See here.

HT: SI

I watched this movie late last night.

One of my favorite lines was when the young, beautiful non-Mormon (Linda Darnell) in anger tells her soon-to-be husband, Jonathan Kent (Tyrone Power): you want “twenty wives to comb your beard”.

Al Mohler questions John Franke.

Scroll down in the post.

It is amazing what people promote in the name of God.

But can one really think that Jesus Christ is calling for diversity and pluralism in John 17?

HT:  Dave Doran

I just started reading this book:  Why? Powerful Answers and Practical Reasons for Living LDS Standards (Deseret Book, 2009) by John Hilton III and Anthony Sweat.  You can find this book at the local Deserets, the Wal-Marts, and the library in town.

The two popular youth men, Hilton and Sweat, are trying to build up all of today’s LDS youth.

But I can’t even agree with the answers to the first two questions in the book.

Chapter 1 – Why Should I Keep the Commandments?

“Why are some commandments more important than others – or are they?

“The Savior said that the most important commandments were to love God and to love our neighbor (see Matthew 22:36-40).  There are obviously some commandments that hurt God or hurt our fellow man more than others.  According to Alma 39:5, the three worst sins that can be committed are denying the Holy Ghost, murder where innocent blood is shed, and sexual immorality” (p. 13).

Chapter 2 – Why Should I Listen to and Follow the Prophet?

1. Prophets can see coming events more clearly and direct us accordingly–they are see-ers!
2. Those who follow the prophet have been promised safety from and preparation for many of the calamities of the last days.
3. When we follow the prophet, we will never be led astray (p. 19)

And there are 27 more main questions along with the subpoint questions . . .

Last week, ex-Mormon Staci wrote on Santa Claus and Mormonism.

I just met Mark Cares for the first time this morning at the Red Lion in Idaho Falls.  He is warm and gracious.  And his smile is contagious.  You all must meet this guy.

Here are the two active blogs for TILM:

www.markcares.wordpress.com

www.latterdaysaintwoman.wordpress.com

Eli from Provo, Utah throws in his two cents, today.

HT: SI

Ostling reports on the latest news of evangelical and LDS togetherness in Christianity Today.

And Aquinas is the first to provide a review.

Pornography is a troublesome issue in Southeastern Idaho.

Dr. Donald L. Hilton, Jr. is speaking in a Citizens for Decency community conference – Visual Addiction:  Pornography and the Brain – with the Idaho Falls segment at Taylorview Jr. High School Auditorium, 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., November 14, 2009.  He and his wife, Jana, currently serve as LDS Family Services PASG (pornography addiction support group) Program Coordinators for San Antonio, Texas for those who struggle with pornography and sexual addiction and their spouses.  They are the parents of five children and two grandchildren.  Dr. Hilton is a renowned neurosurgeon and the author of the LDS book, He Restoreth My Soul. 

You can pick up a free ticket at www.cfdec.org or any Southeast Idaho Deseret Book Store.

I plan on dropping in to hear what Don has to say.

Read this.