{"id":106107,"date":"2024-07-09T21:13:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T03:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=106107"},"modified":"2024-07-10T10:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:51:34","slug":"the-virtue-of-the-word-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2024\/07\/the-virtue-of-the-word-of-god.html","title":{"rendered":"“The Virtue of the Word of God”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Hugh Nibley (1910-2005), pretty much as he looked when I studied Middle Egyptian with him.
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These new items just went up on the never-changing website of the Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n

Hugh Nibley Observed<\/em>: \u201cFamily Reminisces at the Funeral of Hugh W. Nibley\u201d: Zina Nibley Petersen, Rebecca Nibley, Alex Nibley, Michael Draper Nibley, Thomas Hugh Nibley, Christina Nibley Mincek, and Paul Sloan Nibley\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Hugh Nibley Observed<\/em>, edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Shirley S. Ricks, and Stephen T. Whitlock. For more information, go to https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/books\/hugh-nibley-observed\/<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me<\/em> Book of Mormon Lesson 29\u201cThe Virtue of the Word of God\u201d Alma 30-31<\/a><\/p>\n

This week for Come, Follow Me<\/em> lesson 29 covering Alma 30-31, we only have lectures 54 from Hugh Nibley\u2019s Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University, covering Alma 30 and 31.<\/p>\n

During 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen to and valuable to your Come, Follow Me<\/em> study program this year. Each week, we will include the lectures covering the Book of Mormon chapters being studied that week.<\/p>\n

All 112 lectures are immediately available in PDF, audio, video, and electronic formats, as well as in paperback books that are available for purchase. Links for all of the available online sources can be found in the Complete Bibliography for Hugh Nibley at https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/bibliographies\/hugh-w-nibley\/lectures\/<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 29: \u201cThe Virtue of the Word of God\u201d: Alma 30 and 31<\/a><\/p>\n

For the 23 June 2024 Come, Follow Me<\/em> segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, Steve Densley and John Thompson discussed Book of Mormon lesson 29, \u201cThe Virtue of the Word of God\u201d covering Alma 30 and 31.<\/p>\n

Their discussion, recorded and then liberated from commercial and other interruptions, has now been archived and made available for your edification and delight. \u00a0The other segments of the 23 June 2024 radio show can also be accessed, free of charge, at https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/interpreter-radio-show-june-23-2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Interpreter Radio Show is broadcast live every single week of the year along the Wasatch Front in Utah (principally in the Salt Lake Valley) on Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640. \u00a0Alternatively, if you are unable to tune in on the radio, you can listen live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple is the second temple in the city of Lima. Peru currently has four temples, with five more either under construction of announced. (Wikimedia Commons public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While absent-mindedly rummaging around in the Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cHow Religion Poisons Everything\u201d File<\/em>\u2122 earlier today, I happened across this venerable article: \u00a0Paul S. Mueller, MD; David J. Plevak, MD; and Teresa A. Rummans, MD, \u201cReligious Involvement, Spirituality, and Medicine: Implications for Clinical Practice, Mayo Clinic Proceedings<\/em> (2001) 76:1225-1235.\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0 I share its abstract with you. \u00a0The bolding is mine, for emphasis:<\/p>\n

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Surveys suggest that most patients have a spiritual life and <\/span> regard their spiritual health and physical health as equally <\/span> important. Furthermore, people may have greater spiri<\/span>tual needs during illness. We reviewed published studies, <\/span> meta-analyses, <\/span>systematic <\/span>reviews, <\/span>and <\/span>subject <\/span>reviews <\/span> that <\/span>examined <\/span>the <\/span>association <\/span>between <\/span>religious <\/span>involve<\/span>ment and spirituality and physical health, mental health, <\/span> health-related quality of life, and other health outcomes. <\/span> We <\/span>also <\/span>reviewed <\/span>articles <\/span>that <\/span>provided <\/span>suggestions <\/span>on <\/span> how clinicians might assess and support the spiritual needs <\/span> of patients. Most studies have shown that religious involve<\/strong><\/span>ment <\/span>and <\/span>spirituality <\/span>are <\/span>associated <\/span>with <\/span>better <\/span>health <\/span> outcomes, <\/span>including <\/span>greater <\/span>longevity, <\/span>coping <\/span>skills, <\/span>and <\/span> health-related quality of life (even during terminal illness) <\/span> and <\/span>less <\/span>anxiety, <\/span>depression, <\/span>and <\/span>suicide. <\/span>Several <\/span>stud<\/span>ies have shown that addressing the spiritual needs of the <\/span> patient <\/span>may <\/span>enhance <\/span>recovery <\/span>from <\/span>illness. <\/span><\/strong>Discerning <\/span> acknowledging, and supporting the spiritual needs of pa<\/span>tients can be done in a straightforward and noncontrover<\/span>sial manner. Furthermore, many sources of spiritual care <\/span> (eg, <\/span>chaplains) <\/span>are <\/span>available <\/span>to <\/span>clinicians <\/span>to <\/span>address <\/span> spiritual needs of patients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And here, while we\u2019re at it, is yet another gratifyingly terrible item from the Hitchens File<\/em>: \u00a0\u201cThousands of Women and Children in Central America Participate in Nutrition Effort:\u00a0President Johnson attends screening event in Guatemala\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is the just-released movie poster for the Interpreter Foundation\u2019s forthcoming \u201cSix Days in August\u201d theatrical film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The release of the Interpreter Foundation\u2019s newest film, Six Days in August<\/em>, is rapidly approaching and, candidly, we\u2019re really excited to share it with the public. \u00a0Our tentative release date is the Thursday following this year\u2019s semiannual general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a>, which is 10 October 2024. \u00a0That\u2019s not yet chiseled into stone, but it\u2019s the likely date. \u00a0Please feel free to pencil that in on your calendar.<\/p>\n

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** We were initially looking at a line of British imports. Unfortunately, there were no models that were immediately available in gold-plated editions \u2014 such a car would need to be shipped in from the Persian Gulf \u2014 and our need is fairly pressing.
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** My wife and I spent much of today looking at cars. \u00a0We\u2019re down to one vehicle for, currently, four people and three drivers in our house. \u00a0That situation has been pretty much workable up until now, but there is suddenly a fairly urgent need for a second vehicle. \u00a0Besides which, our present car is approaching 300,000 miles.<\/p>\n
** I\u2019m not an automobile buff, although I found shopping for cars today almost infinitely more enjoyable than I have ever<\/em> found \u00a0shopping for clothes<\/em>. \u00a0(I\u2019m sure that there must be a scientific basis for this: Based on decades of experience, I believer that clothing stores emit some sort of subtle chemical gas that makes me sleepy whenever I approach within ten to fifteen yards of them.) \u00a0Still, I hate the thought of spending so much money \u2014 and it will be a lot of money whatever<\/em> we ultimately choose to do \u2014 on a mere means of getting from Point A to Point B. \u00a0Looking for a second car is pretty depressing but, under current circumstances, it\u2019s unavoidable. \u00a0Stupidly, though, as a budding movie mogul, I failed to include any language in any of the contract materials related to Six Days in August<\/em> that will pay me or my wife or any of my children or heirs or assigns so much as a single penny. \u00a0(What was I thinking?) \u00a0So if anybody out there would like to kick in a few thousand bucks to my new Wheels for Apologists program, please contact me.<\/p>\n
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