Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1158

“The Implications of Past-Tense Syntax in the Book of Mormon”

    Another Friday.  Another article from Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture.   The title may put you off.   But don’t be put off.   The implications of this article, if it’s valid, are extraordinarily important.  Profound.  And a serious challenge to skeptics.   Read the abstract, and I think you’ll see what [Read More...]

“Oldtown Funk,” in Provo

    Here’s some fun, if you have four minutes.   Alex Boyé, of (among other things) the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, has released a remake of the massive Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars hit Uptown Funk, with a twist.  And the twist isn’t merely that it was produced in Provo, Utah.  Look at his dancers:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjRlJ...   [Read More...]

“How the Cross Taunts ISIS”

    A powerful little article by a Roman Catholic priest that manages to link the horrific headlines from today’s Middle East with the triumphant message of Easter:   http://www.realclearreligion.org/arti...    

New Testament 90

    Matthew 8:23-27 Mark 4:35-41 Luke 8:22-25 Compare Matthew 8:18   1.   The image of Jesus asleep in the back of the boat, and so soundly asleep that even a turbulent storm doesn’t wake him, is significant.  It highlights his humanness.  He was physically exhausted.  The constant press of crowds, the long and strenuous [Read More...]

“Gladys Wilson and Naomi Feil”

    I hope you can muster roughly five minutes to watch this video, because it’s truly remarkable.  It will be especially poignant to those who’ve had experience with sufferers from Alzheimer’s Disease, but it’s a moving and revelatory account of the human spirit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrZXz...   It’s worth noting, I think, that Naomi Feil is [Read More...]

A solution to the puzzle of the origin of matter in the universe?

    http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucl...   If these scientists are correct, the existence of matter in the universe — the fact that there is a universe at all — is due to the fact that, at the very moment of the Big Bang, there was a slight asymmetry between the matter and anti-matter that it produced.   [Read More...]

“The Genesis of Jewish Genius”

    Intriguing thoughts from Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks:   http://www.slate.com/bigideas/what-is...    

On hidden truths

    “Many hidden truths are often unobserved, not invisible.”  (Matthew Petti)    

Christians in Science

    Here’s an interesting organization:   http://www.cis.org.uk    

“LDS university president receives national attention for shoveling student’s driveway”

    It’s fun to see Michael Benson getting this kind of attention:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...