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“Ancient Book of Mormon Studies — A Futile Undertaking?”

    http://www.plonialmonimormon.com/2016...   Posted from Jerusalem    

“Who Will Debunk the Debunkers?”

    A really interesting little piece about skepticism about scientific skepticism, including an allegation that Charles Darwin was a liar and a plagiarist as well as a quotation from BYU’s own Cody Carter:   http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/w...   Posted from Jerusalem    

“Pleased as man with men to dwell”

    A thought or two on the central and unique doctrine of Christianity:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   Posted from Jerusalem    

“Yerushalayim shel zahav”

    One of the most famous songs of and about Jerusalem, a song that I love:     Posted from Jerusalem  

Can Jordan be an exemplar for the Arab world?

    Jordan has to show the Arab world that there’s another way of doing things. We’re a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system — left, right and center — in a couple of years’ time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something [Read More...]

A Sunday in Israel/Palestine

    It’s difficult for me to say which day of this tour itinerary is my favorite.  But today is surely among them.  (Is any day actually not?)   We went out on the Sea of Galilee this morning, and Jack Welch, Brent Top, and I spoke briefly to the combined bus groups on a [Read More...]

Saturday in the Holy Land

    I’ve fallen a bit behind in my (already rather perfunctory) trip journal, so here’s an attempt to catch up:   We began yesterday with a visit to the Wadi al-Hammam, the Valley of the Doves, which begins at Magdala, just below the cliffs of Mount Arbel.  This was almost certainly the valley through [Read More...]

A book review of “A Reason for Faith”

    http://www.plonialmonimormon.com/2016...   Posted from Jericho, Palestine    

“Artist memorably captured moment before Savior’s miracle”

    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70...   We were in Capernaum today.   Posted from Jericho, Palestine    

Faith, in science

    Science has faith. We make postulates. We can’t prove those postulates, but we have faith in them. Charles H. Townes   Posted from Jericho, Palestine