Mike Parker clarifies, part I
A couple of weeks ago on my Interpreter blog, I posted a table that summarized the differences between my approach to Church history […]
More good news from BYU Studies
I continue to be impressed and encouraged by the changed editorial approach at BYU Studies. As I state at the end of […]
Friendship vs enmity
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) tweeted at 6:32 PM on Sat, Apr 08, 2023: Friendship takes work, enmity is effortless (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1644860793224085506?t=IzkfGlkYA0cDfazMw37vTw&s=03) _____ 99 quotations […]
Unity in diversity
One of the themes of General Conference was unity, such as these quotations (see below). “Unity does not require sameness, but it […]
The principle of love
Joseph Smith gave this discourse on July 9 1843. There are two versions. Willard Richards wrote notes that were later expanded. […]
Letter to the SLTrib regarding the translation
Our letter was published with an appropriate photo. Letter: Challenging the seer stone consensus on Book of Mormon translation https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2023/03/28/letter-challenging-seer-stone/ Source: Book […]
General Conference, revelation, and Cumorah
I’ll be traveling this week so I don’t plan to post anything for a few days, but with General Conference arriving, I […]
the overeducated
“The overeducated are worse off than the undereducated, having traded common sense for the illusion of knowledge.” @naval Source: Book of Mormon […]
"most people would go with the Heartland"
Some time ago I was in a conversation with several well-known M2Cers. The topic of alternative models of Book of Mormon geography […]
First podcast with Backyard Professor
Yesterday I did a live interview with Kerry Shirts (aka the Backyard Professor) and Steven Pynakker of Mormon Book Reviews. Both of […]