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BOM 1 Nephi 3

    There is so very much that could be commented on in this chapter, and I hope that some of you out there will take those things up.   In the meantime, it being late out here in the East, I think I’ll content myself with one aspect of the chapter — a limit that, anyway, [Read More...]

“Behold, I make all things new”

    A two-year-old Deseret News Christmas column of mine that now seems quite apropos for the impending New Year:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   Posted from Richmond, Virginia    

On Calvin, on creation and Creator

    “For Calvin, the creation reflects its Creator at every point. Image after images flashed in front of our eyes, as Calvin attempts to convey the multiplicity of ways in which the creation witnesses to its Creator: it is like a visible garment, which the invisible God dons in order to make himself known; [Read More...]

On the weakness of the atheist position

    Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and conclusive increasingly turned out to be circular, tentative, and uncertain. Alister McGrath Posted from Richmond, Virginia  

“This is a Woman’s Church”

    On 8 August 2014, Sharon Eubank, the director of LDS Charities, delivered one of the most well-received talks in the history of FairMormon’s annual conferences.  It’s available for listening and for reading here:   http://www.fairmormon.org/perspective...   Posted from Richmond, Virginia    

You’re kidding! Really? Mormon leaders aren’t motivated by hate?

    Who knew?   http://www.sltrib.com/blogs/3347602-1...   Of course, you would never have learned this simple fact from many accounts.   Posted from Richmond, Virginia    

“Thoughts on Evidences for the Historical Authenticity of the Book of Mormon”

    A new item has been posted on the blog of the Interpreter Foundation:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/thou...   I hope you enjoy it!   Posted from Richmond, Virginia    

“‘A Savior is Born’ Video Ranked in Top 10 Holiday Campaigns of the Year”

    It seems that the effort was pretty successful:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article...   I’m looking forward to next year’s campaign.   Posted from Richmond, Virginia    

“Faith is reason plus . . . “

    Faith is reason plus revelation, and the revelation part requires one to think with the spirit as well as with the mind. You have to hear the music, not just read the notes on the page. Francis Collins   Posted from Richmond, Virginia    

“What American Muslims Do on Christmas: New Traditions Emerge”

    Cultures merge, meld, and adapt in endlessly fascinating ways.  Here are the beginnings of one such transformation:   http://www.npr.org/2015/12/23/4607265...   Thanks to Jabra Ghneim for sharing this link with me.     Posted from Richmond, Virginia