Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1153

“Who is my neighbor?”

    Shon Hopkin, Martin Tanner, and Bruce Webster gather to discuss New Testament Gospel Doctrine lesson 14 (Matthew 18 and Luke 10) for the 112th scripture roundtable posted by the Interpreter Foundation:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/scri...        

New Testament 91

    Matthew 8:28-34 Mark 5:1-20 Luke 8:26-39   “Gadarenes” or “Gerasenes”?  Hard to know.   This is a remarkable story.  And the notion that evil spirits desire to be incarnated so badly that they would rather be cast into pigs than be at large is interesting, as well.    

Do not be this guy.

    Apparently, when the “Kiss Cam” focuses on couples at the game, they’re supposed to kiss each other.  But the tyranny of technology can interfere, as it did in one case here.  Watch to the end:   https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=...    

“Mormon Tabernacle Choir inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame”

    A nice announcement that was made on Thursday evening:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article...   Incidentally, my wife and I attended a concert at BYU tonight by The King’s Singers.  Their precision was, as it always is, remarkable.  They did a large number of pieces, all American, ranging from spirituals to Cole Porter and Rodgers and [Read More...]

“I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom”

    Kristine Frederickson, Jeffrey Mark Bradshaw, Ben McGuire, and Dan Peterson joined together for the Interpreter Foundation’s scripture roundtable #111 to discuss Matthew 15-17.  These chapters are the focus of Gospel Doctrine New Testament lesson 13:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/scri...    

On expecting help when trying to do good

    “Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it.” Albert Schweitzer

“Ordain Women’s Kate Kelly loses last appeal; husband to resign from Mormon church”

    http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith...   I’m struck by some aspects of the article:   Saturday’s news “saddened” Ordain Women Executive Board Chairwoman Debra Jenson. “We are profoundly troubled by a definition of apostasy that seems to include members asking sincere questions of our leaders,” Jenson said in the group’s news release.   Compare Ms. Jenson’s suggestion [Read More...]

Books from the Interpreter Foundation

    Just a note to remind everybody out there that the Interpreter Foundation has already — in its brief 2.5 year existence — published four books, with several more in the works and on the way.  And that’s not counting our online publication of Volume Four of Royal Skousen’s magisterial project to display and [Read More...]

“The Suicide”

    This comic-with-a-teaching-purpose was created by Mahdi Tabatabaie Yazdi, of Tehran, Iran, who kindly brought it to my attention:   https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...   https://www.facebook.com/Salamcomics/...   Either link should work, I think.  In the latter, at least, simply click on the displayed image to advance to the next one.   I hope that he and his [Read More...]

“Technology will never replace love”

    I don’t know why, but some really great short inspirational videos have been coming out of Thailand.  Here’s the most recent that I’ve seen:   https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=...