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First, though, I need to mention that the website of the Interpreter Foundation still seems to have a bit of life left in it.\u00a0 Here are the links that went up today:<\/p>\n
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Interpreter Radio Show \u2014 February 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n In this episode of the Interpreter Radio Show, the discussants were Neal Rappleye, Jasmin Rappleye, Stephen Smoot, and Hales Swift.\u00a0 Their conversation, which concentrated on purported anachronisms in the Book of Abraham, is now archived and has been made available to you at your convenience.<\/p>\n The \u201cNew Testament in Context\u201d portion of this show, for\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em> New Testament lesson 10, covering Matthew 8, Mark 2\u20134, and Luke 7, has been posted separately.\u00a0 See below.<\/p>\n The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard on Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640, or you can listen live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Interpreter Radio Show \u2014 February 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n In this episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, the participants were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen.\u00a0 Their discussion, a recording of which is now freely available to you at any time of your choosing, focused on Joseph Smith and polygamy and on the fascinating work of the British Methodist biblical scholar Margaret Barker.<\/p>\n The \u201cNew Testament in Context\u201d portion of this show, for\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em> New Testament lesson 11, covering Matthew 9\u201310, Mark 5, and Luke 9, will be posted on Tuesday, 28 February.<\/p>\n The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard each and every week on Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640.\u00a0 Alternatively, you can listen live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Interpreter Radio Show \u2014 February 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n Bruce Webster, Kris Frederickson, and Martin Tanner discussed the fallibility of Church leaders \u2014 including the Adam-God Doctrine and Blood Atonement \u2014 inhis, the 19 February 2023 installment of the Interpreter Radio Show.\u00a0 Happily, their conversation was recorded.\u00a0 It has now been archived and made available for your listening pleasure and edification.<\/p>\n The \u201cNew Testament in Context\u201d portion of this show, for\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0New Testament lesson 12, covering Matthew 11\u201312 and Luke 11, will be posted on Tuesday, March 7.<\/p>\n The weekly Interpreter Radio Show can be heard live on Sunday evenings between 7 PM and 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640.\u00a0 You can also listen in live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The New Testament in Context, Lesson 10: \u201cThy Faith Hath Saved Thee,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Matthew 8, Mark 2\u20134, and Luke 7<\/a><\/p>\n During the 5 February 2023 Come, Follow Me<\/em> segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, discussants Neal Rappleye, Jasmin Rappleye, Stephen Smoot, and Hales Swift talked about New Testament lesson 10 on Matthew 8, Mark 2\u20134, and Luke 7, \u201cThy Faith Hath Saved Thee.\u201d<\/p>\n Their conversation is now available to you at no charge.\u00a0 The other segments of the 5 February radio show can be accessed at https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/interpreter-radio-show-february-5-2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n As you may have noticed by now, you can listen live to the Interpreter Radio Show on Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640.\u00a0 Or, if you prefer (or if you have no realistic alternative option) you can listen to it live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Come, Follow Me<\/em> \u2014 New Testament Study and Teaching Helps: Lesson 10, February 27 \u2014 March 5: Matthew 8; Mark 2\u20134; Luke 7 \u2014\u00a0\u201cThy Faith Hath Saved Thee\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n As he has regularly and generously done for quite a while now, Jonn Claybaugh provides a set of helpful notes for students and teachers of the \u201cCome, Follow Me\u201d curriculum of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n I now offer a longer than customary introduction to an appalling illustration of the evils of theism that I\u2019ve retrieved for you from the Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cHow Religion Poisons Everything\u201d File<\/em>\u00a9:<\/p>\n I\u2019ve always gotten a kick out of Charles Barkley and Shaquille O\u2019Neal, but I wasn\u2019t especially happy at their comments about Salt Lake City (and, implicitly, about Latter-day Saints) over the recent NBA All-Star weekend.\u00a0 See \u201cBarkley and Shaq criticize Salt Lake City, say it\u2019s \u2018boring\u2019\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cThese people going to heaven. Ain\u2019t nothing to do in this boring-*** city,\u201d Barkley said in an interview.<\/p>\n \u201cOh my gosh,\u201d O\u2019Neal said in reply laughing and then added, \u201cI never ate so much room service in my life.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I\u2019m guessing that neither of them went hiking or skiing in the mountains nearby.\u00a0 I\u2019m pretty sure that I didn\u2019t see them at the performance of Mendelssohn\u2019s Elijah<\/em> by the Tabernacle Choir and the Utah Symphony.\u00a0 And I\u2019m reasonably certain that Shaq, busy with his room service chow, wasn\u2019t down helping out at the Utah Bishops\u2019 Central Storehouse:<\/p>\n \u201cA Slam Dunk of a Service Project: The NBA and the Church of Jesus Christ Feed the Hungry: Players and other volunteers assemble thousands of food and hygiene kits for friends in need throughout Utah\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cCan\u2019t smoke, can\u2019t drink,\u201d Barkley said.\u00a0 Apparently, for him, it\u2019s smoking and drinking and bars that make a place interesting and worth seeing.\u00a0 And at least some of those responding to Shaq and Sir Charles seem to share that premise.\u00a0 (See \u201cUtah senator fires back after Shaq, Charles Barkley rip \u2018boring ass\u2019 Salt Lake City.\u201d<\/a>)\u00a0 Here, though, is a better<\/em> response:\u00a0 \u201cOpinion: Shaq and Barkley think we\u2019re boring. Who cares?\u00a0 Stereotypes about Utah are as immovable as the mountains, and yet the place keeps growing and prospering.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Personally, I\u2019m quite content if some people who require alcohol and tobacco for happiness decide that Salt Lake City and Utah don\u2019t interest them.\u00a0 I would prefer that they not move to my adopted home state; housing prices, ski lift lines, and suburban sprawl are already bad enough along the Wasatch Front and here in Washington County.<\/p>\n<\/a>