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April 2020

April 30, 2020

“The Temple on Mount Zion”

Call for Papers: 2020 “Temple on Mount Zion” Conference The biennial Temple on...

April 26, 2020

The Whitmer Family Prior to the Book of Mormon (B)

Here are a few more of my notes from Ronald E. Romig, Eighth...

April 25, 2020

The Whitmer Family Prior to the Book of Mormon (A)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was probably organized in the...

April 18, 2020

A Nephite Feast of Tabernacles

Notes from John W. Welch, et al., eds. Knowing Why: 137 Evidences That...

April 17, 2020

On criticism of the church’s COVID-19 assistance, and other topics

It being Friday, a new article -- this time, a review by Trevor...

April 14, 2020

Once More, on the Temple in Dubai

I liked Charles Kurzman’s book The Missing Martyrs: Why There Are So Few Muslim...

April 13, 2020

Back to Designing a Temple for Dubai

I've experienced just a bit of pushback since suggesting, a few days ago,...

April 10, 2020

A Great Cloud of Witnesses

I published this Easter 2016 column in the Deseret News: Since the...

April 06, 2020

“United Arab Emirates leaders welcome Latter-day Saint temple in series of tweets”

"United Arab Emirates leaders welcome Latter-day Saint temple in series of tweets" ...

April 01, 2020

“Let your light so shine”

Matthew Wheeler kindly called my attention to this item: "Malaysia's Queen is...

March 2020

March 26, 2020

“Church parking lots in Utah could be used as COVID-19 testing sites if needed”

In a bid to continue helping you with your Christopher Hitchens Memorial "How...

March 24, 2020

“How Latter-day Saint Charities is helping during coronavirus crisis — in Utah and around the world”

This is a really juicy one for your Christopher Hitchens Memorial "How Religion...

March 23, 2020

Yet, again: Has Richard Bushman declared the “dominant narrative” of Church history “false”?

I first posted this blog entry back on 31 July 2017. However, since...

March 20, 2020

Free Market, Latter-day Saint, and Other Reactions to COVID-19

Tyler Moulton kindly called my attention to the second of the two articles...

March 19, 2020

Of what value are the Book of Mormon witnesses?

I published this article on 18 October 2018 in the print edition of...

March 16, 2020

Responding to the Coronavirus

"President Nelson Gives a Message of Hope at This Troubled Time" ***...

March 15, 2020

Two thoughts on heaven

I continue to be struck by a quotation from then-Elder Russell M. Nelson...

March 14, 2020

A few hasty, coronavirus-inspired reflections

In the midst of a global pandemic during which public religious services are...

March 13, 2020

More on Medical Science, Faith, and Prayer

Responding to my blog entry of Thursday entitled "Medicine Versus the Priesthood?" a...

March 12, 2020

Medicine Versus the Priesthood?

Particularly in the wake of announcements about -- to choose some prominent examples...

March 08, 2020

The sacrifice of Martin Harris

Thanks to the generous efforts of many volunteers and the kind support of...

February 2020

February 25, 2020

“Latter-day Saint Charities Blessed Millions of Lives in 2019”

“A man filled with the love of God, is not content with blessing...

February 25, 2020

Evolution and the Church, plus “You’re Going to Get the Coronavirus”

Science & Mormonism Series 1: Cosmos, Earth, and Man LDS Statements on Evolution and...

February 06, 2020

Reprise: “Harry Reid, My Brother”

I've plainly angered and alienated a number of people over the past day...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

“The Manifesto was a Victory!”

First, here's another item for your voracious Christopher Hitchens Memorial "How Religion Poisons Everything"...

January 27, 2020

My career as a water witcher, armed with a divining rod

Three or four times, perhaps, I've publicly mentioned my one and only direct...

January 17, 2020

“’Somebody Wrote It:’ The Book of Mormon’s Missionary Message to a 21st-Century World”

Quelle surprise! It's Friday, and a new article has appeared in Interpreter: A...

January 08, 2020

LDS Inc. (Part 21)

Cody Quirk has kindly drawn my notice to an item by LaVar Webb,...

January 07, 2020

“The history of human thought . . . from the point of view of temple worship”

On 12 October 2020, nearly a full century ago, Elder John A. Widtsoe...

January 05, 2020

Notes from “Timing the Translation of the Book of Mormon” (2)

A friend sent to me the following quotation from the prominent conservative economist...