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December 2020

December 13, 2020

Revision 8.7 “The Orson Hyde Memorial Garden and BYU’s Jerusalem Center”

The idea of an Orson Hyde monument continued to be discussed as time...

December 10, 2020

“My life is worth more to me than that”

Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Interpreter Radio Show...

December 02, 2020

“Barren Women, the Christmas Story, and the Promise of Seed in Both Time and Eternity”

Have you watched the Church's Christmas film The Christ Child, yet? Somehow, I...

November 2020

November 29, 2020

Introductory thoughts for a natural theology, and dreams for a conference

This morning, I was re-reading Joseph Smith's 1832 account of his First Vision...

November 28, 2020

Revision 8.5.”David O. McKay, Hugh J. Cannon, and Joseph Wilford Booth”

Carrying on from my last installment, Revision 8.4 A Latter-day Saint Presence in Palestine...

November 01, 2020

Revision 8.2 “A further note on the rededication of Palestine”

I continue my account of a party sent in 1872 by President Brigham...

October 2020

October 24, 2020

Revision 8.1 “Apostles Rededicate the Holy Land”

Note: For at least a while, based upon discussion with folks at Patheos,...

October 23, 2020

Revision 6.18 “The United Nations Plan,” plus a bibliography on Latter-day Saints and Islam

There were serious clashes between Arabs and Jewish settlers throughout the 1920s and...

October 22, 2020

Revision 6.17 “The Balfour Declaration”

Despite numerous dissenting voices, the political Zionist movement began to gain momentum during...

October 20, 2020

Revision 6.15 “The Rise of Zionism” (A)

Meanwhile, as Arabs and Muslims faltered and desperately sought a reason why, a...

October 18, 2020

“I cheerfully certify”

Below are two passages that I've extracted from Ronald E. Romig, Eighth Witness:...

October 17, 2020

“The Church supports the use of vaccinations”

This is pleasant news, of course: "Elder and Sister Gong Successfully Complete...

October 05, 2020

Of Elder D. Todd Christofferson and “Bitter Fruits”

One of the many unattractive traits of our current debased public discourse is...

September 2020

September 12, 2020

Orson Pratt, reacting to the death of Martin Harris

It seems that I'll be doing a fireside on Monday evening, 14 September...

September 07, 2020

“Faith, Hope, and Charity: The ‘Three Principal Rounds’ of the Ladder of Heavenly Ascent”

A new article -- this one by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw -- has appeared in Interpreter:...

September 05, 2020

Shared Revelations

Earlier this evening, we had the largest screening to date of the Interpreter...

August 2020

August 16, 2020

A few ordained scientists

There are many who claim that science and religious belief are entirely incompatible....

July 2020

July 30, 2020

What happened to the early apostles?

Shortly before our departure for Colorado, a good friend -- formerly our branch...

July 11, 2020

Revision 1.9 “Judaism survived, despite the odds”

Paul Johnson well summarizes the catastrophic changes in the fortunes of world Jewry:...

July 06, 2020

Getting to Know Elder Boyd K. Packer (Conclusion)

I hereby bring my little trilogy (which began with "Getting to Know Elder...

July 05, 2020

A Prolegomenon to “Getting to Know Elder Boyd K. Packer”

I first met Elder Boyd K. Packer when he came to Switzerland during...

July 05, 2020

Getting to Know Elder Boyd K. Packer

Not long after I had joined the faculty at Brigham Young University, I...

June 2020

June 12, 2020

“I know that what I am talking about is true”

Dr. Suzanne Lundquist, now retired from the Department of English at Brigham Young...

May 2020

May 04, 2020

Acts 2, with an axe to grind

The principal action of Acts 2 occurs on Pentecost, as Acts 2:1 explains:...

May 01, 2020

Some reflections on Peter’s deliverance from prison

There is an amusing story in Acts 12. I suppose, of course, that...

April 2020

April 10, 2020

A Great Cloud of Witnesses

I published this Easter 2016 column in the Deseret News: Since the...

February 2020

February 16, 2020

“Discipleship of Yesterday for Today”

I'm on the road, and I think that I neglected to call attention...

February 09, 2020

An apostle makes a political move

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is often accused by its...

October 2019

October 06, 2019

Cedar City, on Sunday, 13 October 2019; the Passing of an Icon; and a Nobel Prize for Utah?

Important Message: I'll be speaking this coming Sunday, 13 October 2019, in...

March 2019

March 31, 2019

New Testament Notes 159-160

Matthew 16:21-23 Mark 8:31-33 Luke 9:22 1. It's easy to...