Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 992

Chick Church

  No, not the infamous Jack Chick.  And not what you thought it meant, either.   Instead, a pretty obvious architectural blunder:      

Massive survey shows LDS support for ordination of women!

    http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith...   The results of this survey are being hailed by advocates of women’s ordination and lamented by opponents.   I can’t see what the big deal is.   I too would support the ordination of women if the Lord commanded it through his prophets.  I can think of no reason whatever why women shouldn’t be [Read More...]

“The Hilt Thereof Was of Pure Gold”

    I think that I’ve been remiss in reminding people that the Interpreter Foundation has a blog.  For example, I don’t think that I called attention to this item, by my long-time friend John Tvedtnes, when it was posted.  It concerns ancient parallels to the description of Laban’s sword in 1 Nephi:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/the-... [Read More...]

“Who guards the most sacred site in Christendom? Two Muslims”

    I’ve been aware of this curious situation, I think, since I first lived in Jerusalem in 1978.  But people need to know about it, and I’m grateful to Jabra Ghneim for alerting me to this article, which was originally published shortly before Easter 2013:   http://www.ibtimes.com/who-guards-mos...    

“Books for Christmas”

    Here are some book recommendations from the Interpreter Foundation’s man in Ireland, Robert Boylan:   http://scripturalmormonism.blogspot.c...   I’ve read several of them myself — I’ve written columns about at least two — and am interested in several of the others.   Have a look here, under “AmazonSmile,” to read about a painless way [Read More...]

New Testament 338

    Luke 23:13-16 Compare Luke 23:4, 22; John 18:38   As the Roman procurator of Judea, Pilate had no interest — and no legal responsibility to be interested — in questions of Jesus theology and law.  He was there, simply, to maintain to maintain order and to protect the interests of Rome.   Accordingly, [Read More...]

The “Seven Social Sins”

    The Seven Social Sins are:Wealth without work.Pleasure without conscience.Knowledge without character.Commerce without morality.Science without humanity.Worship without sacrifice.Politics without principle.From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on 20 March 1925    

“Exclusive: Trump’s Full Medical Report”

    Read it and weep, puny mortals!   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...    

LDS Church reaches milestone of 30,000 congregations

    It’s a nice round figure:   http://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/2...   May the kingdom of God go forth, that the kingdom of heaven may come.    

“Mormons and the Trump Proposal”

    A writer on Mormon history lays out some of his concerns:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   And I might add that, even today, Mormons may well be more vulnerable to federal religious discrimination — if the government is ever allowed to discriminate according to religious affiliation — than many other groups.  According to some studies (see, [Read More...]