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2026-08-09T01:46:05-06:00

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We’ve been at it for fourteen years now

Last updated on: August 9, 2026 at 1:46 am By Dan Peterson

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Up new today on the never-changing and, in fact, long-dead website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conversations with Interpreter: Jennifer Lane — Part 2: “Jesus as Kinsman-Redeemer in the Small Plates” This episode of Conversations with Interpreter is number two in a two part series of interviews with Jennifer C. Lane. The first discussed her work on redemption and the life of Abraham, while this episode focuses on exploring the idea of redemption in the Small Plates of Nephi. Dr.... Read more

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2026-08-07T20:30:25-06:00

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A Good Friday

Last updated on: August 7, 2026 at 8:30 pm By Dan Peterson

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It being Friday, yet another new article went up today on the Interpreter Foundation’s website: It is “God’s First Recorded Speech in the Book of Mormon: A Covenant that Unifies Nephi’s Record and Defines a Nephite Worldview,” written by Steven L. Olsen, which appears at Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 69 (2026) : 373-400: Abstract: A variety of literary conventions that are characteristic of the Hebrew Bible also appear in the initial books of the... Read more

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2026-08-06T21:24:42-06:00

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Thor’s day at Thanksgiving Point

Last updated on: August 6, 2026 at 9:24 pm By Dan Peterson

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I call your attention to an article that I published earlier this week in Meridian Magazine: “Who Gets to Decide Who is a Christian?” As you will instantly see, it’s a pretty standard-issue product of my overwhelming obsession with mass quantities of junk food, my sheer buffoonery, my consuming dishonesty, and my perpetually burning and uncontrollable rage. I’m very pleased to make a slight correction what I’ve been saying about the opportunity that is being offered at the official... Read more

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2026-08-05T20:16:25-06:00

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A report from the floor at FAIR 2026 (Wednesday evening)

Last updated on: August 5, 2026 at 8:16 pm By Dan Peterson

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I published a new article this morning in Meridian Magazine: “Who Gets to Decide Who Is a Christian?” Given the way current events are looking, I’m going to go out on a limb and wager that that may not be the worst news that you’ll hear today. Now available on the website of the Interpreter Foundation; Reprint: Adam, Eve, the Book of Moses, and the Temple: The Story of Receiving Christ’s Atonement, written by Bruce C. Hafen and Marie... Read more

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2026-08-04T19:06:10-06:00

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This Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

Last updated on: August 4, 2026 at 7:06 pm By Dan Peterson

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I think that I failed to call attention here yesterday to the appearance of the twenty-eighth installment of the Interpreter Foundation’s ongoing Becoming Brigham series. I hope that you’ll watch it, enjoy it, benefit from it, and share it with others: “To See God Face to Face — Episode 28” Every year since the Interpreter Foundation was established in 2012, we’ve celebrated our birthday on the Saturday immediately following the annual FAIR Conference. In that respect, this year is... Read more

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2026-08-03T21:31:53-06:00

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Some notes on Ancient Iran and Its Pre-Islamic Religion

Last updated on: August 3, 2026 at 9:31 pm By Dan Peterson

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I apologize for the duplicate posting of yesterday’s blog entry (“A sacred experience of my brother’s”). I was experiencing some weird glitches with Patheos and the duplication is a result of one of my attempts to fix things. Now, though, eliminating one of the two duplicates would create another problem, and it’s just not worth the time or effort. Attending yesterday’s Come, Follow Me Sunday School lesson on Ezra and Nehemiah, I was tempted to point out that the... Read more

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2026-08-02T17:55:49-06:00

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A sacred experience of my brother’s

Last updated on: August 2, 2026 at 5:55 pm By Dan Peterson

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Today, I’ve chosen to record an experience that was related to me many years ago by my late (and still sorely missed) brother, Kenneth. He and now his widow are both gone, and I don’t know how widely he related to others what had happened. So I’ll record it here. First, though, a bit of background: My brother took over the family construction business in Southern California after our father stepped away from it. Fairly commonly, the business used... Read more

2026-08-02T14:35:49-06:00

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A sacred experience of my brother’s

Last updated on: August 2, 2026 at 2:35 pm By Dan Peterson

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Today, I’ve chosen to record an experience that was related to me many years ago by my late (and still sorely missed) brother, Kenneth. He and now his widow are both gone, and I don’t know how widely he related what had happened to others. So I’ll record it here. First, though, a bit of background: My brother took over the family construction business in Southern California after our father stepped away from it. Fairly commonly, the business used... Read more

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2026-08-01T23:13:18-06:00

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Some thoughts on mind and brain

Last updated on: August 1, 2026 at 11:13 pm By Dan Peterson

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Here’s a nice Deseret News article about the late Carol Lynn Pearson, who passed away this last week: “‘A person of faith and courage’: Carol Lynn Pearson’s legacy of compassion: The beloved Latter-day Saint poet and author leaves a legacy of love and faith in wrestling with difficult questions” Prompted by having just seen the musical version of The Scarlet Pimpernel at the Ruth and Nathan Hale Theatre in Pleasant Grove, my wife and I watched the 1982 television film adaptation... Read more

2026-07-31T16:36:54-06:00

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While bravely fighting a cold, I joined in an Irish podcast

Last updated on: July 31, 2026 at 4:36 pm By Dan Peterson

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A new installment of Mormonism with the Murph has gone up online, in a video that lasts roughly one hour and forty-eight minutes: “Are the witnesses of the gold plates EVIDENCE for the Book of Mormon? with Dan Peterson.” I wasn’t in especially good voice on the day that we recorded the episode — I had a lingering cold, as I recall — but some of you may nonetheless be able to endure my maunderings. A new article by... Read more

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