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- Glory to God in the Highest
Abstract: What would it have been like to be among the shepherds who heard the angelic announcement of Jesus’s birth? Their story has special meaning for many of us because we feel a kinship with those shepherds through shared anonymity … Continue reading →
The post Glory to God in the Highest first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.9 min - “Signals of Transcendence”
Abstract: Hints of a different and better world — sometimes dimly remembered, often intuited, and commonly hoped for — and of a glorious, mighty power behind the world in which we currently live, are all around us. They are not … Continue reading →
The post “Signals of Transcendence” first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.29 min - Credo
Abstract: The Restoration began with the stunning divine declaration to the Prophet Joseph Smith that the Christian sects of his day were “all wrong,” that “all their creeds were an abomination in [God’s] sight.” It’s a powerful condemnation, but what, … Continue reading →
The post Credo first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.15 min - “In This Batter’d Caravanserai”
Abstract: In the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, based upon verses composed by an eleventh-century Persian mathematician and astronomer, the English Victorian poet Edward FitzGerald eloquently portrays human life in an indifferent, deterministic universe that lacks any evident purpose and is … Continue reading →
The post “In This Batter’d Caravanserai” first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.40 min - The Goodness of the Cross and Good Friday: Lessons from Bavaria
Abstract: It is natural to wonder how the day on which Jesus was crucified could come to be known as Good Friday. In this exploration of the topic, John Welch examines the many events which occurred on that fateful day … Continue reading →
The post The Goodness of the Cross and Good Friday: Lessons from Bavaria first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.26 min - How Things Look from Here
Abstract: Do defenders of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ see themselves as fighting a desperate rearguard battle against the evidence, hoping to save at least a faint shred of credibility for its claims? Hardly. But, at the same time, … Continue reading →
The post How Things Look from Here first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.13 min - Beautiful Patience
Abstract: Believers in the God of Abraham — who include not only Jews and Christians but also Muslims — are exhorted to call upon him every day, as well as in times of need. We are promised that he will … Continue reading →
The post Beautiful Patience first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.22 min - Puritans, Pagans, and Imperfect Christmas Gifts
Abstract: Early American campaigns against Christmas illustrate both the irrepressibility of the impulse to celebrate Christ and what is lost when we reject the good that comes from suspect sources. Both lessons point us toward the Savior’s gracious acceptance of … Continue reading →
The post Puritans, Pagans, and Imperfect Christmas Gifts first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.11 min - We Live in the Olden Days: Reflections on the Importance of Scientific and Theological Humility
Abstract: Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a unique perspective on truth. Our knowledge that Salvation likely involves participation in complex eternal activities requiring significantly more understanding than we currently possess naturally leads us to … Continue reading →
The post We Live in the Olden Days: Reflections on the Importance of Scientific and Theological Humility first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.29 min - When an Evident Fact Cannot Be Allowed to Be True
Abstract: Miracles occur relatively often in scripture, as do people who, for various reasons, want or even need to deny their occurrence. The arguments that are deployed to justify such denial haven’t changed all that much over the centuries. In … Continue reading →
The post When an Evident Fact Cannot Be Allowed to Be True first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.30 min
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