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2026-06-13T12:25:14-06:00

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow? Yes!

Last updated on: June 13, 2026 at 12:25 pm By Dan Peterson

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This new article appeared today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: “A Proposed Kinship between Alma2 and Nephihah,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 69 (2026): 61-66, written by Brant A. Gardner: Abstract: The Book of Mormon presents a wealth of important information related to how we should understand our lives and relationship with God. Frustratingly, it leaves unwritten a large body of information that we would like to know. This note tries to read... Read more

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2026-06-11T20:57:08-06:00

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A new series of offerings from “Becoming Brigham”

Last updated on: June 11, 2026 at 8:57 pm By Dan Peterson

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A new article of mine has appeared in Meridian Magazine. I hope that you’ll take a look at it: “The Hidden Meaning in Ruth’s Most Famous Promise” I think that temple-attending Latter-day Saints above a certain age are likely to find particular significance in what the article has to say. I’m also pleased to announce a new development in connection with our Becoming Brigham mini-documentary series: Our interviews with scholars for Becoming Brigham typically run at least an hour... Read more

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2026-06-10T20:29:51-06:00

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The first miracle in the history of the Church

Last updated on: June 10, 2026 at 8:29 pm By Dan Peterson

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As he regularly does, C. D. Cunningham has published an article that is well worth reading: “LEGO, YouTube, and the Latter-day Saint Mafia.” It appears in Meridian Magazine, where articles are often worth reading. I’m excited to share the latest tidings from the friendly and hospitable town of Fairview, Texas, in connection with the Latter-day Saint temple that is now under construction there: “Fairview to launch pressure campaign against LDS church over steeple height.” I hope that, when the... Read more

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2026-06-09T20:29:26-06:00

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David, Goliath, and the Navajo Tribal Police

Last updated on: June 9, 2026 at 8:29 pm By Dan Peterson

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A new item went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation where, as was accurately prophesied many years ago, nothing new ever goes up. The new item is “Come, Follow Me — Old Testament Study and Teaching Helps (2026): June 15-21: 1 Samuel 17-18; 24-26; 2 Samuel 5-7 — “The Battle is the Lord’s”“ As he has been generously doing now for years, Jonn Claybaugh provides a concise set of notes for students and teachers of the... Read more

2026-06-08T19:13:41-06:00

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“Why are the Heavens Silent?”

Last updated on: June 8, 2026 at 7:13 pm By Dan Peterson

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Episode 2o in the Interpreter Foundation’s series of mini-documentaries has now gone up online: Becoming Brigham, Episode 20 — Why are the Heavens Silent? Initially, Episode 21 had appeared on Meridian Magazine, out of sequence. But that has now been corrected, and Episode 21 will go up a week from today. (There is method in our madness.) I hope that you’re watching, enjoying, and spreading the word about these short video lessons on the history of the Church of Jesus... Read more

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2026-06-08T10:23:34-06:00

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An apostle’s reported experience

Last updated on: June 8, 2026 at 10:23 am By Dan Peterson

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I pass on a little story that, among other places, I once saw in D. Michael Quinn’s The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power. I mention that particular source in order to win some credibility for the story. For some, Mike Quinn (perhaps alongside the now largely forgotten Grant Palmer) was the only honest historian of “Mormonism” in his day (as demonstrated by his departure from Brigham Young University and his eventual excommunication from the Church of Jesus Christ of... Read more

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2026-06-06T22:31:29-06:00

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Why Some Leave the Church and How We Should Respond

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 10:31 pm By Dan Peterson

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I’ve not yet read — nor, truth be told, have I so much as seen a copy of — Jeff Strong’s book Torn: Why People We Love are Leaving the Church and What We Can Learn from Them. It appears to be generating conversations, as is perhaps indicated by the fact that the Interpreter Foundation has already published Daniel T. Ellsworth’s “Beyond ‘Church Culture’: A Response to Jeff Strong’s Torn“ and by this typically thoughtful separate response from my... Read more

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2026-06-05T22:00:10-06:00

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“I recommend my church”

Last updated on: June 5, 2026 at 10:00 pm By Dan Peterson

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Newly published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 69 (2026): 49-60: “A Scientific Evaluation of the Zelph Revelation,” written by Jerry D. Grover Jr.: Abstract: Members of the 1834 Zion’s Camp expedition inspected a large mound along the Illinois River where a skeleton was uncovered and Joseph Smith had a revelatory experience identifying the individual as Zelph. Recent archeological excavations place the revelation in a chronological and ancient cultural context that now allows additional verification and... Read more

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2026-06-04T23:17:46-06:00

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Слава України!

Last updated on: June 4, 2026 at 11:17 pm By Dan Peterson

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I have deliberately turned this blog away from politics. That hasn’t been easy to do so, because I have very strong political opinions and interests which were among the reasons for my launch of the blog in the first place. But I strongly support Ukraine’s resistance to Vladimir Putin’s immoral war of aggression against it, and I regard such support as a matter not merely of realpolitik but as one of moral principle. So I was impressed and moved... Read more

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2026-06-03T22:37:05-06:00

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“The Tests of Abraham and Sarah”

Last updated on: June 3, 2026 at 10:37 pm By Dan Peterson

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Unsurprisingly, since today is a Wednesday, an article has gone up on the perpetually unchanging website of the Interpreter Foundation: Reprint: “The Tests of Abraham and Sarah,” written by David R. Seely and Jo Ann Seely: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Abraham and His Family in Scripture, History, and Tradition, edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, John S. Thompson, Matthew L. Bowen, and David R. Seely. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/abraham-and-his-family. “In... Read more

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