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The Panama City Panama Temple (LDS.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Audio Roundtable:\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0Book of Mormon Lesson 32\u00a0\u201cPreserved by His Marvelous Power\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Alma 53-63<\/a><\/p>\n

The participants in the Interpreter Radio Roundtable for\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0Book of Mormon Lesson 32,\u00a0\u201cPreserved by His Marvelous Power,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0on Alma 53-63, were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen. That roundtable has now been extracted from the 12 July 2020 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show.\u00a0 It has been stripped of commercial and other interruptions, and is accessible at no charge. The complete show may be heard at\u00a0https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/interpreter-radio-show-july-12-2020\/<\/a>, also shorn of interruptions and free of charge.<\/p>\n

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Jonn Claybaugh has kindly created the following brief item for publication on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n

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Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Study and Teaching Helps: Lesson 32, August 10-16: Alma 53-63 \u2014\u00a0\u201cPreserved by His Marvelous Power\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cStatue raising at nearly complete temple \u2018crowning glory\u2019 for community\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy do temples have the angel Moroni on top? Here\u2019s look at the history of the iconic statues\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been enjoying the first sessions of the annual FairMormon conference<\/a> today.\u00a0 Here\u2019s one of the presentations that I particularly enjoyed:<\/p>\n

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Andrew Knaupp and Sal Velluto<\/a>, \u201cPillar of Light: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Joseph Smith\u2019s First Vision\u201d<\/p>\n

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It explained the background and the content of the \u201cgraphic novel\u201d\u00a0Pillar of Light: Joseph Smith\u2019s First Vision<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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You can view that \u201cgraphic novel\u201d \u2014 I\u2019m not happy with that term, but I don\u2019t of an adequate alternative \u2014 at the link that I\u2019ve just provided, but I think that the Knaupp and Velluto presentation at FairMormon will greatly increase your appreciation of the work, as it very much did mine<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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And, speaking of FairMormon, some of you will (I think) enjoy this interview by Hanna Seariac<\/a> with John Gee<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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FAIR Voice Podcast #5: Interview with John Gee on the Book of Abraham<\/a><\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve perhaps encountered Hanna Seariac\u2019s name in connection with this petition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here, perhaps, is a good illustration of how a church-related university or college can begin to abandon or even betray its spiritual mission in order to seek to enhance its intellectual and academic stature:<\/p>\n

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\u201cPete Buttigieg Takes a Faculty Post at Notre Dame\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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(Though, honestly, I don\u2019t see Mayor Pete as all that glorious an acquisition, academically speaking.)<\/p>\n

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

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I certainly don\u2019t want to neglect your Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cHow Religion Poisons Everything\u201d File<\/em>, so here are a couple of promising items for possible inclusion in it:<\/p>\n

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\u201cCharleston stake helps feed local families by partnering with public agencies\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cFree produce offered at Mormon Church\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Finally, a provocative little piece from Albert Mohler:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSecularism Cannot Sustain Liberty, a Response to Greg Forster\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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