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2024-12-28T22:20:32-07:00

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Rating the Book of Mormon

Last updated on: December 28, 2024 at 10:20 pm By Dan Peterson

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I’ve had a long and busy day today. I’ve scarcely been home and it’s late, so I think that I’m going to repost something that I originally put up several years ago. I still hold to it: There was considerable buzz back in 2014 about the results of a Facebook survey asking people which books had “stayed with you.” A writer for Salt Lake City’s Deseret News emphasized the fact that both the Bible (which came in sixth) and... Read more

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2024-12-27T17:29:33-07:00

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A note on the evolution of evolution (and other matters)

Last updated on: December 27, 2024 at 5:29 pm By Dan Peterson

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It’s Friday, so a new article has been published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: “The “Allegory” of Ruth as a Prophecy of Latter-day Gathering,” written by Jan Francisco Abstract: In the historical context of the late fifth century BC, the book of Ruth was a powerful story of hope and redemption for the eventual gathering and restoration of Israel’s covenants. Connecting their golden period of unity under King David to this idyllic tale with... Read more

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2024-12-26T19:43:08-07:00

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A Christmas message from Iran’s vice president and his wife

Last updated on: December 26, 2024 at 7:43 pm By Dan Peterson

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This article has been newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: The Temple: Past, Present and Future: “The Messianic Sacred, Not Secret: The Son as a Hidden Name in the Gospel of Mark,” written by Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in The Temple: Past, Present and Future, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/the-temple-past-present-and-future/. For video and audio recording of... Read more

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2024-12-25T16:34:27-07:00

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“At Bethlehem I had my birth.”

Last updated on: December 25, 2024 at 4:34 pm By Dan Peterson

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First of all, Merry Christmas to all! I hope that you’ve had a joyous Christmas season and that you will enjoy this day to the full with family and friends and food and music and whatever else will make for a very satisfying and memorable time. On Monday last, Meridian Magazine republished a Christmas-themed column that my late and still sorely missed friend Bill Hamblin and I originally wrote for the 11 December 2015 edition of the Deseret News.... Read more

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2024-12-24T12:25:16-07:00

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“Glad is the world and fair this night”

Last updated on: December 24, 2024 at 12:25 pm By Dan Peterson

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I think it’s time to share another of my favorite Christmas poems. Curiously, the poem is titled “Christmas.” It was written by Sir John Betjeman (b. 1906), who was British poet laureate from 1972 until his death in 1984: The bells of waiting Advent ring, The Tortoise stove is lit again And lamp-oil light across the night Has caught the streaks of winter rain In many a stained-glass window sheen From Crimson Lake to Hookers Green. The holly in... Read more

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2024-12-23T14:22:22-07:00

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There is still time to help in lighting the world

Last updated on: December 23, 2024 at 2:22 pm By Dan Peterson

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Now available at no charge on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: “Interpreter Radio Show — December 15, 2024” Bruce Webster and Kris Fredericton hosted the 15 December 2024 episode of the Interpreter Radio Show. They discussed Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson 2, Moroni’s prophecies about our days, the Church’s disaster relief efforts, and Christmas music. Their conversation was recorded. It has now been edited to remove commercial breaks, archived, and placed online for your convenience. The... Read more

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2024-12-23T09:32:55-07:00

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For 23 December 2024

Last updated on: December 23, 2024 at 9:32 am By Dan Peterson

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Tomorrow — Monday, 23 December 2024 — will be the 219th anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. Even among faithful and committed Latter-day Saints who revere his memory, his birthday is almost never noticed — which is scarcely surprising, especially given its proximity to Christmas. (Virtually nothing can escape the powerful gravitational pull of the year’s super-holiday.) So far as I noticed, Joseph’s name wasn’t mentioned a single time during my ward’s special Christmas sacrament... Read more

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2024-12-21T17:51:18-07:00

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Here’s a little shchedrivka for you

Last updated on: December 21, 2024 at 5:51 pm By Dan Peterson

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I had not realized until a couple of years ago that the “Carol of the Bells” stems from Ukraine. If I did ever know it before, I had forgotten: “The Ukrainian Choir Bringing New Meaning To A Classic Holiday Song” Shchedryk (from the Ukrainian Щедрий вечiр [Shchedry Vechir], meaning “Bountiful Evening”) is a Ukrainian shchedrivka or New Year’s carol. In its original form, which has no connection to Christmas, the song is known in English as “The Little Swallow.” ... Read more

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2024-12-21T11:40:56-07:00

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A report from Thursday and Friday

Last updated on: December 21, 2024 at 11:40 am By Dan Peterson

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On Thursday evening, my wife and I were privileged to participate in a dinner at the Relief Society Building in Salt Lake City. It was an interesting group to be with. Elder Matthew Holland of the Seventy conducted the event. Sister Tracy Y. Browning, second counselor in the Primary General Presidency of the Church, spoke briefly, as did Sister Lesa Stevenson and her husband, Elder Gary E. Stevenson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Several officials of the... Read more

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2024-12-20T18:37:15-07:00

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“Ring in the Christ that Is to Be”

Last updated on: December 20, 2024 at 6:37 pm By Dan Peterson

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The Interpreter Foundation’s annual Christmas message for 2024 appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: “Ring in the Christ that Is to Be: Fulfilling the Pattern of His Life,” written by Don Bradley Abstract: The story of Christ, and of Christmas, is the story of Christ “the Lord God Omnipotent” incarnating in “a tabernacle of clay” (Mosiah 3:5). Christ took upon himself flesh so that he might also take upon himself burdens that he... Read more

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