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February 2026

February 03, 2026

An interesting criticism of “Becoming Brigham”

We posted our second episode in the Becoming Brigham series yesterday (see "Becoming Brigham,...

January 2026

January 28, 2026

“Israel’s Alternate Altars”

I remind you, once again, of our Becoming Brigham fireside this coming Saturday, 31...

January 23, 2026

Sincere concern in Flagstaff? Maybe. In some cases.

Just posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation, a new article from Interpreter:...

January 21, 2026

The Book of Mormon on the composition of scripture

Newly posted today on the never-changing website of the essentally moribund Interpreter Foundation: Steadfast...

January 16, 2026

One set of plates? Or TWO?

It's Friday! So, as has happened on many hundreds of Fridays before, there is...

January 15, 2026

Church leaders and scholars: retreating from “historicity”?

This item was posted earlier today: The Interpreter Insights Podcast -- January 15, 2026:...

January 14, 2026

On Church finances, Martin Harris, and Book of Mormon plates

This went up today on the long-dead and, thus, never-changing website of the Interpreter...

January 13, 2026

Two approaches to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young

“Generations yet unborn will dwell with peculiar delight upon the scenes that we have...

January 08, 2026

Remembering Thomas W. Mackay

To some of my critics and its critics, the Interpreter Foundation provides endless inspiration...

January 06, 2026

Heavenly and Earthly

First of all, I hope that everybody out there had a wonderful National Capitol...

January 02, 2026

Palm Springs, Prophetic Parallels, and the Passing Scene

I hope that you'll enjoy this article, written by Jeff Lindsay, which has just...

December 2025

December 26, 2025

An appeal at year’s end

A new article went up today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

December 24, 2025

On the Eve of Christ’s Nativity

Here are a few of the columns that I've published during previous Christmas seasons....

December 17, 2025

An archaeologist on “Archaeology and the Book of Mormon”

First, though: A very happy 250th birthday to Jane Austen! This article, which was written...

December 03, 2025

“O great mystery”

Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Steadfast in Defense of Faith: "An...

November 2025

November 05, 2025

How to Explain the Book of Mormon?

Up to the Heber Valley again today and back down again. Sometimes life gets...

October 2025

October 24, 2025

“His Secret is with the Righteous”

This article, newly published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship...

October 17, 2025

A horror has come upon the residents of Cody, Wyoming

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship published a new article today...

October 10, 2025

Egyptian Temple, Hebrew Bible, and Book of Mormon

It being Friday, a new article has appeared in the Interpreter Foundation's flagship publication:...

October 03, 2025

Resources and a Review

A new review essay went up earlier today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day...

September 2025

September 26, 2025

Comparing Masonic Rites with the LDS Temple Endowment

This new article appeared earlier today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

September 05, 2025

Voices for dignity, respect, truth, happiness, and Jesus

If all goes according to current expectation, he will celebrate his 101st birthday next...

August 2025

August 25, 2025

From the desk of an intellectually bankrupt Mopologist

Up today on the immutable and unchanging website of the Interpreter Foundation: "The Interpreter...

August 01, 2025

Of Spheres, Spirals, Spindles, and the Divine

A new article has appeared in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and...

July 2025

July 31, 2025

News about John Henry Newman

Things are obviously becoming desperate at the nearly fossilized Interpreter Foundation. They've been obliged...

July 18, 2025

“The Plates of Gardner”

This new review-essay appeared today in the never-changing Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint...

July 17, 2025

An Application of Ockham’s Razor to Apologetic Motivations

It's Thursday at the Interpreter Foundation, so here's a chapter reprint for you: Seek...

July 16, 2025

Dang it, we ran out of time

So near and yet so far. We didn't have enough minutes to do Yellowstone...

July 14, 2025

Slowly deemphasizing, allegorizing, the Book of Mormon?

Every once in a while, I encounter the claim from some former member of...

July 12, 2025

Reconnecting on the Bow

Newly posted in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: "Smooth Words...