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Abraham and His Family
In Scripture, History, and Tradition
Saturday, May 3, 2025 and Saturday, May 10, 2025
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Brigham Young University Religious Education,
Scripture Central, and FAIR
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Joseph Smith: A Life Lived in Crescendo
Edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
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This two-volume set (1100 pages total) seeks to enrich study of the life and teachings of Joseph Smith through essays by knowledgeable and faithful scholars on selected punctuation marks of Joseph Smith’s final years in Nauvoo. While some of Joseph Smith’s contemporaries saw these events and doctrinal developments as evidence that he was a fallen prophet, modern Latter-day Saints, looking back, see them as a glorious culmination to a faithful life.
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Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 15 (2025) — D&C 30-36
During 1978, 1979, and 1980, Hugh Nibley taught a Doctrine and Covenants Sunday School class. Cassette recordings were made of these classes and some have survived and were digitized by Steve Whitlock and recently enhanced by Nick Galieti. Most of the tapes were in...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 30–36
D&C 30:1-4 Do Not Fear Man We all struggle from time to time. After David Whitmer had seen the Angel Moroni and the gold plates and heard the voice of God, he slackened somewhat and the Lord saw fit to chasten him. What did the Lord say in verses 1-3 that David...
Interpreter Radio Show — March 23, 2025
In the March 23, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Martin Tanner, John Thompson, and Stacey Thompson with special guest Brant Gardner. They discuss Brant's recent article in the Interpreter Journal and Come, Follow Me Doctrine &...
Through a Glass Darkly: Was There a Twentieth-Century Corruption of 1 Corinthians 13:12?
Abstract: This paper considers the well-known account of Paul having been struck blind on the road to Damascus and his equally well-known statement that “for now we see through a glass darkly.” Both are examined in light of a solar eclipse that occurred across the...
Reprint: The Lead Books
Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in The Temple: Plates, Patterns, & Patriarchs, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. For more information, go to...
Comparison of Book of Mormon and Mesoamerican Dates
Brant Gardner’s March 17, 2025, Interpreter Blog post on the life of Mormon in conventional chronological sequence is very interesting.[1] More importantly, that chronological sequence can be usefully applied to an ancient context in which actual contemporary...
Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 14 (2025) — D&C 29
During 1978, 1979, and 1980, Hugh Nibley taught a Doctrine and Covenants Sunday School class. Cassette recordings were made of these classes and some have survived and were digitized by Steve Whitlock and recently enhanced by Nick Galieti. Most of the tapes were in...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 29
D&C 29 A Perfect Plan Section 29 is delightfully packed with doctrine and prophecy. Among other questions, Joseph Smith was praying for further information regarding the Fall of Adam and Eve, and this revelation followed. In the first verse the Savior makes...
Interpreter Radio Show — March 16, 2025
In the March 16, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Bruce Webster and Kris Frederickson. They discuss Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson 15 and Easter. You can listen to or download the March 16th broadcast of the Interpreter...
A Quick Review of Covenant of Christ: A Modern English Version of the Book of Mormon
Review of Covenant of Christ, A Modern English Version of the Book of Mormon (Restoration Scriptures Foundation, 2024). 525 pages. $26.95 (hardback), $21.36 (paperback). This edition of the Book of Mormon has been produced through the restoration church commonly...
Wonder No More: A Review of Into Arabia
Review of Warren P. Aston, Godfrey J. Ellis, and Neal Rappleye, Into Arabia: Anchoring Nephi’s Account in the Real World (Orem, UT: The Interpreter Foundation; Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2024). 298 pages. $44.99 (hardback), $39.99 (paperback). Abstract: Into Arabia...
Reprint: The Sacred and the Temple in Ancient Christianity
Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in The Temple: Plates, Patterns, & Patriarchs, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. For more information, go to...
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