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The value of what Isaac Hale said

    Joseph Smith’s father in law, Emma’s father, the hunter and farmer and innkeeper Isaac Hale (17763-1839), was anything but a fan of his son in law.  He had disapproved of Joseph’s past money-digging and he strongly disapproved of the marriage with Emma.  A year after their marriage, though, Joseph and Emma left Palmyra, […]

“Record-Keeping Technology among God’s People in Ancient and Modern Times,” and a Remarkable New Website

    In an effort ably spearheaded by Steven T. Densley, Jr., and with the assistance of our friends at FAIR and at Book of Mormon Central, the Interpreter Foundation has created a freestanding website, Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, to accompany and supplement the productions of its forthcoming Witnesses film project.  However, it […]

“Cosmic Conundrum”

    Okay.  If I havn’t been clear enough yet, let me make it unmistakably plain now:  I believe that, consonant with advice from their physicians (in some marginal cases), as many people as possible should seek out and receive one of the vaccines that have been or will yet be approved for use against […]

“Remembering Heaven”

    I’ve already mentioned that the Interpreter Foundation’s theatrical film, Witnesses, will be featured at the LDS Film Festival in Orem, Utah, toward the end of February.  There is another film that will be shown there with which I have a slight connection:  Remembering Heaven includes interviews with, among others, Terryl Givens, Martin Tanner, and, […]

Revision 8.13 “A New Temple in Jerusalem?”

    Another development that needs to be achieved, as most Latter- day Saints know, is the construction of a temple in Jerusalem. The prophet Ezekiel saw a vision of a great latter-day temple and its ritu­als and recorded that vision in chapters 40-47 of the Hebrew biblical book named that bears his name. Joseph […]

Joseph Smith, the Kirtland Egyptian Papers, the Book of Abraham, the Beating of Hiram Page, and Several Other Matters

    We know, of course, that the Interpreter Foundation is nearly at death’s door.  Most notably, a critic who called himself Bond James Bond pointed this out almost precisely eight years ago, on 25 January 2013.  And, just this morning, I learned on the same message board where Mr. Bond made his venerable prophecy […]

Catch this morning’s interview with “Joseph Smith”

    If you would like to see the nearly five-minute interview with Paul Wuthrich that aired this morning on ABC Television ‘s Salt Lake City affiliate, you can do so at the link just below.  Paul Wuthrich is the actor who portrays Joseph Smith in the forthcoming Interpreter Foundation theatrical film, Witnesses:   ABC […]

Thursday Morning: Joseph Smith on KTVX, Channel 4, in Salt Lake City

    Just so you know, on Thursday morning, 21 January 2021 — just a few hours from the time I’m writing — the host of ABC 4 “Good Things Utah” will do a live television interview with Paul Wuthrich, who plays the Prophet Joseph Smith in the forthcoming Interpreter Foundation theatrical film, Witnesses.  It […]

On the General Authorities’ Endorsement of Global Communism

    At least by the time I was in graduate school, evangelical Protestant anti-Mormonism was clearly the single most obvious overt challenger to the claims of the Restoration and to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — as distinct, of course, from the usual tugs of worldly temptation and sheer burn-out.  It […]

Get your shot when you can!

    If you’re an anti-vaxxer in general or someone who just refuses to receive vaccination against the COVID-19 pandemic in particular, you plainly won’t find much support for your position among the senior leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:   “The First Presidency and Apostles Over Age 70 Receive the […]