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“Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”

  Retired federal judge Paul Warner is the “star” of the latest video short from the Interpreter Foundation.  Like the others in this series, “A Dying Declaration” — that’s the title of this one — has been drawn from the Interpreter docudrama Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon.  And, as with the rest of […]

“He thought it no sin”

  The moribund and never-changing website of the Interpreter Foundation continues to post new items.  Here’s one that went up earlier today:  Interpreter Radio Show — August 11, 2024 For the 11 August 2024 episode of the Interpreter Radio Show, Terry Hutchinson, Mark Johnson, and Kevin Christensen discussed Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson […]

It’s so big!

  Retired federal judge Paul Warner is the featured interview in this latest very short video from the Interpreter Foundation, titled “Testimony of a Judge.”  We hope that you will enjoy these short features, which have been drawn from the Interpreter Foundation’s 2022 docudrama Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon. However, not only do […]

The Temple and the Principle of “Semper Reformanda”

  A second article went up yesterday in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship after I posted my blog entry for the day, so I’m mentioning it to you now.  And it was accompanied by a second “Interpreting Interpreter” entry from the remarkably dependable Kyler Rasmussen: “Insights into the Story of Korihor […]

Should we back down on building temples?

  First, two stories that can be taken as pointing in two quite different directions: (1) As a teenager, I worked every summer for the Southern California construction company that my father owned.  He didn’t want me to be or to seem spoiled, so he often made sure that I received the dirtiest, least glamorous, […]

On a Prophet and an Antichrist

  Here’s the link to a newly published article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:  “Did Korihor Usurp the Words of Zeniff?” written by Elliott Jolley Abstract: The Book of Mormon contains several instances where a speaker or author in the Book of Mormon quotes a previous one. This article presents […]

Of Temples and Apostolic Keys

  Richard N. W. Lambert, an active devotee of Latter-day Saint history who is now retired as a federal prosecutor and an Assistant United States Attorney, is featured in the newest short-video feature from the Interpreter Foundation, which is entitled “The Witnesses are Credible.”  (As with the other video shorts in this series, it’s been […]

Was science possible before the Protestant Reformation?

  Some new slides from a pair of lectures have just gone up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:  “The Innovative and Revolutionary Book of Mormon Critical Text Project,” presentations by Royal Skousen and Stanford Carmack, given Saturday, 10 August 2024 On Saturday, August 10, 2024, Royal Skousen and Stanford Carmack spoke at a […]

“The Most Profound Experience”

  Yet another very short video feature has just been posted by the Interpreter Foundation.  It’s entitled “The Most Profound Experience.”  It focuses on David Whitmer, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, and it features the irreplaceable independent Latter-day Saint historian Don Bradley. Our hope is that you’ll enjoy this and […]

A gift for the man who really needs nothing

  We are rapidly closing in on the hundredth anniversary of President Russell M. Nelson’s birth.  I hope he makes it.  I’m praying that he makes it.  (No, I don’t have any reliable insider information to the contrary; I simply recognize the fact that a man in his hundredth year is, by most post-diluvian standards, […]