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January 10, 2015
Luther, on the Bible
“The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.” (Martin Luther, d. 1546 )
In which I condemn “Charlie Hebdo”
I was, and I remain, indignant at the Islamist attack on Charlie Hebdo. It was a criminal outrage. An obscenity. I’m moved by the defiant statement attributed to the magazine’s publisher, Stephane Charbonnier, who, with others of his colleagues, was murdered earlier this week: “I’d rather die on my feet than live on [Read More...]
New Testament 31
John 4:4-42 1. Why did Jesus need to travel through Samaria in order to reach the Galilee from Judea (4:4)? If, as I’ve been saying, he was baptizing at the Jordan River somewhere not too far from Jericho and the northern end of the Dead Sea, couldn’t he simply have traveled [Read More...]
“Evidences for the Book of Mormon: Nephi the Scribe”
Another interesting Deseret News article from Taylor Halverson: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...
“Je Suis Ahmed”
No doubt some of you have seen the disturbing video of a wounded Paris policeman lying in pain on the sidewalk. He had, it seems, been shot during the initial attack by the Kouachi brothers on the offices of Charlie Hebdo. When one of the brothers trots over toward him, he raises his [Read More...]
January 9, 2015
“What is scripture?”
The latest bi-weekly Hamblin-Peterson column has been posted at the Deseret News: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86... Your long, desperate wait is over. (For the humor-impaired, please imagine a smiley face or an “LOL” here.)
Grave Matters
He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead. There’s wisdom in considering that fact. However, continuing on the theme of death, here’s something funny. If you haven’t seen it, you’ll like it. If you have seen it, you’ll probably still find it funny: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=...
The head of Hezbollah says that extremists harm Islam more than cartoons do.
This is pretty striking: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01... And, for those who wonder: Yes, it was said in Arabic. To Arabs. In the Middle East. (Thanks to Jabra Ghneim for pointing me to this.)
January 8, 2015
Fathers and Sons
“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” (Charles Wadsworth)
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