In the October 15th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Martin Tanner, Kris Frederickson and Bruce Webster discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for November 10 – 16 covering D&C 129 – 132. You can listen to or download the Come, Follow Me segment of the […]

Abstract: The Restoration of the Gospel began in an atmosphere of ardent and urgent expectations of the Second Coming of Christ. We are, after all, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Those expectations were shared far beyond the ranks of those who eventually joined the Church. But the early nineteenth-century men and women […]

  In the October 29, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and John Thompson interview special guest Richard E. Turley Jr. about President Dallin Oaks (Turley is the author of In the Hands of the Lord: The Life of Dallin H. Oaks) and Turley’s upcoming Joseph the Prophet […]

  In the October 7th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Terry Hutchinson, Kevin Christensen, and Mark Johnson discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for November 3 – 9 covering D&C 125 – 128. You can listen to or download the Come, Follow Me segment of the […]

Abstract: This study argues that the Book of Mormon both adopts and develops the instructional wisdom tradition found in Proverbs 1–9 and other pre-exilic Near-Eastern texts. After outlining the structure, rhetoric, and themes of Hebrew instructional wisdom, it tracks those features through major Book of Mormon discourses. Particular attention is given to the personification of […]

  In the October 15, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Martin Tanner, Kris Frederickson and Bruce Webster discuss the new First Presidency and the shooting at the Chapel in Grand Blanc, Michigan. You can listen to or download the discussion segment of the podcast episode below. The audio track is also […]

  In the October 5th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Martin Tanner, Hales Swift, and Brent Schmidt discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for October 27 – November 2 covering D&C 124. You can listen to or download the Come, Follow Me segment of the October […]

Abstract: This article is part two of an analysis of the literary structure of Alma 17–27. The current article analyzes the literary structure of Alma 21–22, which is “an account of the preaching of Aaron and Muloki and their brethren to the Lamanites” as noted in the heading before Alma 21. These two chapters were […]

  In the September 23, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Martin Tanner and Bruce Webster discuss insights on Marriage, The Family: A Proclamation to the World, and low marriage rates. You can listen to or download the discussion segment of the podcast episode below. The audio track is also included in […]