Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1163

“The Two Shall Become One Flesh: Reclaiming Marriage”

    An important new statement from the group “Evangelicals and Catholics Together”:   http://www.firstthings.com/article/20...    

“Islam and the ‘Islamic State’: What Does the Quran Really Teach about Christianity?”

    An American Muslim lawyer weighs in with her view on the topic:   http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/201...    

“Gallup Poll: Utah Leads Nation in Weekly Church Attendance”

    For some out there, no doubt, yet another reason to hate the place.  Especially if they’re haters:   http://www.newsmax.com/US/utah-church...    

“Who is a Christian?”

    You probably recall — I hope you haven’t forgotten — the twenty-one Egyptian Copts in Libya who were beheaded a few days ago by ISIS, because they were Christians.   If you’d like to read about these men, here’s an article profiling them:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02...   I’m glad that they’re being memorialized as [Read More...]

Five movie recommendations for the Easter season

      Films about repentance, forgiveness, and redemption:   http://www.realclearreligion.org/arti...    

On taking the status quo for granted

    “When will we realize that the fact that we can become accustomed to anything, however disgusting at first, makes it necessary to examine carefully everything we have become accustomed to?” George Bernard Shaw    

New Testament 80

    Luke 6:27-36 Compare Matthew 5:38-48   The differences between the Matthean text (the Sermon on the Mount) and the Lukan text (the Sermon on the Plain) are considerable at this point; each includes material that the other doesn’t.   I’ll concentrate on just one comparison here, though:   Whereas Matthew 5:48, much beloved of [Read More...]

“Protestant and Catholic Mormons”

    I’ve often made similar points, so, of course, I admire and approve of this little article by Jim Faulconer:   http://www.patheos.com//Mormon/Protes...    

“Episcopagans”

    A fascinating case, albeit a really sad one:   http://spectator.org/articles/61791/e...      

Support marriage, fight poverty?

    Here’s an interesting little article on the American retreat from marriage and the effect of that retreat on poverty and childhood problems:   http://www.heritage.org/research/comm...   As an addendum, I note that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is often derided for its emphasis on strengthening marriage and families, as well as [Read More...]