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February 2020

February 03, 2020

“Ultimate Egypt Interpreter Foundation Tour”

I would like to call your attention to an upcoming visit to Egypt...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

“Light Began Once More to Grow”

This little piece appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

January 28, 2020

A “Witnesses” milestone

My wife and I were quite disappointed last week, after having already delayed...

January 25, 2020

We’re trying to help.

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

January 03, 2020

“The Prophets Who Wrote the Book of Omni”

A new article -- this one by Clifford P. Jones -- has appeared...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

Thank You! Happy New Year!

I really, really dislike fundraising. More precisely, I hate to ask people for...

December 31, 2019

“The Outer Solar System: A Window to the Creative Breadth of Divinity”

I call your attention to something that has just been posted on the...

December 20, 2019

Christmas Reflections from the Interpreter Foundation

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

December 19, 2019

Save the Dates! (1-2 May 2020)

This would have been a Hamblin/Peterson column -- Bill read through it and...

November 2019

November 28, 2019

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

I would like to call your attention to a few things from the...

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 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 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 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 13, 2019

“If Truth Were a Child”

Just published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: ...

September 06, 2019

Repeating a previous note on women and apologetics

I posted the following item on my blog back 26 January 2019, under...

September 03, 2019

The “Witnesses” film project reaches a milestone

Filming of the dramatic portion of the Interpreter Foundation's Witnesses movie project began...

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

Moabosaurus and Me

I’m reliably informed, by a number of people who don’t know me but...

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...