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Thanksgiving Point, at the north end of Utah Valley (fair use)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Since their arrival on Saturday night from the eastern United States, one of my granddaughters and her Dad have been staying with us for the week.\u00a0 At six years of age, she is something of a hurricane; we\u2019ve already gone through all of the craft projects that we had lined up for her and our house has been significantly redecorated with variations on Easter eggs and the Easter Bunny.\u00a0 \u00a0We\u2019re came back not too long ago from Thanksgiving Point, where we spent about two hours going through the wonderful Museum of Ancient Life<\/a> \u2014 a genuine (but perhaps somewhat underappreciated?) local treasure \u2014 and then took in a 3-D IMAX\u00a0 film entitled Serengeti: A Journey to the Heart of Africa<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Upon returning, we quickly built a small but serious snowman in our back yard, about four and a half feet tall, complete with carrot nose and, exotically, the crown of a pineapple on its head.\u00a0 (Plainly, this is a tropical<\/em> snowman.)\u00a0 The hurricane slumbers not nor sleeps.\u00a0 Until, of course, she does<\/em> \u2014 and then she\u2019s out like the proverbial light.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAbraham\u2019s Gate\u201d at Tel Dan in northern Israel, which is also called the \u201cCanaanite Gate\u201d in order to distinguish it from the later \u201cIsraelite Gate\u201d that is located not very far away.
(Wikimedia Commons public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Three new items have appeared on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n

The New Testament in Context Lesson 16: \u201cThou Art the Christ\u201d <\/em>Matthew 15\u201317 and Mark 7\u20139<\/a><\/p>\n

The 19 March 2023 Come, Follow Me<\/em> segment of the Interpreter Radio Show featured Bruce Webster, Kris Frederickson, and Martin Tanner, who discussed New Testament lesson 16, \u201cThou Art the Christ\u201d on Matthew 15\u201317 and Mark 7\u20139.\u00a0 It is now available at no charge and liberated from commercial breaks.\u00a0 The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard each and every Sunday evening from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640.\u00a0 Alternatively, you can listen to it live on the Internet, at ktalkmedia.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Interpreter Radio Show \u2014 March 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

The discussant for this episode of the Interpreter Radio Show was Martin Tanner.\u00a0 The \u201cNew Testament in Context\u201d portion of this show, for the\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em> New Testament lesson 17, \u201cWhat Shall I Do to Inherit Eternal Life?\u201d, on Matthew 18 and Luke 10 will be posted on Tuesday, 11 April 2023.\u00a0 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

The focus of this segment of the Show, which is now made available to you at your convenience, for free and without commercial interruptions, is \u201cRestoration Advocacy: Responses to the critics of the Book of Abraham, and reasons why it is a true translation by the \u201cGift and Power of God.\u201d\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Come, Follow Me<\/em> \u2014 New Testament Study and Teaching Helps: Lesson 16, April 10 \u2014 16: Matthew 15\u201317; Mark 7-9 \u2014\u00a0\u201cThou Art the Christ\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

And, as he regularly does, Jonn Claybaugh has provided a concise set of notes for students and teachers of the Church\u2019s \u201cCome, Follow Me\u201d curriculum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Titian, \u201cChrist Carrying the Cross\u201d (ca. 1560)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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General Conference provided us with a wonderful weekend, and we\u2019re now well into Holy Week and heading toward what Claudia Bushman likes to call \u201cResurrection Day.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 Here are a couple of links that you might find helpful:<\/p>\n

\u201cGrow Your Relationship with Jesus Christ during Holy Week\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cEaster Study Plan\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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This hill, Cerro La Vigia, near the town of Catemaco, in the Municipio de Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz, M\u00e9xico, has been proposed by some adherents of a Mesoamerican setting for the Book of Mormon as the location of the final Jaredite and Nephite battles. I think they may be right. If so, the Nephites knew it as \u201cCumorah,\u201d and the Jaredites knew it as \u201cRamah.\u201d
(Wikimedia Commons public domain photograph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Here are five links to recent entries on the Neville-Neville Land<\/em> blog, listed in the order of their appearance:<\/p>\n

\u201cScholarship vs. activism\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cQuestions and answers\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cJonathan Neville: A tool in the hands of our enemies\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAn open reply to Jonathan Neville\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u201cRichard Nygren\u201d affair and some vile accusations against me\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

A note on Item 3, above:\u00a0 I observe with interest that, in addition to Mr. Neville\u2019s happy willingness to participate on the podcast of a vocally derisive critic of the claims of the Restoration, \u201cTwoCumorahFraud\u201d is now a participant on what I sometimes call the \u201cPeterson Obsession Board.\u201d\u00a0 Some readers will recall \u201cTwoCumorahFraud,\u201d a recent commenter here, for his vitriolic hostility to me, Jack Welch, the late John Sorenson, the late William Hamblin, and others, denouncing us for having supposedly plagiarized the evil limited Mesoamerican model for Book of Mormon geography from a long-dead member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints named L. E. Hills and, thus, turned our backs on the modern apostles and prophets.\u00a0 The Obsession Board is a largely atheistic place, fiercely critical of the Church and its beliefs and \u2014 since its residents overwhelmingly dismiss the Book of Mormon as a fraud \u2014 not remotely inclined to \u201cTwoCumorahFraud\u2019s\u201d aggressive \u201cHeartlander\u201d geographical views.\u00a0 But a shared disdain for \u201capologists\u201d seems to provide congenial common ground for everybody there, at least for the moment.<\/p>\n

A note on Item 4, above:\u00a0 I\u2019ve repeatedly said here and elsewhere that, although (like all of my academic associates, so far as I\u2019m aware) I\u2019m unpersuaded by \u201cHeartlander\u201d models of Book of Mormon geography, I\u2019m perfectly happy to fellowship with members of the Church who hold those views.\u00a0 But, curiously, I\u2019m not<\/em> perfectly happy when a fellow Latter-day Saint calls me \u201cSlander Dan,\u201d alleges that I reject the prophets, and compares me and my friends to Lucifer and his host of devils.\u00a0 This is what I genuinely object to in the behavior of a few persons who are associated with the \u201cHeartlander\u201d movement:\u00a0 The apparent willingness to denounce other active and committed Latter-day Saints for failing to share their opinions on the precise GPS coordinates of the Jaredite city of Lib.\u00a0 While it\u2019s interesting and even, as an academic subject, not unimportant, the geography of the Book of Mormon is, at most, a topic of secondary or tertiary significance.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t worth breaking fellowship with the Saints.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t worth sowing discord in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n

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