Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 901
April 6, 2016
“After Wisconsin, is Donald Trump unraveling?”
We’re surely entitled to hope so. And, if he is, it will simply be Mr. Trump following his previous business trajectories: http://www.nationalreview.com/article...
BOM Mosiah 24
Today’s reading is Mosiah 24. Perhaps the most important take-away from it is the lesson that the Lord doesn’t always immediately lift our burdens from us. Often, though, as in this instance, he “eases” them for us — sometimes by increasing our capacity to bear them. I’m reminded of psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s [Read More...]
My brief remarks from tonight’s program
Here is the introduction that I gave tonight at the beginning of the program on “Editing Out the ‘Bad Grammar’ in the Book of Mormon” that was held at Brigham Young University: We are here tonight to mark publication of the latest products of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project: The [Read More...]
Ten quotations from the late Justice Scalia, who is missed
In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it’s not perfect, that’s okay, there are a lot more coming along. What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you’d like it to mean? If I have [Read More...]
“Genetic research shows how thousands of years of Native American lineage collapsed when the Europeans arrived”
Very interesting food for thought: Genetic research shows how thousands of years of Native American lineage collapsed when the Europeans arrived
Senator Cruz vows to protect BYU’s religious liberty
You may perhaps have missed Senator Ted Cruz’s victory speech last night. It can’t quite compare with Mr. Donald Trump’s statement following the Wisconsin primary, of course, but it’s interesting, nonetheless: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/... Just after the 9:55 minute mark, for example, speaking in Wisconsin, Senator Cruz explicitly pledges to appoint justices to [Read More...]
Speeches in the greater Phoenix area, 15 April through 17 April
I promised, the other day, that I would post more details regarding the fireside about Islam that I’ll be doing with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser somewhere in the Phoenix/Mesa area on Sunday, 17 April. I don’t yet have any more information about the place and time for that event. However, I can now [Read More...]
LDS missionaries sing a version of Adele’s “Hello”
http://www.ldsliving.com/Mormon-Missi... Thanks to Darby Walters for bringing this to my notice.
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