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In this episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Mark Johnson, Steve Densley, and John Thompson. They discuss Come, Follow Me New Testament lesson 34 and are joined by Noel Reynolds to discuss his recent article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. You can listen to or download the July 23rd broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. These audio tracks are also included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast).

The “New Testament in Context” portion of this show, for the Come, Follow Me New Testament lesson 34, “Overcome Evil with Good” covering Romans 7–16, will also be posted separately on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.

The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640, or you can listen live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com.

Original air date: July 23, 2023. These recording have been edited to remove commercial breaks.

The New Testament in Context Lesson 34: “Overcome Evil with Good” covering Romans 7–16

Restoration Advocacy: The Book of Mormon witnesses and James Strang

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Discussion: “The Nephite Metaphor of Life as a Probation: Rethinking Nephi’s Portrayal of Laman and Lemuel” by Noel B. Reynolds

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In this episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Bruce Webster, Kris Frederickson, and Robert Boylan. They discuss Come, Follow Me New Testament lesson 33, James Strang and the Voree Plates and the recent article by John Gee. You can listen to or download the July 16th broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. These audio tracks are also included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast).

The “New Testament in Context” portion of this show, for the Come, Follow Me New Testament lesson 33, “The Power of God unto Salvation,” covering Romans 1–6, was posted separately this morning.

The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640, or you can listen live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com.

Original air date: July 16, 2023. These recording have been edited to remove commercial breaks.

The New Testament in Context Lesson 33: “The Power of God unto Salvation” covering Romans 1–6

Restoration Advocacy: James Strang and the Voree Plates

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Discussion: John Gee’s July 7th Interpreter article and other topics.

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The Interpreter Radio Show is a weekly discussion of matters of interest to the hosts, guests, and callers of the show. The views expressed on the Interpreter Radio Show are those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Interpreter Foundation, nor should statements made on the show be construed as official doctrinal statements of the Church.

 

 

In the July 16 Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Bruce Webster, Kris Frederickson, and Robert Boylan discuss New Testament lesson 33, “The Power of God unto Salvation” covering Romans 1–6.

You can listen to or download the New Testament in Context segment of the July 16 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The other segments of the July 16 radio show can be accessed at https://interpreterfoundation.org/interpreter-radio-show-july-16-2023.

The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640, or you can listen live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com.

 

Original air date: July 16, 2023. This recording has been edited to remove commercial breaks.

The Interpreter Radio Show is a weekly discussion of matters of interest to the hosts, guests, and callers of the show. The views expressed on the Interpreter Radio Show are those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Interpreter Foundation, nor should statements made on the show be construed as official doctrinal statements of the Church.

 

Abstract: A traditional reading of Nephi’s chronicle of the trek through Arabia relies heavily on two verses in 1 Nephi 17. In verse 4, Nephi states that they “did sojourn for the space of many years, yea, even eight years in the wilderness.” In verse 5, he reports that “we did come to the land which we called Bountiful.” The almost universal interpretation of these verses is that of sequential events: eight years traversing the arid desert of Western Arabia following which the Lehites entered the lush Bountiful for an unspecified time to build the ship. A question with the traditional reading is why a trip that could have taken eight months ostensibly took eight years. It may be that Nephi gave us that information. His “eight years” could be read as a general statement about one large context: the “wilderness” of all of Arabia. In other words, the “eight years in the wilderness” may have included both the time in the desert and the time in Bountiful. In this paper I examine the basis for such an alternative reading.

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Recent discoveries have provided remarkable plausibility for many of the Book of Mormon’s locations and events.1 As more discoveries are made, it becomes increasingly apparent that Nephi wrote his account of the family’s trek through Arabia with a high level of accuracy and detail. However, in spite of Nephi’s carefully composed text, a variety [Page 282]of questions remain. With an aim to seeking helpful clarifications, this article will explore three questions about the journey through Arabia:

* What did Nephi mean by the word wilderness?

* Why did the trek ostensibly take eight years, and why do all current speculations designed to account for those “missing” years fall short?

* How much time did the Lehites spend in Bountiful, and how much of that total time was spent constructing Nephi’s ship?

Nephi tells us that he wrote the Small Plate account of the trek through Arabia in First Nephi some 30 years after his departure from Jerusalem (2 Nephi 5:27–31). Twenty years earlier, in what are usually referred to as the Large Plates,2 Nephi had been similarly commanded to “make plates of ore that [he] might engraven upon them the record of [his] people” (1 Nephi 19:1). Note that Nephi’s father, Lehi, had been recording events of their exodus even earlier than that (v. 1). All of that latter material was dictated by Joseph Smith a...

Science and Mormonism have nearly always been on very friendly terms, with Church members sharing the deep conviction that, as expressed by former scientist and apostle Elder James E. Talmage, “within the gospel of Jesus Christ there is room and place for every truth thus far learned by man, or yet to be made known.” Subsequent Presidents and General Authorities of the Church have advanced similar views about the ultimate compatibility of religious and scientific truths and, with notably few exceptions, have maintained markedly positive attitudes toward both the methods and conclusions of mainstream science and the advance of modern technology.

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2016 Second Interpreter Science & Mormonism Symposium: Body, Brain, Mind, and SpiritSaturday, March 12, 2016https://interpreterfoundation.org/conferences/2016-second-interpreter-science-mormonism-symposium-body-brain-mind-and-spirit/

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In the July 9 Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Martin Tanner, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen discuss New Testament lesson 32, “A Minister and a Witness,” covering Acts 22–28.

You can listen to or download the New Testament in Context segment of the July 9 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The other segments of the July 9 radio show can be accessed at https://interpreterfoundation.org/interpreter-radio-show-july-9-2023.

The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640, or you can listen live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com.

 

Original air date: July 9, 2023. This recording has been edited to remove commercial breaks.

The Interpreter Radio Show is a weekly discussion of matters of interest to the hosts, guests, and callers of the show. The views expressed on the Interpreter Radio Show are those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Interpreter Foundation, nor should statements made on the show be construed as official doctrinal statements of the Church.

 

Science and Mormonism have nearly always been on very friendly terms, with Church members sharing the deep conviction that, as expressed by former scientist and apostle Elder James E. Talmage, “within the gospel of Jesus Christ there is room and place for every truth thus far learned by man, or yet to be made known.” Subsequent Presidents and General Authorities of the Church have advanced similar views about the ultimate compatibility of religious and scientific truths and, with notably few exceptions, have maintained markedly positive attitudes toward both the methods and conclusions of mainstream science and the advance of modern technology.

Presented at:

2016 Second Interpreter Science & Mormonism Symposium: Body, Brain, Mind, and SpiritSaturday, March 12, 2016https://interpreterfoundation.org/conferences/2016-second-interpreter-science-mormonism-symposium-body-brain-mind-and-spirit/

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