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BOM Mosiah 10

    Two brief observations regarding today’s reading, Mosiah 10:   1.    “Now, the Lamanites knew nothing concerning the Lord,” says verse 11,  “nor the strength of the Lord, therefore they depended upon their own strength. Yet they were a strong people, as to the strength of men.”   The Lamanites could survive such arrogance in their [Read More...]

“An Easter Carol”

    Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right . . . Phillips Brooks, “An Easter Carol”  

“Holy Week aids Easter reflections”

    A past Deseret News column, appropriate for this week:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...    

Background for Brussels

    I know that many won’t want to hear nuances today.  I haven’t been looking, but, even on my own Facebook page and in comments sent to me, I’ve challenged to defend Islam as a “religion of peace,” told that we ought to deport all Muslims or at least bar them at our borders, [Read More...]

In “The Federalist”: “How Mormons Could Prevent a President Trump”

  How Mormons Could Prevent A President Trump   Make it so.    

Reflections on Brussels

    We don’t yet know — at least, I don’t — who is behind the horrific attacks in Brussels, Belgium.  (The fact that three LDS missionaries were among the wounded will bring this event closer to home for many of my readers.)   It’s virtually certain, though, that they were carried out by Islamists. [Read More...]

“Our Government Was Designed to Protect Us from the Trumps of the World”

    Kevin Williamson makes a quite serious point:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   Incidentally, I would appreciate it if people who don’t trouble themselves to read the article would refrain from denouncing it as “moronic” and etc. here on my blog and on my Facebook page.   If they read it and then want to dispute its [Read More...]

Fresh insights into a story common to both Genesis and the Qur’an

    We joined with neighbors tonight to attend a performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Hale Center Theater in Orem.   It was very, very well done.   Dreamcoat is, so far as I can tell, an utterly vacuous play.  If it has any kind of a real point or [Read More...]

BOM Mosiah 9

    Today’s reading, Mosiah 9, gives us a glimpse into one of the several distinct sets of records that were employed to construct the Book of Mormon — and is, therefore, yet another window into the complexity of the book that was given to the world through Joseph Smith.   Note the first phrase of [Read More...]

Easily checked in Jerusalem, after all

    “The simple fact that the Christian fellowship, founded on belief in Jesus’ resurrection, came into existence and flourished in the very city where he was executed and buried is powerful evidence for the historicity of the empty tomb.” William Lane Craig