Abstract: Joseph Smith’s use of a seer stone and hat in producing the Book of Mormon has been a point of confusion, dismay, and even embarrassment among some believers. These feelings may reflect a lack of understanding of the functions of these objects in enabling Joseph to receive divine revelation. As the term was used […]

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  In the May 18th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Bruce Webster and Martin Tanner discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for June 9 – June 15 covering D&C 60 to 63. You can listen to or download the Doctrine & Covenants in Context segment of […]

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  In the May 25, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are John Thompson and Martin Tanner, with special guest Val Larsen, discuss Val’s recent article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship and the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for June 16 – 22. You can […]

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Abstract: This article continues a discussion of the imagery, words, and phrases that make up a specific leitmotif, called the seed motif. Two instances of the seed motif found in Alma are discussed as a seemingly intentional diptych in which one narrative reflects the other, but in the negative. Five specific examples from the motif […]

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  In the May 11th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Mark Johnson, Kevin Christensen, and Martin Tanner discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for June 2 – June 8 covering D&C 58 and 59. You can listen to or download the Doctrine & Covenants in Context […]

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  In the May 18, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Bruce Webster and Martin Tanner. They discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for June 9 – June 15, Church leadership, Hugh Nibley, the three Nephites, and Matt Roper’s serialized book in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint […]

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Abstract: The classical formulation of God as the sole, self-existent Being and ground of all that exists poses a philosophical problem. If God is omniscient and omnipotent, why does evil exist? Why does he not save humankind from moral and natural evil? If we embrace the full set of classical assumptions of creedal Christianity, these […]

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  In the May 4th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Martin Tanner, Hales Swift, and Brent Schmidt discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for May 26 – June 1 covering D&C 51-57. You can listen to or download the Doctrine & Covenants in Context segment of […]

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