{"id":98172,"date":"2023-01-04T16:47:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T23:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=98172"},"modified":"2023-01-04T21:30:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T04:30:14","slug":"i-made-a-mistake-in-growing-weary-of-the-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2023\/01\/i-made-a-mistake-in-growing-weary-of-the-gospel.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I made a mistake in growing weary of the Gospel.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41559\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/04\/800px-Scorpion_Ridge.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41559\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/04\/800px-Scorpion_Ridge.jpg\" alt=\"The Grand Canyon in Arizona\" width=\"596\" height=\"396\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the Grand Canyon (Wikimedia Commons public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New material on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Conference Talks:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/conference-talks-from-all-eternity-to-all-eternity-deep-time-and-the-gospel\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cFrom All Eternity to All Eternity: Deep Time and the Gospel,\u201d<\/a> written and presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bart-kowallis-62844422\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bart J. Kowallis<\/a> in November 2013<\/p>\n<p>Geology professor Bart J. Kowallis takes readers to the realm of \u201cdeep time,\u201d referring to that vast length of time it took for the earth and heavens to reach their current form and station. On the way, he discusses three myths about time and creation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Myth 1. Scientific theories are just speculation; since they are not facts, I don\u2019t need to believe or worry about them;<\/li>\n<li>Myth 2. Official Church doctrine is that the earth is only a few thousand years old;<\/li>\n<li>Myth 3. The earth is old because it was made from pieces of older planets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nibley Lectures: <a href=\"https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/nibley-lectures-time-vindicates-the-prophets-what-makes-a-true-church\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Time Vindicates the Prophets<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 What Makes a True Church?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Between 7 March 1954 and 17 October 1954, Hugh Nibley delivered a series of thirty weekly lectures on KSL Radio that were also published as pamphlets. The series, which was called \u201cTime Vindicates the Prophets,\u201d was given in answer to those who were challenging the right of members of the <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/mormonism' target='_blank'>Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> to call themselves Christians.<\/p>\n<p>This lecture is a discussion of how prophets are essential to a True Church.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/cfm-new-testament-in-context-lesson-3\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The New Testament in Context Lesson 3: <em>We Have Come to Worship Him<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the 4 December 2022 <em>Come, Follow Me<\/em> segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, Neal Rappleye, Jasmin Rappleye, and Stephen Smoot discussed the \u201cCome, Follow Me\u201d New Testament lesson 3 on Matthew 2 and Luke 2.<\/p>\n<p>That segment is now available, at no charge, at the link immediately above.\u00a0 The other segments of the 4 December 4 radio show can be accessed at <a href=\"https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/interpreter-radio-show-december-4-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/interpreter-radio-show-december-4-2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard every week, on Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640.\u00a0 Or, if that doesn\u2019t float your boat, you can listen live on the Internet at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktalkmedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">ktalkmedia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/cfm-study-aids-new-testament-2023-lesson-3\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Come, Follow Me<\/em> \u2014 New Testament Study and Teaching Helps: Lesson 3, January 9 \u2014 January 15:\u00a0 Matthew 2; Luke 2 \u2014\u00a0<em>\u201cWe Have Come to Worship Him\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once again, Jonn Claybaugh generously contributes a concise set of notes in service to teachers and students of the Church\u2019s \u201cCome, Follow Me\u201d curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40919\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/03\/1383VaticanoInsideSPietro.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-40919\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2017\/03\/1383VaticanoInsideSPietro.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of St. Peter's dome.\" width=\"597\" height=\"448\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Around the base of the interior of Michelangelo\u2019s dome atop St. Peter\u2019s Basilica in Vatican City are written from the Latin Vulgate translation of Matthew 16:18-19: \u201cTu es Petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesia meam et portae inferi non praevalebunt adverse eam et tibi dabo claves regain caelorum\u201d (\u201cThou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.