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Interpreter Podcast — October 5, 2025

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2025/10/08

In the October 5, 2025, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our host Martin Tanner discusses the shooting at the Chapel in Grand Blanc, Michigan. You can listen to or download the discussion segment of the podcast episode below. The audio track is also included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). Podcast: Download […]The post Interpreter Podcast — October 5, 2025 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants —...

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2025/10/07

D&C 115:4-6 The Name and Purposes of the Church It is April 1838 and Joseph Smith and about 2,000 Saints are living in the area of Far West, Missouri, making it the de facto headquarters of the Church. For the first eight years of the restored Church, it was known as The Church of Christ […] The post Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — 115–120 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Some Good Questions, but Large Inferences from Tidbits

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2025/10/03

Review of R. Kent Crookston, Book of Mormon Ecology: What the Text Reveals about the Land and Lives of the Record Keepers (Provo, UT: Village Lane, 2020). 267 pages. $12.95 (paperback). Abstract: As is well known, the Book of Mormon is a brief spiritual account from many centuries of Lehite and Jaredite peoples. Some of […]The post Some Good Questions, but Large Inferences from Tidbits first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Reprint: The Reach, the Handclasp, and the Embrace

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2025/10/02

Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Seek Ye Words of Wisdom: Studies of the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Temple in Honor of Stephen D. Ricks, edited by Donald W. Parry, Gaye Strathearn, and Shon D. Hopkin. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/seek-ye-words-of-wisdom/. “Egyptian stelae from the First Intermediate […]The post Reprint: The Reach, the Handclasp, and the Embrace first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants —...

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2025/09/30

D&C 111 I am not Displeased, Notwithstanding Your Follies Read the section heading and consider this: When things do not go as we had hoped, we should not simply assume that we had made a mistake. We cannot say that Joseph Smith erred in making a 1,200-mile round-trip journey to Salem, Massachusetts, failing in his […] The post Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — 111–114 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Interpreting Interpreter: A Masonic Endowment?

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2025/09/26

This post is a summary of the article “A Textual Comparison of Masonic Rites and the LDS Temple Endowment” by David Eddington in Volume 66 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter series is available […]The post Interpreting Interpreter: A Masonic Endowment? first appeared on The Interpreter

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A Textual Comparison of Masonic Rites and the LDS...

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2025/09/26

Abstract: Numerous discussions of the similarities between the LDS temple endowment and Masonic rites exist, which give the impression that the two overlap considerably. Rather than focus on the similarities themselves, this paper seeks to quantify how much the two rites overlap by performing a textual analysis. In the first section, the named entities, clothing, […] The post A Textual Comparison of Masonic Rites and the LDS Temple Endowment first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Reprint: The Symbolism of Two Sons in the Parable of...

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2025/09/25

Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Seek Ye Words of Wisdom: Studies of the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Temple in Honor of Stephen D. Ricks, edited by Donald W. Parry, Gaye Strathearn, and Shon D. Hopkin. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/seek-ye-words-of-wisdom/. “It is with great pleasure that […]The post Reprint: The Symbolism of Two Sons in the Parable of the Prodigal Son first appeared on The Interpreter

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Interpreter Come, Follow Me Podcast: Doctrine &...

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2025/09/23

In the September 7th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Martin Tanner, Brent Schmidt, and Hales Swift discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for September 29 – October 5 covering D&C 109–110. You can listen to or download the Come, Follow Me segment of the September […]The post Interpreter Come, Follow Me Podcast: Doctrine & Covenants 109–110 for September 29 – October 5 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants —...

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2025/09/23

D&C 109 The Kirtland Temple As recorded in the section heading, this is the dedicatory prayer for the Kirtland, Ohio Temple, and was revealed by the Lord to the Prophet Joseph Smith. Kirtland was the first temple of this dispensation and this prayer has been a pattern for all subsequent temple dedicatory prayers. Construction on […] The post Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — 109–110 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Interpreter Podcast — September 7, 2025

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2025/09/22

In the September 7, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Martin Tanner, Brent Schmidt, and Hales Swift discuss what is church doctrine and what is scripture. You can listen to or download the discussion segment of the podcast episode below. The audio track is also included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). […] The post Interpreter Podcast — September 7, 2025 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Reprint: Remembering and Keeping the Sabbath Day in...

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2025/09/18

Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Seek Ye Words of Wisdom: Studies of the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Temple in Honor of Stephen D. Ricks, edited by Donald W. Parry, Gaye Strathearn, and Shon D. Hopkin. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/seek-ye-words-of-wisdom/. “On Mount Sinai, Moses received the […] The post Reprint: Remembering and Keeping the Sabbath Day in the Late Second Temple Period first appeared on The

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Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants —...

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2025/09/16

D&C 106 Warren Cowdery In verses 1-2 the Lord called Warren Cowdery (Oliver’s older brother) to preside over a Church congregation and to preach the gospel. Find: What instructions and promised blessings did the Lord give Warren in verses 3, 7-8? What did the Lord say in verse 4 about His coming? What promise did […] The post Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 106–108 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Interpreting Interpreter: Ether’s Mesopotamian Marriage

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2025/09/12

This post is a summary of the article “Possible Remembrance and Re-enactment of Old World’s Hieros Gamos in the Book of Ether” by Michaël Ulrich in Volume 66 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter […]The post Interpreting Interpreter: Ether’s Mesopotamian Marriage first appeared on The

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Possible Remembrance and Re-enactment of Old World’s...

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2025/09/12

Abstract: This paper explores the conclusions that can be drawn from a Mesopotamian origin theory for the Jaredites. The goal is to show that the story of Jared’s daughter in Ether 8 could be a ritual similar to hieros gamos, or sacred marriage, from Mesopotamia. To achieve this, etymologies are given for three names (Jared, […] The post Possible Remembrance and Re-enactment of Old World’s Hieros Gamos in the Book of Ether first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Reprint: Restoration Insights into Barrenness and...

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2025/09/11

Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Seek Ye Words of Wisdom: Studies of the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Temple in Honor of Stephen D. Ricks, edited by Donald W. Parry, Gaye Strathearn, and Shon D. Hopkin. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/seek-ye-words-of-wisdom/. “The Bible relates several instances in […]The post Reprint: Restoration Insights into Barrenness and Divine Intervention first appeared on The Interpreter

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Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and...

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2025/09/09

During 1978, 1979, and 1980, Hugh Nibley taught a Doctrine and Covenants Sunday School class. Cassette recordings were made of these classes and some have survived and were digitized by Steve Whitlock and recently enhanced by Nick Galieti. Most of the tapes were in pretty bad condition. The original recordings usually don’t stop or start […]The post Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants 102–105 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Interpreter Come, Follow Me Podcast: Doctrine &...

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2025/09/09

In the second August 21st Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and John Thompson discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for September 15 – 21 covering D&C 102–105. You can listen to or download the Come, Follow Me segment of the second […] The post Interpreter Come, Follow Me Podcast: Doctrine & Covenants 102–105 for September 15 – 21 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants —...

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2025/09/09

D&C 102 Membership Councils This section is composed of meeting minutes which give instructions regarding “important difficulties that arise in the Church,” including procedures for “hearing cases” (see the section summary, which follows the section heading). What were once called church courts, then disciplinary councils, are now designated as membership councils. Those who have participated […] The post Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 102–105 first appeared on

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Interpreter Podcast — August 21, 2025b

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2025/09/08

In the second August 21, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and John Thompson discuss various recent articles in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship and recent posts on By Common Consent and Times and Seasons titled (in part) “Are Latter-day Saints Happier?”. You […] The post Interpreter Podcast — August 21, 2025b first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.

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