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Remembering “Moroni Day” and Appreciating the Book of Abraham

    Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:  Conference Talks: Group Ascension to Heaven in Early Judaism and Christianity. This presentation was originally given by David Larsen on Saturday, 5 November 2016, at the Interpreter Foundation’s 2016 Temple on Mount Zion Conference.     This is good to hear, although, since there […]

“Walk in the Spirit”

    Two more items have gone up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation.  As is typically the case, they are available to you at no charge: The New Testament in Context Lesson 40: “Walk in the Spirit”: Galatians In the 3 September 2023 Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, Terry […]

“Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates and “The Annotated Book of Mormon”

    I acquired two new books at the end of last week, and I’m looking forward to reading them. The first is Richard Lyman Bushman, Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates: A Cultural History (New York: Oxford University Press, 2023), Renowned historian Richard Lyman Bushman presents a vibrant history of the objects that gave birth to […]

“There Were Giants in the Land”

    I received the following from my friend Mark Skousen, and I think that some of you will be interested in it.  So I share it here pretty much in toto:   Our New Book is Banned in Beijing! By Mark SkousenEditor, Forecasts & Strategies 09/14/2023 “Cleon Skousen was truly a giant. I encourage […]

More about “LD$ Inc.”

    I pass on to you a message from my friend Scott Gordon, the president of FAIR LDS, about FAIR’s upcoming virtual conference on “Defending the Book of Mormon,” which will occur on 22-23 September (commemorating the 200th anniversary of the appearance of the angel Moroni to the young Joseph Smith): Join us September […]

A Baptismal Witness of the Covenant

    Two new articles went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: “Witness of the Covenant,” written by Loren Blake Spendlove Abstract: Although much has been taught about covenants in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, little attention has been given to the witnesses of those covenants. In this paper […]

Actual Photographs of Early Latter-day Saint History, and Other Treats

    As I say, the game is afoot.  Today marked the fourth day of filming for the Interpreter Foundation’s new movie project, Six Days in August.  Our crew and our actors are hard at work, filling long days, in Upper Canada Village, which is located on the northern bank of the St. Lawrence River […]

Birthday 110

    My father was born 110 years ago today, in a largely Scandinavian area of rural North Dakota.  Teddy Roosevelt had first visited the Dakota Territory just thirty years before, in 1883, where he was enthralled by the “western” lifestyle and set out to become a cattle rancher.  North Dakota had attained statehood in […]

Times of Transition

      Filming for the Interpreter Foundation’s new “Six Days in August” movie project has been underway in Canada since Monday morning.  That’s both exciting and, well, worrying.  If you feel any inclination to include our film crew and our actors in your prayers, I won’t oppose you in that. So far, I’m told, […]

“Science flies men to the moon. Religion flies planes into buildings.”

    With friends — unaccountably, I do have friends — my wife and I spent almost all of today at and around Dead Horse Point State Park and Canyonlands National Park.  There are places in my adopted home state that, I’m compelled to say, are absolutely glorious.  We finished our excursion off with simple […]