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February 2025

February 09, 2025

Divine Light (with an aside concerning Hollywood darkness)

Are you aware that you can watch Witnesses and Undaunted, right now, at no...

January 2025

January 18, 2025

Songs of the Heart

One of the great things about my father-in-law's funeral on Friday was the gathering...

March 2024

March 09, 2024

Was Jesus funny?

I agree with this article, which was written by a Roman Catholic: "Does Jesus...

May 2023

May 28, 2023

Should heaven make a difference on earth?

Mary C. Neal, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon ("fellowship-trained as a spinal surgeon")...

May 14, 2023

What he saw in heaven

I thought, it being late on the evening of the Sabbath as I...

April 2023

April 10, 2023

Hot Off the Press!

I'm very pleased to have just received in the mail a hard copy...

January 2023

January 03, 2023

Benedictus est

His death has received (to me) surprisingly little coverage, probably because he was...

April 2022

April 01, 2022

“The Messenger of Salvation”

*** A new article by the indefatigable Matthew L. Bowen has just...

February 2022

February 17, 2022

An endless smörgåsbord, or a hurried sack lunch?

*** I'm continuing the theme of my blog entry from yesterday, "Our...

February 16, 2022

Our only hope for full flowering

*** I continue to be struck by a quotation from then-Elder Russell...

January 2021

January 23, 2021

“Remembering Heaven”

I've already mentioned that the Interpreter Foundation's theatrical film, Witnesses, will be featured at...

November 2020

November 16, 2020

Forgiveness, grace, and cosmic justice

One reason for hoping that there is a life after death, a better...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Revision 5.17 “What the West Owes the East” (The Arts)

Arabic influence is clearly visible in the arts and crafts of the West....

September 28, 2020

Revision 5.16 “What the West Owes the East” (Literature)

Did Arabic literature have any impact upon the literature of the West? Few...

August 2020

August 27, 2020

Revision 4.9 “Hell and Heaven in the Qur’an”

The ultimate destination of the damned is described in the Qur'an with highly...

August 08, 2020

My Hope for the Eternities

It's always weirdly fascinating to see how how I'm currently being attacked on...

March 2020

March 15, 2020

Two thoughts on heaven

I continue to be struck by a quotation from then-Elder Russell M. Nelson...

March 08, 2020

A democratic salvation

A recurring theme in the texts that we've been reading in my Islamic...

February 2020

February 08, 2020

“It was incredible, how fantastic I felt!”

I continue to share passages that I marked while reading a book written...

February 04, 2020

“There is no music in hell”

"There is no music in hell, for all good music belongs to heaven."...

October 2019

October 05, 2019

Faithful women and the blessings of the life to come

I was struck by the beginning of President Dallin H. Oaks's remarks in...

April 2019

April 27, 2019

“Therefore there must be a heaven”

A characteristic argument advanced by the great C. S. Lewis, and one that...

April 24, 2019

On the Christian hope of heaven

I share two thought-provoking passages on hope, from the great C. S. Lewis's...

April 22, 2019

Christian discipleship and mercenary reward

Recently, in the comments section of this blog, an atheist critic took to...

April 03, 2019

Driven by guilt and the fear of Hell?

This is very important and quite concerning: “Moscow Snuffs Out Religious Liberty...

April 18, 2018

Stephen T. Davis on the doctrine of hell (Part 2)

For quite a few years now, I've been a fan of the work...

April 14, 2018

Stephen T. Davis on the doctrine of hell (Part 1)

I've enjoyed the work of Stephen T. Davis, the Russell K. Pitzer Professor...

April 07, 2018

“Still music, but no more sorrow or partings”

Two or three weeks ago, having just dropped my wife off at the...