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2025-12-17T20:38:02-07:00

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An archaeologist on “Archaeology and the Book of Mormon”

Last updated on: December 17, 2025 at 8:38 pm By Dan Peterson

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First, though: A very happy 250th birthday to Jane Austen! This article, which was written by John E. Clark, went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Steadfast in Defense of Faith: “Archaeology and the Book of Mormon: Thomas Stuart Ferguson’s Ambivalent Testimony”: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Steadfast in Defense of Faith: Essays in Honor of Daniel C. Peterson, edited by Shirley Ricks, Stephen D. Ricks, and Louis Midgley. For... Read more

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2025-12-16T17:44:18-07:00

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What wondrous love is this?

Last updated on: December 16, 2025 at 5:44 pm By Dan Peterson

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Here’s a thought from President Russell M. Nelson that I think especially appropriate for the Christmas season: In a coming day, you will present yourself before the Savior. You will be overwhelmed to the point of tears to be in His holy presence. You will struggle to find words to thank Him for paying for your sins, for forgiving you of any unkindness toward others, for healing you from the injuries and injustices of this life. You will thank... Read more

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2025-12-15T12:37:56-07:00

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Thoughts on the Twelve

Last updated on: December 15, 2025 at 12:37 pm By Dan Peterson

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The new official portrait of the current Quorum of the Twelve Apostles was recently released, and I’ve shared it above. Which makes this a good occasion, I think, to say a bit more about the Twelve, both now and historically. For one thing, I’m very happy with the Quorum’s growing internationalization. Among its members are a German, a Brazilian, a Briton, and a Frenchman — at least two speakers of German (one native), two speakers of French (one native),... Read more

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2025-12-14T20:34:23-07:00

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“And is it true?”

Last updated on: December 14, 2025 at 8:34 pm By Dan Peterson

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“Church Issues Statement Following Tragedy in Australia” For what it’s worth, my wife and I know the area just a bit. I’ve been there a few times. I believe that we’ve walked across the specific bridge from which the two gunmen were firing. I was, sadly, not at all surprised to learn that the shooters at Bondi Beach bear Muslim names, but I was very pleased to discover that the heroic man who disarmed one of them is named... Read more

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2025-12-13T23:11:23-07:00

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Friday with the Tabernacle Choir

Last updated on: December 13, 2025 at 11:11 pm By Dan Peterson

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This year’s Jewish festival of Hanukkah begins tomorrow evening, Sunday evening, 14 December 2025, and continues through Monday, 22 December 2025. I’m hoping to find our menorah and set it up between now and tomorrow night. Seriously. (I like Passover, too, and have led several seders. They’re great teaching tools.) How much do you know about the holiday? It’s actually rather interesting: The Associated Press: “What to know about Hanukkah and how it’s celebrated” The Jerusalem Post: “Hanukkah miracle: Israel... Read more

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2025-12-12T14:37:10-07:00

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Mary, at Christmastime

Last updated on: December 12, 2025 at 2:37 pm By Dan Peterson

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This new article went up today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: “Irregular Kings and Precious Things: Viewing Nephi and Joseph Smith through the Lens of Ancient Near Eastern Kingship,” written by Noel Hudson: Abstract: Political legitimacy is a key concept related to the exercise of political power. Legitimacy was especially critical for “irregular kings,” so named because they were not automatically legitimated by the existing political structure. There are many examples of apologetics from... Read more

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2025-12-11T16:38:51-07:00

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A year-end report and Christmas letter

Last updated on: December 11, 2025 at 4:38 pm By Dan Peterson

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I wrote the Christmas letter below for the Interpreter Foundation’s volunteers and donors. It went out two or three days ago, and I think that sharing it here might now be appropriate: Dear friends: We’re in the thick of the Christmas season. It can be a hectic time of the year, but it’s also a wonderful occasion, if we handle it well, to think about the things that matter most to us, including family and the unspeakably good news... Read more

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2025-12-10T22:08:30-07:00

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Liminal Spaces

Last updated on: December 10, 2025 at 10:08 pm By Dan Peterson

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Here are a couple of intriguing documented “last words”: On his deathbed, the inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931) — who, for whatever it’s worth, is thought to have been a deist who rejected common orthodox Christian notions of a personal God — is reported to have said, just before he went silent, “It is very beautiful over there.” The final words spoken by Steve Jobs (1955-2011) were reported by his sister, Patty, who had been by his bedside, in the... Read more

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2025-12-10T11:37:43-07:00

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“Still, still, still”

Last updated on: December 10, 2025 at 11:37 am By Dan Peterson

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We had lunch today at The Farmhouse at Roger’s Gardens, here in Newport Beach. It’s a tradition for us now, of several years’ standing, though it doesn’t go back to my time with my parents. Instead, it was our late neighbor and friend Melanie Bastian who introduced my wife to it. And we’ve loved the place ever since. My zealous critics over at the Peterson Obsession Board will have already guessed at the truth, so I might as well... Read more

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2025-12-08T20:09:53-07:00

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Another place to avoid

Last updated on: December 8, 2025 at 8:09 pm By Dan Peterson

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Well, at 3:30 PM ET on 27 December, the BYU football team will face Georgia Tech in the 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl, in Orlando, Florida. Given the name of the bowl game, it’s reasonable to assume that the half-time show will be headlined by the cast of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. And, after all, why not? They seem to be everywhere else these days. (See this, for example, from the New York Times via the Salt Lake Tribune: “Mormon... Read more

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