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Ashlee and Brittany

    I’m really happy to see that the “Saving Ashlee Fund” has now met, and even slightly exceeded, its monetary target.  Many people stepped forward to support and stand with Ashlee and her family, and she is obviously in the prayers of many, as well.  We hope for the best.   I can’t help [Read More...]

Experience

    “Experience by itself proves nothing.  If a man doubts whether he is dreaming or waking, no experiment can solve his doubt, since every experiment may itself be part of the dream.  Experience proves this, or that, or nothing, according to the preconceptions we bring to it.” C. S. Lewis, “Miracles,” God in the [Read More...]

2 Nephi 32

    I suspect that the church sign above has been photoshopped.  But it takes very little searching to discover genuine anti-Mormon websites and other materials exhorting their audiences absolutely not to pray about the Book of Mormon.  So, whether or not the sign is authentic, the sentiment is genuine.   Which puts me in [Read More...]

Buy this book!

    Have I mentioned this extraordinarily wonderful book lately?   Not recently enough, I suspect.   There’s even a Kindle version.    

One of my all-time favorite cartoons

    Thanks to “Logophile” for reminding me of it.    

A satisfying day

    I’m very pleased.  Entirely gratified.   Today’s Temple on Mount Zion Conference was, in my judgment, a success on every level.  Excellent, insightful presentations delivered to a large and appreciative audience.  It was an event in the classic FARMS style.   I could scarcely be more satisfied with it, and I’m very grateful [Read More...]

“The Book of Mormon: Five Simple Reasons I Believe”

    A nice blog post, well worth a read:   xhttp://www.aggielandmormons.org/2014/...    

“A Mormon Version of Cheap Grace”

    A friend and former colleague weighs in on an exchange that occurred a few days ago on this very blog:   http://fornspollfira.blogspot.com/201...   The term cheap grace was coined by the heroic German pastor, theologian, and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer in The Cost of Discipleship (original German title, simply Nachfolge):  “Cheap grace is the [Read More...]

“Putting to Rest a Bad Argument: Marriage Law and Sex Discrimination”

    An interesting read from Sherif Girgis:   http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/201...    

From the temple conference

    I’m sitting, right now, in the audience at today’s Interpreter Foundation temple conference.   Marvelous papers thus far, and a fine audience.   Seated one row ahead of me and a few places to my right (just in front of the sainted Louis Midgley) is Bryce Haymond, who is video-recording the proceedings for eventual posting [Read More...]