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April 2023

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 10, 2023

Hot Off the Press!

I'm very pleased to have just received in the mail a hard copy...

April 09, 2023

A Testimony: Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!

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

April 03, 2023

“Never Delay a Prompting”

It was, in my judgment, a wonderful General Conference; I thoroughly enjoyed it,...

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 31, 2023

“How Things Look from Here”

A new article went up today at noon in Interpreter: A Journal of...

March 25, 2023

One of the Restoration’s Greatest Contributions

I'm back to reading Richard S. Van Wagoner, Sidney Rigdon: A Portrait of...

March 20, 2023

Shema Yisrael!

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

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 15, 2023

On the Conversion of Sidney Rigdon

On the way over here, I began reading Richard S. Van Wagoner, Sidney...

March 13, 2023

Backgrounding

I appreciate very much the attempts of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

March 12, 2023

“Blessed are the peacemakers”

“Blessed are the peacemakers," Jesus declares in Matthew 5:9," for they shall be...

March 09, 2023

“Joseph Smith and the Architecture of Genesis”

More than a few of you, I think, will find this enjoyable: Conference...

March 08, 2023

You should probably sit down for this

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

February 2023

February 23, 2023

“You did not see me come and you will not see me go.”

We had lunch today at the home of friends who live here. The...

February 21, 2023

Shaq, Sir Charles, and Utah

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

February 08, 2023

Into and out of Honolulu

First, though, I offer links to three items that were recently posted on...

January 2023

January 24, 2023

Slandering the Lord’s anointed

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

January 20, 2023

“Proven quality and solidarity”

But, first, I call your attention to a couple of my typically mean-spirited...

January 13, 2023

“An Important New Study of Freemasonry and the Latter-day Saints”

A new article -- this one a review essay -- went up earlier...

December 2022

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 22, 2022

Noting tomorrow’s anniversary of the birth of Joseph Smith

Perhaps, had he not been born so close to the super-holiday of Christmas,...

November 2022

November 25, 2022

“Rethinking the Encounter between Jacob and Sherem”

Two new articles have just gone up in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day...

November 24, 2022

For Thanksgiving Day

Happy Thanksgiving! I hesitated just a bit before deciding to call your...

October 2022

October 21, 2022

“A Man’s Got to Know His Limitations” (Harry Callahan, 1973)

Two new articles went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation. ...

October 13, 2022

Stephen King and James Joyce, on behalf of the Book of Mormon

I imagine that very few of the readers here are unfamiliar with Murphy's...

October 08, 2022

“Did Lucy Harris Support the Book of Mormon?”

Yet another of the products of our overall "Witnesses" film project went up...

September 2022

September 12, 2022

An invitation to attend and to pray

I would like to call your attention to an event -- a special...

September 02, 2022

An ancient idiom in 2 Nephi 4:33, as well as a demonic attack in Lancashire

It's Friday, so yet another new article has appeared in Interpreter: A Journal...