Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1262

Actual photographic evidence for the biblical story of Jonah

Milestones along the way

    Kirk Caudle announced his resignation from the Church today, on his Facebook page.    

Should Rexburg close down its beaches?

    There was significant flooding in Rexburg, the home of BYU-Idaho, earlier this month.   It brought some unusual visitors to the normally placid college town, presumably drawn by Idaho’s famous Chinook salmon:      

“The Civility Experiment”

    The teacher in my priesthood class on Sunday showed this thought-provoking video.  Many people have apparently seen it already, but I hadn’t, and maybe you haven’t.   It’s definitely worth four minutes.    

“The Vacant Presidency”

    From a few days ago . . .  the situation having become no better in the interim:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   Posted from the bank of the Provo River Wasatch County, Utah

Israel is scarcely without fault

  I will not uncritically defend either side in this conflict.  Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it.     This, it seems to me, is a legitimate criticism of Israeli treatment of Palestinians.   (I sometimes wonder whether the biblical descriptions of Palestine as a “land flowing with milk and honey” were written [Read More...]

Things that really matter

    I never knew Matthew Parker, but his father, Mike, is a friend — and a colleague both in FairMormon and The Interpreter Foundation.  He regularly participates, very insightfully, in the Foundation’s “scripture roundtables,” and we’re often in on those conversations together.   I sincerely hope that I’m not being too public for them [Read More...]

Arresting inspiration

    Two new entries, including a wonderful story of inspiration and blessing, from our friends in Samoa:   http://samoamission.blogspot.com    

“Muslim Twisted Thinking”?

    I received the following in an email on Sunday night.  The original letter purports to come from Dr. Arieh Eldad, of Hadassah Hospital in Israel — a place where we once took one of our sons for a medical emergency (and received first-rate care): I was instrumental in establishing the “Israeli National Skin [Read More...]

Arguing for the Resurrection at Education Week

    Just a reminder that I’ll be speaking at BYU Education Week again this year (19-22 August):   Daniel C. Peterson Truly He Is Risen: A Historical Case for the Resurrection of Christ 3220–3224 Wilkinson Student Center (WSC), 3:10–4:05 p.m. T  The Witness of the Gospels W  The Collective Witness of the Original Twelve [Read More...]