{"id":71980,"date":"2019-03-24T22:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=71980"},"modified":"2019-03-24T22:00:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T04:00:38","slug":"letter-to-a-doubter-and-other-good-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/03\/letter-to-a-doubter-and-other-good-things.html","title":{"rendered":"“Letter to a Doubter,” and Other Good Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"World<\/a>
Throughout Utah \u2014 and, no doubt, across the Western states generally (except perhaps in San Antonio, Texas) \u2014 hundreds of thousands if not millions of listeners gather by their radios every Sunday night, seeking wisdom from the Interpreter Radio Show.
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You can now listen to or download the 10 March 2019 broadcast of the weekly Interpreter Radio Show. \u00a0The hosts for this episode were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen. \u00a0They covered \u201cCome Follow Me\u201d Lesson 13 as well as discussing various biblical translations:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/interpreter-radio-show-march-10-2019\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The 10 March 2019 show will also be included in our podcast feed:\u00a0 (https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/feeds\/podcast<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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If you would like to listen to just the\u00a0Interpreter Radio (audio) Roundtable for\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0New Testament Lesson 13,\u00a0\u201cBe Not Afraid,\u201d <\/em> which\u00a0covers Matthew chapters 14-15, Mark 6-7, and John 5-6, it has been extracted from the 10 March 2019 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show and has been posted as a stand-alone item. \u00a0The panelists for the roundtable were \u2014 not surprisingly \u2014 Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/cfm-audio-roundtable-come-follow-me-new-testament-lesson-13\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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As I\u2019ve said, I\u2019m trying to call attention to articles that were published in what we now know as Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship<\/em> a while back and that, because of the lapse of time (and the remarkable productivity of the journal) risk the possibility of being overlooked or even forgotten.<\/p>\n

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Terryl L. Givens published \u201cLetter to a Doubter\u201d in Interpreter<\/em> 4 (2013):<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.mormoninterpreter.com\/letter-to-a-doubter\/<\/p>\n

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Professor Givens has also been interviewed for the Interpreter Foundation\u2019s Witnesses<\/em> film project<\/a>, which is well underway:<\/p>\n

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Perhaps you\u2019ve already seen this video. \u00a0I hadn\u2019t until today, when it was shown in my priesthood quorum. I think it\u2019s quite moving, and I recommend it highly. \u00a0It\u2019s called Lift<\/em>, and it runs for almost precisely 9.5 minutes:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.lds.org\/media-library\/video\/2015-05-003-lift?lang=eng<\/a><\/p>\n

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***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In Book of Mormon geography news: Some folks out there \u2014 I genuinely don\u2019t know who they are and have no real suspicions \u2014 are plainly having a great deal of fun examining the work of the \u201cHeartlander\u201d polemicist Jonathan Neville. \u00a0Here are two recent installments:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Heartland Hoax, or Neville Through the Looking-Glass\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen Prophets Testify but Neville Doesn\u2019t Believe Them\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s Sunday evening as I write, and my wife and I are just back from a nearby house where a few people from our neighborhood gathered informally to discuss Matthew 13, Luke 8, and Luke 13, and to enjoy some chocolate cake and ice cream. \u00a0It\u2019s pleasant to live in a community of friends where such things are possible.<\/p>\n

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