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July 2026

July 12, 2026

“The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors”?

All the way back on 17 May 2012, I published a column in the...

April 2026

April 13, 2026

We definitely didn’t elect a mere choirboy.

“I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and...

October 2025

October 13, 2025

How fundamental is Christ’s resurrection?

For a large occasional project of mine on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, I've...

September 2025

September 24, 2025

A brief note on one way of thinking about life after death

A piece that I wrote for Meridian Magazine went up this morning; "DNA and...

September 14, 2025

Some notes on the resurrection of Jesus

A new interview went up today that I commend to the notice of anybody...

June 2025

June 13, 2025

She would have been eleven years old today

For quite a number of years, I wrote a regular weekly column for the...

April 2025

April 20, 2025

An Easter greeting

A traditional greeting is given on Easter Sunday (beginning at midnight and continuing throughout...

April 12, 2025

On the Eve of Holy Week

The late Bill Hamblin and I -- how it still surprises and grieves me,...

March 2025

March 15, 2025

A reflection from President Hinckley

We're drawing ever nearer to Easter season or, as Claudia Bushman prefers to call...

January 2025

January 10, 2025

“The Reassuring Doctrine of the Resurrection”

My wife's remarkable father turned ninety-eight at the end of December. Up to just...

January 01, 2025

Welcome to 2025!

First of all, I want to wish everybody who reads this a happy new...

December 2024

December 25, 2024

“At Bethlehem I had my birth.”

First of all, Merry Christmas to all! I hope that you've had a joyous...

December 15, 2024

“The Turn of the Tide”

Even among those who love his writing -- and I am definitely among them...

October 2024

October 06, 2024

Volcanism and the Book of Mormon

I want to give another reminder of the "sneak peek" early showings of Six...

October 04, 2024

“The Pathophysiology of the Death of Jesus the Christ”

Although I'm not identified as its author, I wrote this article that has now...

May 2024

May 21, 2024

“Among the most significant holy sites in the world”

I’ve just finished reading Keith A. Erekson and Matthew J. Grow, “Assuming Stewardship: Notes...

April 2024

April 02, 2024

The Earliest Kerygma

The Prophet Joseph Smith is well known to have declared that The fundamental principles...

March 2024

March 31, 2024

A Sunday walk back and forth along the road to Emmaus

We had our special Easter service today, and it was an excellent one. We...

March 26, 2024

“Were You There?”

Some people will be very disappointed by these reports: Deseret News: "Gallup polling: Latter-day...

March 09, 2024

Was Jesus funny?

I agree with this article, which was written by a Roman Catholic: "Does Jesus...

March 04, 2024

“The Easter Connection”

Interpreter Radio Show — February 25, 2024 For the 25 February 2024 episode of...

March 02, 2024

“Christ’s Resurrection (UCLA)”

While going through and trying to organize some materials on my computer, I came...

December 2023

December 20, 2023

Still, curiously, thinking about Christmas

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

July 2023

July 11, 2023

When the counter-explanations seem, well, rather lame

We spent much of today in quest of humpback whales. And pretty successfully,...

April 2023

April 16, 2023

On Being “Perfect” (Part Two)

This post, which focuses again on the famous passage in Matthew 5:48 (in...

April 09, 2023

A Testimony: Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!

I was the speaker in my ward's sacrament meeting this Easter morning. Below...

April 07, 2023

Am I a stone, and not a sheep?

"The Goodness of the Cross and Good Friday: Lessons from Bavaria," written by...

April 06, 2023

Setting the imagination free

Just in from a bit of shoveling snow at my father-in-law's place across...

April 02, 2023

On Being “Perfect” (Part One)

[Prefatory clarification: The title of this blog entry notwithstanding, it doesn't actually constitute...

March 2023

March 20, 2023

Shema Yisrael!

We allowed our group a short day today, granting them time on their...