten Discoveries of 2014″

    Have you heard about all of these?   http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2...   Posted from Frankfurt, Germany    

“Five Reasons I Became a Latter-day Saint”

    One convert’s perspective:   http://www.aggielandmormons.org/2015/...   Incidentally, late on Friday night my wife and I ran into two missionaries in the Altstadt (the “Old City”) of Erfurt as they were returning to their apartment not far from the Domplatz (Cathedral Plaza).  One was from Utah, and the other was from Montana.   We had [Read More...]

Lots of Luther and a bit of Boniface

    The XXI. Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions now being over, my wife and I devoted a substantial part of the day to Martin Luther.     We made a last trip down to the Erfurter Altstadt, for example — this time to visit the Augustinian cloister where Luther lived [Read More...]

“Quantum ‘spookiness’ passes toughest test yet”

    This is rather difficult stuff, but its implications are stunning:   Mind influencing matter?  Action instantaneously across potentially vast distances?   http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-sp...   Posted from Frankfurt, Germany    

Luther on marriage

    “Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.” Martin Luther   Posted from Frankfurt, Germany  

“A Grotesquely Biased Ruling Against Religious Liberty”

    I could be mistaken, but I don’t think I’ve posted a link to this article:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   There is, I think, considerable reason to be concerned.   Posted from Erfurt, Germany    

“No, the Internet is Not Killing Religion in America”

    The other day, I posted an item entitled “Is the Internet Killing Religion?”   In response, somebody — I think that it was Ray Agostini — drew my attention to this interesting piece:   http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-techn...   As I’ve remarked previously, it’s essential for those who wish to foster and spread faith to understand [Read More...]

“Is Polyamory Next?”

    Well of course it is.   http://www.the-american-interest.com/...   And don’t try to say that we didn’t warn you.   Posted from Erfurt, Germany