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January 2020

January 25, 2020

We’re trying to help.

Are you aware of the range of materials that the Interpreter Foundation produces...

November 2019

November 28, 2019

Gratitude

On this Thanksgiving Day, I'm grateful for many things. Among them, I...

November 16, 2019

Southeast Asia, Mesoamerica, Manhattan, and Utah Valley

If you haven't watched this yet, please take a couple of minutes to...

November 15, 2019

Two new articles from the Interpreter Foundation

This article of mine appeared in the print edition of the Deseret News...

November 13, 2019

Dismissing Witness Testimony

For some reason, my little post on "Running with the golden plates" has...

November 11, 2019

“Twenty Questions about Science and Religion”

New on the website of the Interpreter Foundation, from David H. Bailey (Ph.D....

November 10, 2019

Running with the golden plates

I spoke at a small "cottage meeting" on Saturday night, along with the...

November 01, 2019

“The Role and Purpose of Synagogues in the Days of Jesus and Paul”

Dr. Taylor Halverson is responsible for today's new article in Interpreter: A Journal...

October 2019

October 21, 2019

Now, you can read a transcript of “’Idle Tales’? The Witness of Women”

A transcript of the remarks that I delivered at the August 2019 FairMormon...

October 16, 2019

Thinking about religion and science while in Arizona

In my capacity as a highly-paid apologist for the Church of Jesus Christ...

October 13, 2019

“Lights. Camera. Prayer.”

Given my own recent involvement in Latter-day Saint filmmaking, I found this New...

October 09, 2019

The holidays are coming. Shouldn’t Amazon be contributing something to your favorite charity?

We're entering into the holiday season. Several houses in my neighborhood have had...

October 08, 2019

An Important Milestone

My wife and I attended a marvelous concert this evening by the remarkable...

October 07, 2019

Personal Perspectives and Historical Reconstructions

Thanks to the inquiry of a reader, I now realize that I didn't...

October 04, 2019

Friday, from the Interpreter Foundation

It's Friday, so -- I hope, to nobody's very great surprise by now...

October 03, 2019

“The eyewitness testimony of Newel Knight,” and other matters

The most recent installment of my ongoing "Defending the Faith" column has appeared...

October 01, 2019

New from the set of “Witnesses”

Last night, my wife and I were...

September 2019

September 27, 2019

“Lehi, Joseph, and the Kingdom of Israel”

I'm behind in announcing this because . . . well, because I was...

September 27, 2019

Lucy Harris v. Joseph Smith Jr.

My wife and I spent a large part of today up at the...

September 26, 2019

Two new temples

The 22 September 2019 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show is now...

September 08, 2019

It matters. It really, really matters.

Some of you will be familiar with the name of Clark Goble, a...

July 2019

July 05, 2019

“Compassion as the Heart of the Gospel”

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

April 2019

April 26, 2019

“Procedural Violations in the Trial of the Woman Taken in Adultery”

I'm sorry. I've been delinquent in calling your attention to newly-appeared items from...

April 23, 2019

Some resources for addressing tough topics, from the Interpreter Foundation

For a small presentation this evening on behalf of the Interpreter Foundation, the...

April 22, 2019

Some additional information on the “Witnesses” film effort

A few days ago, I blogged a brief progress report regarding a major...

April 16, 2019

Where things stand regarding the “Witnesses” film project

Some of you are aware that we have launched an effort under the auspices...

March 2019

March 15, 2019

Temples, psalms, prophets, and Catholics

It's Friday. You didn't see this coming? Seriously? There's a new article from...

March 05, 2019

Introducing the Pope’s Planetologists

Yale News: "The case of the over-tilting exoplanets" "The first planet Kepler...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

Just in case you haven’t bought them yet

The hardcover is now available for purchasing from Amazon.com and AmazonSmile, for $24.95. A review by Julie...

February 10, 2019

On that article about “Mental Distress and Disaffection from the Church”

Over the past few weeks, I've watched with fascination -- though, unfortunately, not...