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December 2020

December 04, 2020

The Point of the Plates, and Moroni and Joseph’s Amazing Coat

Many years ago, a friend who was sympathetic to the Church but not...

December 01, 2020

Good reading, free, online

I received this note yesterday from Valerie Hudson Cassler -- see her 2010 testimony...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

Jeremiah 1:5, Premortal Existence, the Status of the EModE Hypothesis, Latter-day Saints, and Sexuality

An article written by Dana M. Pike has now appeared in Interpreter: A...

November 29, 2020

Introductory thoughts for a natural theology, and dreams for a conference

This morning, I was re-reading Joseph Smith's 1832 account of his First Vision...

November 28, 2020

Revision 8.5.”David O. McKay, Hugh J. Cannon, and Joseph Wilford Booth”

Carrying on from my last installment, Revision 8.4 A Latter-day Saint Presence in Palestine...

November 24, 2020

New from Interpreter #GiveThanks

Here are some recent materials on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ...

November 23, 2020

Mormonism, the Trinity, Joseph Smith, Plagiarism, and Adam Clarke #GiveThanks

An article of mine of which I'm personally quite fond (and which I...

November 20, 2020

“Count Your Many Mormons” #GiveThanks

I have an unannounced program or schedule for my entries on this blog. ...

November 17, 2020

Did Nietzsche get this one right?

The year 2020 has been a long slog, and few of us will...

November 15, 2020

Revision 8.4 A Latter-day Saint Presence in Palestine and the Near East?

The earliest Latter-day Saint missionaries to the Near East dreamed of a Church...

November 14, 2020

The reliability of eyewitness testimony and the Book of Mormon

From time to time, when I'm commenting about the witnesses to the Book...

November 13, 2020

Of Eyewitnesses, the Resurrection, and the Gold Plates

Here are some notes on the earliest Christian disciples and the raising of...

November 11, 2020

Ziauddin Yousafzai

I received this note from my former dean in the BYU College of...

November 10, 2020

“The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses”

From Jeff Lindsay: "Video of My Presentation with Noel Reynolds, “'Strong Like Unto Moses':...

November 07, 2020

Revision 8.3 “On Early Apostles and Missionaries in the Holy Land and the Near East”

This was, however, not the last time that apostles of the Lord would...

November 03, 2020

The Book of Mormon: Focus and Coherence

I'm a bit behind on my self-assigned task of keeping you informed of...

November 02, 2020

A vision through the veil, on Maui

We had an enjoyable time last night with our monthly reading group (via...

November 01, 2020

Revision 8.2 “A further note on the rededication of Palestine”

I continue my account of a party sent in 1872 by President Brigham...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

An 1865 Vision of a Gathering Place for the Saints in Hawai’i

Drawing on R. Lanier Britsch, Moramona: The Mormons in Hawai'i, 2d ed., updated,...

October 28, 2020

Of Smallpox, Epidemics, Hawaii (or Hawai’i), Latter-day Saints, and the Sandwich

My wife and I have belonged for many years now to a regular...

October 27, 2020

A quirky thought on scientific progress and human exaltation

At noon today, we had an hour-long closed Zoom call for BYU Middle...

October 26, 2020

The theology of C. S. Lewis and the witness of the Whitmer family

John C. Whitmer was the son of Jacob Whitmer, one of the Eight...

October 24, 2020

Revision 8.1 “Apostles Rededicate the Holy Land”

Note: For at least a while, based upon discussion with folks at Patheos,...

October 23, 2020

Revision 6.18 “The United Nations Plan,” plus a bibliography on Latter-day Saints and Islam

There were serious clashes between Arabs and Jewish settlers throughout the 1920s and...

October 23, 2020

In the Book of Moses, “”Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From?”

A new item -- this one by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Matthew L. Bowen, and Ryan...

October 22, 2020

“Revisions in the Analysis of Archaic Language in the Book of Mormon”

An important new academic discussion has now appeared on the website of the...

October 22, 2020

“A Latter-day Saint Defense of the Unborn”

But, first, the latest installment of my bi-weekly column for the Deseret News...

October 22, 2020

Revision 6.17 “The Balfour Declaration”

Despite numerous dissenting voices, the political Zionist movement began to gain momentum during...

October 21, 2020

On “sustainable societies” and hateful politics, with a note on sex

I was extremely pleased to see this: From national CBS News: "Republican...

October 21, 2020

Revision 6.16 “The Rise of Zionism” (B)

In 1882, young Jews calling themselves "Lovers of Zion" began actively to promote...