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March 2023

March 26, 2023

“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake”

While, in terms of their form, Matthew 5:10 and 5:11-12 may seem at...

March 02, 2023

“The Chosen”

I continue with my reading of Andrew Loke, Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus...

February 2023

February 26, 2023

“Blessed are the merciful”

“Blessed are the merciful," reads the King James Version of Matthew 5:7, "for...

February 04, 2023

Introducing a Blog Focus for the Sabbath

I've long had it in mind to do a brief book on the...

January 2023

January 15, 2023

Five Years On

Elder Russell M. Nelson was set apart as the seventeenth president of the...

December 2022

December 27, 2022

Religiosity, Depression, and Life Expectancy

But, first, these three new items went up today on the website of...

December 25, 2022

Notes on the Nativity, and a Christmas Carol’s Back Story

"Opinion: The true power of Christmas in a world filled with violence and...

December 24, 2021

Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar

*** I had certainly not planned that this year's Interpreter Christmas message...

August 2021

August 17, 2021

Light from the West and the Ancient East

*** New, from Jonn Claybaugh, on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:...

April 2021

April 25, 2021

Approaching the Beatitudes (Beatitudes 1)

*** I hope that you caught at least part of the superb...

April 19, 2021

Growing Up as Hugh Nibley

*** To the probable astonishment of hundreds of millions of people worldwide,...

February 2021

February 15, 2021

“The Handclasp, the Temple, and the King”

I read just this morning that Latter-day Saint apologetics is literally soaked in...

February 12, 2021

Jaredites, Polygamists, and Political Activists

While we wait to see how long it will be before the long-promised...

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...

November 2020

November 06, 2020

Saturday’s Temple Conference

This is a last-minute reminder of the Interpreter Foundation's imminent next conference. As...

August 2020

August 28, 2020

“Some Notes on Jacob 4:14, Revelation, Canon, Covenant, and Law”

It's Friday and, accordingly, a new article has appeared in Interpreter: A Journal...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

What happened to the early apostles?

Shortly before our departure for Colorado, a good friend -- formerly our branch...

June 2020

June 03, 2020

The Latest from the Interpreter Foundation (Part One)

The Interpreter Foundation continues to make useful and interesting materials available in a...

June 01, 2020

Half full, or half empty? More similar, or more different?

I offer here a summary passage from Mark D. Roberts, Can We Trust...

May 2020

May 31, 2020

Two linguistic notes regarding Book of Mormon names

Martin Tanner and I will have Dr. Stanford Carmack as our guest this...

May 18, 2020

A Biblical Pattern and a Chemical Engineer

Unusually for a Monday, here's the announcement of an article -- this one...

April 2020

April 24, 2020

Hebrew Wordplay on the Name “Benjamin” in the Book of Mosiah?

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

January 2020

January 14, 2020

On Perfection

I published this column in the Deseret News back in 2012: Beginning with...

December 2019

December 22, 2019

Christmas Messages

On Friday, the Interpreter Foundation published its 2019 Christmas message, by Dr. Kristine...

December 16, 2019

Meet the Magi

Bill Hamblin and I published this column in the Deseret News several years...

March 2019

March 08, 2019

New Testament Notes 92-93

Matthew 9:1-8 Mark 2:1-12 Luke 5:17-26 Compare John 5:1-9 The logic here...

February 2019

February 16, 2019

New Testament Notes 44-45

Matthew 9:9-13 Mark 2:13-17 Luke 5:27-32 This account, of the calling of...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

New Testament Notes 10-11

Matthew 2:13-23 Luke 2:39-40 In the Bible -- in the Old Testament,...

January 27, 2019

New Testament Note 8

Matthew 2:1-12 Luke 2:8-20 (John 7:41-42) The Greek term often rendered as...

January 27, 2019

New Testament Note 7

Matthew 1:18-25 Luke 2:1-7 What can I possibly say here about this...