On January 12, 2010, and at 4:53 pm (Haitian Local Time), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated the nation of Haiti. A region being referred to as the poorest country in the Northern Hemisphere. The response to this catastrophe is phenomenal. Prior to this, on December 26, 2004, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake caused a Tsunami that [...] Read More →
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Nehemiah, Katrina, Indonesia, Haiti, and Rebuilding Our Lives
On February - 6 - 2010
Nehemiah, Katrina, Indonesia, Haiti, and Rebuilding Our Lives
On February - 6 - 2010
On January 12, 2010, and at 4:53 pm (Haitian Local Time), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated the nation of Haiti. A region being referred to as the poorest country in the Northern Hemisphere. The response to this catastrophe is phenomenal. Prior to this, on December 26, 2004, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake caused a Tsunami that [...] Read More →
A Kiss from my wife!
On January - 25 - 2010
About three years ago, I happened to have found a piece of paper. On this paper was a grocery list. On the back side of it, a lipstick stain in the form of a kiss. My wife had blotched her newly painted lips and thought she had tossed it. Well, one day, I decided that [...] Read More →
“Worlds Without Number have I Created”
On January - 18 - 2010
Today, in the Gospel Essentials class, we discussed the Creation. This study (and lesson) is based upon Moses 1:27-42, and Moses 2-3. The purpose of this particular study was to understand the nature of the revelation given to Joseph Smith about how God revealed to Moses the creation of all things. In order to understand [...] Read More →
TILM and Mark Cares – They still don’t get it!
On January - 16 - 2010
The cross is a symbol that causes several types of reactions. In today’s pop culture, the cross is an icon that is used perhaps as a good luck charm than a statement of belief. To the agnostic or atheists who are growing bolder in proclaiming disbelief, the cross is spat upon as a mythical hoax [...] Read More →
A Conversational Perspective: Rebuttal to TILM
On January - 12 - 2010
The following dialogue is occurring over at TILM’s blog. 6 Responses to this post. Posted by Timothy Berman on January 12, 2010 at 7:40 pm So, would you agree that if someone posted the following Billboard message, that it is okay and correct? Christians celebrate and worship Human Sacrifice as an appeasement to a better life. Reply This first comment [...] Read More →
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Poisoning the Well – TILM’s Campaign Propaganda
On January - 12 - 2010
A recent news article appeared in the Idaho State Journal. This article focuses on billboards that are appearing in Pocatello, Idaho. The subject of these billboards – to promote the long held modern Christian Evangelical perspective that Mormon’s are not Christians. This is typically provisioned with the mantra “We are not attacking the Mormon’s, we [...] Read More →
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MormonTimes – Loose-control translation theory and Joseph’s language
On January - 11 - 2010
Michael R. Ash recently published an article in Mormon Times regarding MormonTimes – Loose-control translation theory and Joseph’s language. This article describes the possible reality and condition in which the translation process of the Book of Mormon took place. Of course, this is out of the more common understanding among most lay members of the [...] Read More →
This Ordinary Life – A Latter-day Saint Christian Perspective 2010-01-08 19:20:48
On January - 8 - 2010
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Studying the Old Testament – An Introduction
On January - 3 - 2010
One of the many arguments that the Critics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints employ is the false conclusion that Mormons “belittle” and “disregard” the sacredness of the Bible. In fact, some go so far to accuse Mormons and Mormonism as to being Anti-Biblical. However, such an argument is truly false when [...] Read More →
President Uchtdorf – Hold on a Little Longer – January First Presidency Message
On January - 3 - 2010
The close of 2009 is probably one of the most tragic times in the lives of some people, especially within the Pacific Northwest. News media were filled with stories of a Seattle Officer being gunned down on Halloween night, four Lakewood Police Officers being assassinated while having coffee and preparing for their day of [...] Read More →
Comical Relief – Writer’s do have a sick sense of humor
On November - 12 - 2009
Recently, I had started a thread over at www.writingforums.com. This thread is discussing how we all came up with our particular online monikers. Mine is SeattleGhostWriter. Well, being a bit tired and in one of those weird moods, I had decided to post something of a confession regarding a particular nickname that was held for [...] Read More →