I appreciate Kerry Shirts swapping shifts with me, today, at the Museum of Idaho for the Ink & Blood exhibit.

On the upper floor of this museum, a first edition Aitkens Bible (1782) in an enclosed case is open to Psalm 49.  Thank you Robert Aitken for printing Psalm 49:15 on American soil!

I rejoice over what is written in the congressional record, dated September 10, 1782.

Even more, I rejoice over the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.  It is a fundamental truth that my heart clings to with joy, today.

I just read this.  So I was not imagining things during general conference this past weekend.

I know that in describing Him we can use the terms omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent.

Those concepts are difficult for me to thoroughly comprehend, but I understand His love (312).

– Finding Peace, Happiness, Joy(Deseret Book, 2007) by Richard G. Scott

Naturally, I have lots of questions.  Is this statement by the LDS apostle inspired?  Authoritative?  Trustworthy?  Do the LDS general authorities in 2007 define God with these three words?  Does Richard really mean what I think he means? 

I really need some help here, friends.

On this Lord’s Day in New York City, I have been reading Isaiah 9.

Here is a verse that pops out.

“The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones:  the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.”

May we not be sinfully prideful in strategizing apart from God.

O God, preserve us from Israel’s ancient motto.  We need You.

My wife and I just took a tour of the Beehive House.  First time for us.  I learned that Brigham had 56 biological children from his wives.  Sounds like a full time job.

But this is what I just read in one of my Turkey travel guides . . .

“A recent survey carried out in east and southeast Turkey discovered that one in 10 women were living in polygamous marriages, even though these became illegal in 1926.”

We will be in NYC, tonight.  Hopefully, just hopefully, Turkish Air will let us hop on a new plane for Instanbul, tomorrow.

1.  Blakes’ exchange here on the nature of God . . . and why he believes God is not a unique species, different than man.

2.  The two best pics that I have recently seen in bloggernacle, red rocks and family.  Fantastic.

3.  Outside of bloggernacle, the contrast is picturesque banality.

4.  One of the most powerful verses posted on the internet, and with English transliteration of the Greek, too.

5.  An interesting blogger name.  As I have been working my way through Isaiah slowly and purposefully for the very first time, I am in awe of Isaiah’s God.

6.  No new can of worms here.  Disbelief has been around for a long time.  If I had time, I would love to sit down with LxxLuthor and discuss the worldwide flood.

7.  Evangelical and Mormon debate over Christ.

8.  I just read this.  But it makes me want to write a post for just the general public on the topic, “Why do people who refuse to believe the Bible, still study it?”  There are religious scholars who devote their whole lives to the study of Scripture and yet refuse to believe.

9.  This gives me insight into a controversy that I see continually popping up.  Thanks.

10.  The number one political question for evangelicals living in the corridor.

Nope.  Youtube has been banned at BYU. 

It is no surprise when you see Romney on the front page of The Salt Lake Tribune (2/4) with the article, “It’s politics over pulpit.”

But now USA Today wants to be in on the excitement with the headlines, “Will Mormon faith hurt bid for White House?”

Do you think it will?

Do you think it should?

This is the front page news of the Post Register, the newspaper in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  (Disclaimer – the paper tends to be biased against conservative Republican politics and Mormonism.  Just ask the neighbors.)

Here are excerpts:

The Case:  Kenichi David Kaneko is facing five felony charges for allegedly contributing to the deaths of his wife and daughter:  two counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of abandonment of a vulnerable adult and one count of desertion.  A hearing to determine whether there is sufficient evidence for him to stand trial on the charges will continue at 9:30 a.m. today at the Madison County Courthouse. (more…)