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January 2024

January 04, 2024

Cornucopia

This just went up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "The Temple: Ancient...

December 2023

December 30, 2023

An attempt at a reminder

My day yesterday (Friday) was completely booked, from morning until late at night, and...

December 27, 2023

A few gathered posies

Even at Christmas, the Interpreter Foundation continues to produce. Here, for example, is a...

December 20, 2023

Still, curiously, thinking about Christmas

Still feeling under the weather and unambitious and, more importantly, thinking that there might...

December 15, 2023

“Pixelated Prophets”

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

December 13, 2023

Getting Ready for the Beginning of 2024

The subject of this coming year in the "Come, Follow Me" curriculum of...

December 11, 2023

Have you seen “The Oath” yet?

I noticed this Public Square Magazine article online the other day and found it...

December 09, 2023

Elder Patrick Kearon

I would like to suggest a Christmas gift to you, both for yourself and...

December 04, 2023

Challenging biblical scholarship, and the Book of Mormon

I've been busy enough with the Unbearable Cuteness of Being and other distractions here...

November 2023

November 24, 2023

Mormon, Zeniff, and Limhi

I hope that you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday (where applicable)....

November 20, 2023

“Both of the earth and of heaven”

I'm finally finding a few stolen moments in which to begin reading Richard...

October 2023

October 30, 2023

A road not taken

Just back in from a leisurely stroll with my wife along the south...

September 2023

September 26, 2023

No evidence? None at all? Really? This isn’t serious.

I've recently noticed an, umm, online "discussion" in which several former Latter-day Saints...

September 22, 2023

An expression of gratitude

Two new articles appeared today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "Mormon’s...

September 18, 2023

“Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates and “The Annotated Book of Mormon”

I acquired two new books at the end of last week, and I'm...

September 15, 2023

A Baptismal Witness of the Covenant

Two new articles went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:...

September 09, 2023

A very basic apologetic reading list

Kindly guided by one of the members of our host family, who is...

September 04, 2023

They just keep coming, brainlessly but without pause

This article of mine -- inspired by the heartbreaking recent events in the...

September 03, 2023

The Book of Mormon plates and playing Whac-a-Mole with critics

An interview that I recently did with Hank Smith and John Bytheway on...

August 2023

August 14, 2023

William Shakespeare on the Book of Mormon Witnesses

My wife and I will be heading in a couple of hours down...

August 11, 2023

“The Vision of the Tree of Life in Context of Ancient Siege Warfare”

With a weekend looming before you, are you afraid that it's going to...

August 07, 2023

Looking backwards and forwards

To my mind, the improvised panel discussion this past Friday, which was the...

July 2023

July 28, 2023

“Nephi’s Eight Years in the ‘Wilderness'”

Two new items went up on Friday on the website of the Interpreter...

July 22, 2023

“Life as a Probation”

I'm late in calling attention to it -- for the perfectly valid reason...

July 16, 2023

“Esoteric Teachings and the Problem of Early Latter-day Saint Doctrinal History”

Yesterday, I read Barry R. Bickmore, "“Show Them unto No Man”: Part 1....

May 2023

May 16, 2023

An even MORE ancient inscription on metal?

A very worthwhile essay from two of my favorite commentators at the Deseret...

May 10, 2023

“Why Are There Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon?”

Jeff Bradshaw, one of the vice presidents of the Interpreter Foundation, and Russ...

April 2023

April 28, 2023

The Book of Mormon and a Gospel View of War

Two new articles have appeared on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "“In...

April 25, 2023

Standing with Mike Parker

It hasn't been an especially pleasant week or two for Mike Parker, a...

April 21, 2023

She’s moving on.

Because of illness, my wife and I and one of our sons were...