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December 2019

December 08, 2019

Science as “a profound source of spirituality”?

Here are two of my favorite comments from the late American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and...

December 08, 2019

LDS Inc. (Part Nine)

For at least a few critics of Church finances, the issue seems to...

December 07, 2019

LDS Inc. (Part Eight)

As I pointed out in "LDS Inc. (Part Seven)," I understand the desire...

December 06, 2019

LDS Inc. (Part Seven)

Since I began this little series on "LDS Inc.," a number of critics,...

December 05, 2019

“New Video Explores the Historical Credibility of the Book of Abraham”

A fun note from our attendance at the Salt Lake Temple yesterday: When...

December 05, 2019

LDS Inc. (Part Six)

One of the more frivolous forms of the complaint to which I've been...

December 04, 2019

LDS Inc. (Part Five)

A parenthetical comment or aside: The Bible is certainly not opposed to...

December 04, 2019

“Smithmas,” again

We’re just a few days past Thanksgiving, and, already, some critics of the...

December 03, 2019

LDS Inc. (Part Four)

As I observed at the end of "LDS Inc. (Part Three)," when the Church...

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 27, 2019

“The Lost 116 Pages: Reconstructing the Book of Mormon’s Missing Stories”

I would like to call your attention to a remarkable new book, which...

November 19, 2019

“Why the Houston City mayor specifically asked Latter-day Saint missionaries to help with a service event”

First, here are a couple of new items on the website of the...

November 18, 2019

“Science and Mormonism”

This is the first part of my two-part 2019 Thanksgiving column: "The...

November 16, 2019

Southeast Asia, Mesoamerica, Manhattan, and Utah Valley

If you haven't watched this yet, please take a couple of minutes to...

November 16, 2019

Liberty University’s goal — amazingly — of becoming something like BYU

The 10 November 2019 edition of the Interpreter Radio Show featured Terry Hutchinson, John...

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 11, 2019

Islamic Relief and the Latter-day Saints

It's just a hunch, but I'm guessing that, when most Americans think of...

November 07, 2019

Why do Latter-day Saints tend to reject evolution?

My attention was called some time back to a 2014 blog article titled...

November 06, 2019

On “Edward Stevenson’s Journal Entry about Martin Harris”

The Interpreter Foundation continues to grow because it continues to produce. I'm deeply...

November 03, 2019

“Crossings”

My wife and I are just back from the monthly meeting of a...

November 03, 2019

Archaeology and the Book of Mormon?

Some of you are probably already famliar with a website, Mormon Scholars Testify,...

November 02, 2019

Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?

Back in 2015, a controversy erupted at Wheaton College in Illinois, a very...

October 2019

October 23, 2019

Banned in Boston? No, suppressed in Salt Lake City.

During the decade or so that I've been writing regular columns for the...

October 22, 2019

“Evolution and Faith”

And, while I'm at it, I think that I'll share a relevant...

October 21, 2019

“Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.”

Over the next few days, I think that I might share a few...

October 20, 2019

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus” (A)

As I've already mentioned here, I was recently released from my latest stint...

October 20, 2019

Temples in Germany, Utah, and the Congo

"Latter-day Saint Apostle Rededicates Frankfurt Germany Temple: Four-year renovation is complete" There are...

October 20, 2019

National Geographic discovery of Mayan ruins wasn’t proof, but it was very interesting

I originally published this article in the Deseret News back on 8 February...

October 17, 2019

“Heavenly Parents”

I subscribe to an e-newsletter written by the always interesting Deseret News reporter Tad...