Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1182

“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.)    

“The Mormons, Benghazi, and Charlie Hebdo”

    https://www.commentarymagazine.com/20...    

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)    

New Testament 29

    John 3:23-36   Just a few quick notes about this passage.   1.   I’ve already noted the reference to John’s having chosen his baptismal site (“at Aenon near Salim,” almost certainly on the Jordan River) “because there was much water there” (3:23).  This strongly suggests baptism by immersion rather than by sprinkling. [Read More...]

“The Manliest Thing in History”

    And no, you’ll be astonished to discover that this story doesn’t revolve around me.  Another illustration, as if more were needed, that reason and common sense don’t always prevail:   http://www.dose.com/lists/2999/He-Saw...    

Insight from the Duke

    “Life’s hard.  It’s even harder when you’re stupid.”  (John Wayne)    

Reactions to the Paris murders

    Here’s a sampling of reactions from world leaders to the murders in Paris:   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/world...   One of those leaders is Egypt’s President al-Sisi.  Here’s a video showing roughly two minutes of an important speech that al-Sisi delivered at Cairo’s al-Azhar University — the most prestigious Islamic university in the Arab world, founded [Read More...]

The average college freshman reads at a seventh-grade level.

    This is rather depressing.  But it’s also a call to action:   http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6174