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What if Sacha Cohen were to visit Cody, Wyoming?

    Two new articles went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation.  We wish you a happy weekend! “Joseph Smith at the Veil: Significant Ritual, Symbolism, and Temple Influence at Latter-day Saint Beginnings,” written by George L. Mitton Abstract: The prophet Joseph Smith was paced through a life steeped in ritual and […]

Genesis 1 versus Science?

    In the fourth chapter of John H. Walton and D. Brent Sandy, The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority (Downers Grove IL: IVP Academic, 2013), which is entitled “Proposition 4: the Bible Contains No New Revelation About the Workings and Understanding of the Material World,” the authors reiterate that […]

Was Joseph Smith funny?

    Confident predictions of its imminent demise notwithstanding, new material constantly appears on the website of the Interpreter Foundation.  Here are three of the latest, which are all available to you, at your convenience and at no charge (though we hope that some of you, at least, might consider making a donation, whether large […]

My last post on the temple in Cody? Maybe, for a while at least.

    As a young man, I served a two-year mission (1972-1974) in German-speaking Switzerland, where a temple has been located (in Zollikofen, just outside of the Swiss federal capital of Bern) since its dedication by President David O. McKay in September of 1955.  Once, while I was serving in mission headquarters in Zürich at […]

“Without form, and void”: Genesis or My Two Talks?

    As the image above indicates, I’ll be giving an English-language presentation tomorrow, Tuesday, at 8 PM Paris time — which is twelve noon Utah time — to students in Europe who are enrolled in the BYU Pathway program.  It should be fun —  for me, at least.     And then, at 7:00 […]

“Without form, and void”: Genesis and Two Talks

    As the image above indicates, I’ll be giving an English-language presentation tomorrow, Tuesday, at 8 PM Paris time — which is twelve noon Utah time — to students in Europe who are enrolled in the BYU Pathway program.  It should be fun —  for me, at least.     And then, at 7:00 […]

My Last Comment on the Temple in Cody? (Probably Not)

    Yesterday, Saturday, I received an important communication from one “Jack Anderson” — perhaps it’s his real name, perhaps it’s not — that reads as follows: The Brighamite Mormon church was founded by a sexual predator and is infested with sexual predators. It is perfectly reasonable for the good people of Cody to do […]

“Golda” as “whiteness” triumphant

    I’ve read Noah Berlatsky’s review of the new film Golda (CNN: “Opinion: The Golda Meir movie starring Helen Mirren fails the test of history”).  Although written from a Leftist perspective, it manages to make a few points worthy of consideration and discussion.  But — I’m sorry –this is flat nonsense, and almost the […]

“A Mystery to the World”

    ““A Mystery to the World”: A New Proposal for Isaiah 22:20-25,” written by Spencer Kraus Abstract: Isaiah’s oracle in Isaiah 22 regarding a man named Eliakim employs significant and unique language regarding a “nail in a sure place.” This language is accompanied by clear connections to the ancient temple, including the bestowal of […]

A Note on Reason and our Faith in Science

    One of the things that I like most about the place that we stay when we’re here is that it’s only a few minutes away from the Newport Beach Temple.  We attended a session there last night (with a friend, her daughter, and her son-in-law), and so this article caught my particular attention […]