Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Wisdom from the 42nd Page: Holes
Three times a day, Cleverly puts the 42nd page of a book up. There is a wide variety of subjects and a single page can be enough to completely catch you attention. Check out a sample: Wisdom from the 42nd Page: Holes
Monday, July 21, 2008
Codex Sinaiticus Project goes online July 24, 2008
Codex Sinaiticus Project: "Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. Its heavily corrected text is of outstanding importance for the history of the Bible and the manuscript - the oldest substantial book to survive Antiquity - is of supreme importance for the history of the book."
Friday, March 28, 2008
Mormons for open source | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET Blogs
Mormons for open source | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET Blogs: "It does my heart good to see my church putting its tithing dollars to work in an inspired cause: open source. A friend just sent me a job posting on the LDS Church's website calling for a Linus Torvalds-like figure to lead open-source development efforts for the LDS Church and its IT projects."
Monday, January 28, 2008
LDS Newsroom - Beloved Church President, Gordon B. Hinckley, Dies at 97
LDS Newsroom - Beloved Church President, Gordon B. Hinckley, Dies at 97: "President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through twelve years of global expansion, has died at the age of 97.
President Hinckley was the 15th president in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its president since 12 March 1995.
The Church president died at his apartment in downtown Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m. Sunday night from causes incident to age. Members of his family were at his bedside. A successor is not expected to be formally chosen by the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles until after President Hinckley’s funeral within the next few days."
President Hinckley was the 15th president in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its president since 12 March 1995.
The Church president died at his apartment in downtown Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m. Sunday night from causes incident to age. Members of his family were at his bedside. A successor is not expected to be formally chosen by the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles until after President Hinckley’s funeral within the next few days."
Sunday, January 06, 2008
The Ancestry Insider: Temple Districts Using New FamilySearch
The Ancestry Insider: Temple Districts Using New FamilySearch: "This list and map show where New FamilySearch (NFS) has rolled out."
Friday, December 14, 2007
Archive Publishers Mormon Books
Archive Publishers Mormon Books: "For several years, the demand for rare and out-of-print Mormon Books has continually increased. Older writings have not only been unaffordable for the average reader but have been difficult to locate. Sensing the mounting demand for early historical Church literature, LDS Archive Publishers has collected (and continually adds to) a library of doctrinal, historical and faith-promoting writings for the layman as well as the researcher."
Sunday, February 11, 2007
A leading evangelical speaks at the Mormon Tabernacle and says evangelicals have spread lies about LDS beliefs. -- Beliefnet.com
A leading evangelical speaks at the Mormon Tabernacle and says evangelicals have spread lies about LDS beliefs. -- Beliefnet.com: "In what the Deseret News referred to as 'stunningly candid' comments, Fuller Theological Seminary president and Beliefnet columnist Richard J. Mouw apologized to Mormons for evangelicals' tendency to distort the truth about Latter-day Saints' beliefs. 'Let me state it clearly. We evangelicals have sinned against you,' Mouw said. The speech is making the rounds among surprised and generally pleased evangelical and Mormon groups. We reprint the remarks below."