Live from the LDS General Conference Outreach

I just used the “universal” button on the Ministry Resource list to add an external laptop battery. I tested the Eee PC and got nearly 4 hours out of it without using the charger, running Skype and the broadband modem (and running Total Recorder so as to provide a backup audio recording). That’s pretty good, but, I would feel a

Since I am headed for Pryor, Oklahoma, on Thursday, this will be the only DL this week. Did a Jumbo on…well, again, a wide, wide variety of topics. Mainly focused on responding to Yusuf Ismail, but, really, covered a wide range of topics, some really important concepts, such as “demythologizing scholarship” and the like. Did start off with a few

Almost made it through, but not quite. Spent the hour listening to, and commenting on, the exchange from Unbelievable. I will finish it up on Tuesday.

How we defend the faith, obviously, depends on the essence and shape of the faith itself. Theology matters, and in this case, determines what is a consistent means of defending the faith and what is not. Today I began reviewing a recent debate involving Bart Ehrman and in so doing began discussing the foundational differences between apologetics that begins with