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February 3, 2016
“Debating the Foundations of Mormonism: The Book of Mormon and Archaeology”
In August 2005, John Clark, Wade Ardern, and Matt Roper presented the following interesting material to the annual FAIR (now FairMormon) conference: http://www.fairmormon.org/perspective...
Tonight in West Jordan, Utah
Just in case anybody out there has even a flicker of interest: I’ll be speaking tonight in West Jordan, Utah, on the topic of “Who’s Who and What’s What in the Middle East.” I plan to present a basic introduction to the various groups and factions (e.g., Iranian, Arab, Turk, Sunni, Shi‘i, ISIS, [Read More...]
February 2, 2016
“Archaeologists Find a Rare 4500-Year-Old Egyptian Funerary Boat”
And now, yet another buried boat has been found, though this one is somewhat smaller than that of Khufu and appears not to be a royal vessel: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n... (Thanks to Jabra Ghneim for alerting me to this.)
BOM 2 Nephi 15
Isaiah can be confusing, daunting, intimidating. But his eloquence astonishes, and he’s remarkably quotable. Which is why he’s the most quoted prophet in the New Testament. And in the Book of Mormon. And in the Dead Sea Scrolls. He is, as Elder Bruce McConkie once termed him, “a prophet’s prophet.” There are [Read More...]
“The true measure of a man”
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” Samuel Johnson
“The Book of Mormon and the modern-day Tyndale moment”
An article from Taylor Halverson in today’s Deseret News: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...
Galilee Grill and Bakery
I’ve long felt that food is an important part of a culture, so, in my Humanities 242 classes (“Introduction to the Humanities of Islam”), I’ve always offered extra credit for (among other possibilities) experiencing and writing something up about cuisine from the Islamic world. There’s always been Bombay House in Provo, which my [Read More...]
Happy Groundhog Day!
Nicol Sorenson-Legakis reminds me that it’s that day of the year when I need to remind you of the greatest movie ever made. I know my duty, so here’s something from a blog entry that I first wrote several years ago: Groundhog Day is the greatest movie ever made. And I’m [Read More...]
They made Iowa great again!
Some further reactions to Iowa’s caucus results: * The odds are now very good that the Republican nominee will be a Cuban-American. That’s really interesting. * I would be happy with either Senator Cruz or Senator Rubio. (I was aware of both, and supported both, when they were first running for [Read More...]
February 1, 2016
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