Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 782

“Will You Engage in the Wrestle?”

    A note from Robert Boylan alerted me to this very worthwhile perspective on questions, doubts, and defense of the faith that was offered by Sheri Dew during a devotional at Brigham Young University-Idaho on 17 May 2016:   http://www.byui.edu/devotionals/sheri...   You can listen to it or watch it (it’s about half an hour long) [Read More...]

Science as a means of worship

    “I have found there is a wonderful harmony in the complementary truths of science and faith. The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. God can be found in the cathedral or in the laboratory. By investigating God’s majestic and awesome creation, science can actually be a means of [Read More...]

What is goodness, according to the Qur’an?

    “Goodness does not consist in turning your face towards East or West  The truly good are those who believe in God and the Last Day, in the angels, the Scripture, and the prophets; who give away some of their wealth, however much they cherish it, to their relatives, to orphans, the needy, travellers [Read More...]

“Been Restored”

    Here’s a bit of thinking outside the box:   Some missionaries from the Montana Billings Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints preach the Gospel in “rap”:   https://www.facebook.com/unitedlatter...   Thanks to Cody Quirk for calling my attention to this video.    

Seeing “signs” in nature

    “The Christian faith allows us to see further and deeper, to appreciate that nature is studded with signs, radiant with reminders, and emblazoned with symbols of God, our creator and redeemer.” Alister McGrath    

Fireside tonight

    For anybody who cares, I’ll be giving a fireside tonight up in Salt Lake City.   I believe that it’s at 7 PM, in the chapel where the Federal Heights and Arlington Hills wards meet (located at Virginia St. [= 1340 East] and Fairfax Rd. [= 355 North]).   Sorry that I can’t be [Read More...]

“Philly to Mormons: Come, come, ye saints — with new LDS temple and apartment tower, all is well”

    http://www.sltrib.com/home/4358490-15...   It’s actually rather ingenious, to construct a temple in a densely-occupied urban area and to control the quality of its immediate surroundings by erecting other nice buildings near it, including one that will generate revenues to offset the cost and operating expenses of a building that, by its nature, will consume [Read More...]

“Presiding Bishop Visits Refugee Shelters in Berlin”

    The Church is involved in a major way with the world’s current refugee crisis:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org.uk/arti...    

Controlling your thoughts

    “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” Marcus Aurelius    

“Not Even Close: Faculty Gender Bias at the BYUs”

    There has been considerable discussion at various places online over the past day or two about a brief article that is quite critical of the three campuses of Brigham Young University in Utah, Idaho, and Hawaii:   Not Even Close: Faculty Gender Balance at the BYUs   I’ll assume that the numbers supplied in the [Read More...]