\u201d)<br>Public domain image from Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I found this piece quite interesting.\u00a0 It discusses media coverage of the passing of the late former pope:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2023\/1\/3\/scattered-coverage-of-the-death-of-benedict-xvi-reveals-thin-ranks-of-religion-reporters\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cPiecemeal coverage of Benedict XVI death reveals ultra-thin ranks of religion reporters.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 I\u2019m inclined to agree that he\u2019s been treated unfairly by many in the media.<\/p>\n<p>I also quite liked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2023\/01\/86675\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cBenedict XVI: Apostle of Hope,\u201d<\/a> and I point out once again that, notwithstanding the righteous indignation over at the Peterson Obsession Board about my onetime use of Pope Benedict\u2019s baptismal name <em>Joseph [Ratzinger]<\/em>, the devoutly Catholic author of the article repeatedly uses the name <em>Joseph Ratzinger<\/em>.\u00a0 (I responded to their accusations \u2014 there was a second claim that did <em>not<\/em> involve my use of his given name \u2014 in yesterday\u2019s blog entry, entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2023\/01\/benedictus-est.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBenedictus est.\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36984\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/09\/kirtland-ohio-temple-andersen-159163-gallery.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36984\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/09\/kirtland-ohio-temple-andersen-159163-gallery.jpg\" alt=\"The Kirtland Temple belongs to the Church formerly known as RLDS\" width=\"306\" height=\"447\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first Latter-day Saint temple was dedicated in Kirtland, Ohio, in 1836, but the Church was driven from the area shortly thereafter and no longer owns it.<br>(LDS.org public domain photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here is a story that I think some of you might find of interest:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John and Martha Boice joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 7 June 1835.\u00a0 Three years later, they moved to Kirtland, Ohio.\u00a0 Then, in 1839, they began to move to join the Saints in Missouri, but they were driven back by a mob.\u00a0 So, instead, they moved to Illinois, where Martha became critically ill owing to poor diet and frequent exposure to the elements.\u00a0 She became bitter, blaming her illness on their having joined the Church, and she gave instructions that, in the event of her death, her children were to be parceled out for care to people in the neighborhood who were not Latter-day Saints.<\/p>\n<p>For over two months, Martha lay bedridden in a one-room log cabin.\u00a0 On 14 February 1840, she died.\u00a0 She was laid out on a narrow bed that was draped in white, while, under the light of tallow candles, friendly women sat about sewing her white burial clothes and her grieving husband tended a fire on the hearth.\u00a0 Suddenly, she called out to him, saying \u201cJohn.\u00a0 John, raise me up.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>John hastened to obey the command.\u00a0 He went to the couch where his wife lay and raised her up.\u00a0 She sat up on the board bed and said, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid.\u00a0 I have been in the Spirit world but have obtained permission to return and to remain for two hours.\u00a0 I have come to rectify my mistake in willing away my children.\u00a0 You may keep two of them, the other will go with me.\u00a0 I made a mistake in growing weary of the Gospel.\u00a0 The Gospel is true.\u00a0 Joseph Smith is a prophet of the living God.\u00a0 You will do well to remain true to it all your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She remained the two hours allotted to her, bearing testimony to the Gospel and praising God for the beauties which she had seen in the Spirit world and for the joy of being able to return.\u00a0 She then instructed them to proceed with her funeral as they had already arranged for the following day.\u00a0 Then she bade her husband to lay her down again.\u00a0 This he did, and then her spirit took its flight again.\u00a0 She was buried the following day and her little son, Thomas, was called away that same evening after a brief and sudden illness and he was laid by her side in a cemetery at Hudson, Ohio [which is approximately thirty-six miles to the south of Kirtland].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[From Samantha T. Brimhall, <em>Boice Family History [ca. 1930]<\/em>, unpublished manuscript (Salt Lake City: <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/mormonism' target='_blank'>LDS Church<\/a> Archives), pages 1-3, as reproduced in Marlene Bateman Sullivan, <em>Visits from Beyond the Veil: True Stories of Angelic Visitations<\/em> (Springville, UT: Horizon Publishers, 2008), 27-28.]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 New material on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: \u00a0 Conference Talks:\u00a0 \u201cFrom All Eternity to All Eternity: Deep Time and the Gospel,\u201d written and presented by Bart J. Kowallis in November 2013 Geology professor Bart J. 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