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I spoke tonight in Cardston in a fireside that was sponsored by two Cardston stakes on the topic "a crisis of faith. I focused on the three sets of witnesses to the Book of Mormon, and took questions for 30 minutes after. Thus, I hope I addressed what the two stake presidents wanted me to address.

I first called attention to Brian Stubbs’s claim in an article in the Deseret News back in 2017, in which I also provided links to two favorable reviews written by Latter-day Saint scholars who also happen to be superbly trained and highly reputable academic specialists on Amerindian languages.

I had misunderstood. I had been expecting to speak in a stake center in Lethbridge. Instead, I spoke from behind a tree-stump lectern out under the trees and the open sky. Unable to use my prepared slides, I ad libbed a very different talk than I had planned.And I liked it.

Two new articles appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint

Brigham Young said, "We have more friends behind the vail than on this side, and they will hail us more joyfully than you were ever welcomed by your parents and friends in this world; and you will rejoice more when you meet them than you ever rejoiced to see a friend in this life."

Out of all of the thousands of people at Disneyland that day...

Hugh Nibley delivered a series of thirty weekly lectures on KSL Radio that were also published as pamphlets. The series, called “Time Vindicates the Prophets,” was given in answer to those who object to Latter-day Saints calling themselves Christians.

I find myself deeply moved and profoundly impressed by the images from the new NASA James Webb Space Telescope that are being released.

And behold, the glory of the Lord was upon Moses, so that Moses stood in the presence of God, and talked with him face to face. And the Lord God said unto Moses: For mine own purpose have I made these things. Here is wisdom and it remaineth in me.

Near death experiences (NDEs) from the book, Imagine Heaven, and from Church history.

In 1838, in reaction to persecution, some members of the Church formed a vigilante group known as the Danites. Much has been made of this group in folklore and anti-LDS propaganda. What do we actually know about this group?

Just in case anybody’s interested and in the area:  I will