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May 2026

May 02, 2026

“Was Joseph a Sexual Predator?” and other fun issues

Fourteen (14) installments of Becoming Brigham are currently available online at, well, becomingbrigham.com. On...

February 2024

February 01, 2024

The Book of Mormon and then-prevailing notions of scripture

Conference Talks: The Symbolism of the Cupped Hand in Ancient Egypt and Israel: Iconography,...

January 2024

January 17, 2024

Some reasons to be religious?

I want to remind you of Steve Densley's rapidly approaching fireside in the greater...

July 2023

July 13, 2023

“Almost beyond question”

I want to share with you a couple of passages from Brian Miller,...

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 27, 2023

Fortifying the Mountain of the Lord

Here are links to three items that have recently been posted on the...

April 20, 2023

A note on Latter-day Saint attitudes toward other religious faiths

First, though, a thought about earthquakes and divine providence. I submitted this column...

April 12, 2023

Links Left Lying

Oy veh. This is not a story that I was happy to see:...

March 2023

March 30, 2023

“A very bright, keen, designing lot of fellows”?

I frequently read online comments, especially from former believers, claiming that the Church...

March 24, 2023

“Moving Beyond the Historicity Question”?

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

March 17, 2023

More Wordplay on the Name “Joseph” in the Book of Mormon?

"“That They Might Come Again unto the Remnant of the House of Jacob”:...

March 08, 2023

You should probably sit down for this

But, first, these items are (relatively) newly up on the website of the...

March 07, 2023

A sentient puddle comes out in favor of cosmic “fine-tuning”

Recently, I've published four blog posts -- see my "An initial survey of...

March 03, 2023

Lehi and Ishmael in Antiquity

The Interpreter Foundation continues to flourish, much to the disgust of at...

February 2023

February 21, 2023

Shaq, Sir Charles, and Utah

First, though, I need to mention that the website of the Interpreter Foundation...

February 19, 2023

Thinking about “Evolution”

It seems to me that the term evolution has at least three quite...

February 17, 2023

Adieu!

Two new articles went up today at noon (Utah time) on the website...

February 15, 2023

The Tale of Brigham Young and the Scratched-Up Leather Saddle

But, first, there's been some recent activity on the website of the Interpreter...

February 13, 2023

Are you an unlovable Christian nationalist like me?

There have been a couple of polls in the news over the past...

February 04, 2023

“There was no veil.”

Conditions for posting online haven't been ideal in my case over the past...

January 2023

January 26, 2023

Some brief notes on Brigham Young as a leader

Dipping briefly back into Eugene England, Brother Brigham (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1980):...

January 24, 2023

Slandering the Lord’s anointed

First, though: The Interpreter Foundation continues to pour out materials that, we hope,...

January 19, 2023

“A Moslem fought an infidel one day”

These three pieces have gone up quite recently on the website of the...

January 14, 2023

Lightning Strikes

I'm halfway through a period of temporary bachelorhood: My wife is babysitting one...

January 11, 2023

“Answering New Atheism and Seeking a Sure Knowledge of God”

Up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "Conference Talks: Answering New...

December 2022

December 30, 2022

Stained Swords, False Prophecy, and Accurate History

The Interpreter Foundation has published its last articles for 2022; absolutely no more...

December 27, 2022

Religiosity, Depression, and Life Expectancy

But, first, these three new items went up today on the website of...

December 23, 2022

“Puritans, Pagans, and Imperfect Christmas Gifts”

For the better part of a decade now, Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day...

December 21, 2022

“It’s like a teeter-totter.”

A new link has been posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conference...

December 14, 2022

Are logic and mathematics purely rational? (1)

The following went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ...