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December 2020

December 23, 2020

Two Hundred and Fifteen Years Ago, Today

Perhaps, had he not been born so close to the superholiday of Christmas,...

December 22, 2020

Ghost Stories, Richard Dawkins, Christmas, and Other Related Matters

I call to your attention two new items that have been posted on...

December 21, 2020

Some possible reading for Christmas week

I've assembled links below to various Christmas-related columns that I've written over the...

December 18, 2020

“Joseph Smith’s Translation Projects under a Microscope”

Two new articles appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

December 17, 2020

“Adam and Christ, Eve and Mary at Christmastime”

New on the website of the Interpreter Foundation, from Jeffrey Mark Bradshaw: ...

December 08, 2020

“FairMormon Statement Regarding ‘This is The Show’ Videos”

An item just went up this evening on the FairMormon website that may...

December 04, 2020

Mary and the Infant Jesus in the Qur’an (My Translation), Plus a Note on Reductionism

My column for this week in the Deseret News: "How the Annunciation...

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...

December 26, 2019

Winter after Christmas

Now that Christmas is securely behind us, I can share a cynical poem...

December 25, 2019

One final wish for a wonderful Christmas

I've been pushing The Christ Child: A Nativity Story, encouraging everybody to watch...

December 24, 2019

“And is it true?”

As I write, it's that unique night of the year on which the...

December 24, 2019

Dickens and Our Celebration of Christmas

Sister Sharon Eubank wrote the 2016 Interpreter Foundation Christmas message: "The Song...

December 23, 2019

On the Magi, and the Deity of Christ

A few days ago, early last week, I gave a brief interview to...

December 22, 2019

“Then pealed the bells more loud and deep”

I published this column in the Deseret News for Christmas 2012: His...

December 22, 2019

Christmas Messages

On Friday, the Interpreter Foundation published its 2019 Christmas message, by Dr. Kristine...

December 21, 2019

“One of Us”

I published this column in the Deseret News just before Christmas 2014: ...

December 20, 2019

Two Christmas carols, one from Nigeria and the other from St. George

Today, our 2019 Interpreter Foundation Christmas article appeared. It was written by Kristine...

December 20, 2019

“Advent”

Bill Hamblin and I published the column below in the Deseret News during...

December 20, 2019

Christmas Reflections from the Interpreter Foundation

Urgent: There was an error in the address given for Bill Hamblin's funeral...

December 18, 2019

Christmas and Easter

I published this article at Christmastime back in 2016. As it happens, had...

December 16, 2019

Meet the Magi

Bill Hamblin and I published this column in the Deseret News several years...

December 15, 2019

Christmas in the Qur’an

The Qur’an on the Annunciation of Christ Behold! The angels said: “O...

December 15, 2019

Christmas reflections

I published this column in the Deseret News for Christmas 2016: Behind...

December 13, 2019

He tented among us.

This is a Christmas season column that I published in the Deseret News...

December 11, 2019

“Lo, how a rose e’er blooming”

A brief statement has now been published on the website of the Interpreter...

December 11, 2019

“Ave Maria, gratia plena”

In this clip, the all-male a cappella vocal group Chanticleer performs what I, at...

December 05, 2019

“New Video Explores the Historical Credibility of the Book of Abraham”

A fun note from our attendance at the Salt Lake Temple yesterday: When...

November 2019

November 26, 2019

Angelic choirs and Palestinian shepherds

On Sunday, after attending sacrament meeting at the Newport Hills Ward, my wife...

January 2019

January 27, 2019

New Testament Note 8

Matthew 2:1-12 Luke 2:8-20 (John 7:41-42) The Greek term often rendered as...

December 2018

December 02, 2018

A journey into a season of love, peace, and kindness

At Christmastime, we sing -- and we dream -- of peace on Earth...