I just noticed this for the first time last night.

I don’t think the discoveries of edited hymns bother me nearly as bad as this.

Why is the first stanza missing in Mosiah for our community?

Leaving the house where I was staying, I took an evening walk.  I tried to take some pictures of what I saw:

Beautiful pictures.  Catholic churches everywhere.

What is “PYROHY”?

What is the significance of the three cross bars on this steeple?  The Trinity?

Marys on church grounds and Marys in house yards – do you think there is too much Mary?

And is this a common name for a Catholic religious center?

After speaking to a men’s group in Northern Ohio, I am back in town. Tomorrow, I have a “Heart Issues for Catholics”. 😉

But did you read this yesterday in USA TODAY?

There aren’t many states on a political map redder than Utah.  The state’s voters gave George W. Bush 71.5% of the vote in 2004, the highest percent in the nation.  Four years earlier, they gave Bush 66.8%.  That was the third highest, behind only Wyoming and Idaho.  Utah voters have not given a majority of their votes to a Democratic candidate since President Lyndon Johnson’s landslide victory over Sen. Barry Goldwater in 1964.  That’s unlike to change this year.  According to a statewide poll by Dan Jones & Associates, conducted Sept. 8-11, Republican presidential nominee John McCain leads Democratic nominee Barack Obama 62%-24% among registered voters.

I think Obama ought to spend the rest of his campaigning days among the hardworking folk of the Intermountain West.  I think it could round him out a little bit.  But maybe he thinks we are beyond hope.

Yet I have hope.

(smiling)

The discussion:  “Is Mormonism Christian” at First Things

HT:  Julie M. Smith at Times & Seasons

I am happy to see a GA speaking up.

Yes, people are thinking about the message of Isaiah – sundry stripes of people – even this week.

• Atheist Leo – The God Challenge
• LDS Rusty – Discussing an open canon
• Reformed Christian Shane – Ye are Gods: Does the Bible teach polytheism?

The book of Isaiah is an excellent text to discuss.

No wonder founding LDS prophet Joseph Smith liked the KJV Isaiah chapter title notes so much . . . (more…)

My house mortgage is with Countrywide.

My kids’ college accounts are with Merrill Lynch.

Should I be worried today – September 16, 2008?

I would be worried if I was trusting in John McCain to be my savior.

For the first time, today, I am reading through the 1611 Church of England translation edition (Thomas Nelson Publishers) for the book of Isaiah.  It’s masterful.

So what is up with the Church of England apologizing to Darwin?

I am right in the middle of the magnificent Creator, Maker, Former descriptions of God in Isaiah.

How does the Church of England think that the new heaven and new earth will be created by God as foretold in Isaiah?  Evolutionary processes?

Three questions:

• Have you ever read Isaiah in one sitting?
• What is your favorite translation of the book?
• What is your favorite verse?

This Wednesday is my last study in the book.

Reading this, don’t you feel warm fuzzies all over that Wendy has for other American gals who like to share their Christian convictions? 

Religious pluralism leaves you feeling so happy and peaceful, doesn’t it?

“Sister” Wendy reminds me of the “brethren” in Isaiah 66:5 who hate you and cast you out for sincerely seeking to be loyal to Jehovah rather than the clamor of religious group speak.

I bet that Wendy would categorize any passionate love for Isaiah’s YHWH as “fanatical”, “abusive”, “over the top”, and “out of your mind” in today’s enlightened America.