Are We Required to Feel His Nail Prints and Thrust Our Hands into His Side?
The John A. Widtsoe Foundation and Daniel L. Orr II present message for Easter Sunday 2022. Brother Orr is a volunteer (CES) teacher.
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Apr 14, 20227 min read
Swimming Galas, Faith in God, and Gethsemane: British Latter-day Saints coming together in Christ
​​This is the first of a series of several short insights into local Latter-day Saint experience from an interview with Global Council...
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Mar 2, 20211 min read
Foundation Director guest lectures at USC
Latter-day Saints have some pretty distinctive teachings about the place of alcohol and drugs in religious life. On March 2, 2021, Dr....
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Dec 31, 20201 min read
Book of Mormon Conversations
2020 Book of Mormon Conversations Event Series recap
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Jul 5, 20191 min read
Book from Foundation Distinguished Scholar Jack Welch
The Widtsoe Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of a new book about the parables of Jesus. Co-author and Foundation...
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May 14, 20191 min read
Apostle Elder Cook and the Widtsoe Foundation In Jerusalem
A group of Jewish and Latter-day Saint academics met for a series of dialogue events in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Dr. Jacob Rennaker,...
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Apr 7, 20181 min read
The Israelite Tabernacle at USC’S Office of Religious Life
When the people of Israel escaped from slavery in Egypt and wandered the desert for forty years, they needed a way to worship their God...
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May 1, 20173 min read
Gift in Glass from 19th Century England
The work of one of the world’s leading manufacturers of stained glass windows has been gifted to the John A. Widtsoe Foundation. The story..
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Apr 30, 20171 min read
Letter from the Chairman of the Board - Spring 2017
It is with great gratitude that the Board of the Foundation moves into 2017. We have been blessed in so many ways. Our donor base has...
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Apr 30, 20173 min read
Norway Honors a Native Son
Artist Dennis Smith puts finishing touches on the clay mold statue he created of John A. Widtsoe. Dennis consulted with several experts...
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Apr 30, 20173 min read
A Lifelong Intrigue with the Book of Revelation
Why would anyone in their right mind try the intimidating and perhaps even overly bold task of writing a commentary on the Book of...
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Oct 1, 20161 min read
Friends Of The Foundation Gather In Santa Clarita
Friends of the Widtsoe Foundation gathered at the home of Reed and Chris Halladay in Santa Clarita for a beautiful dinner and reception,...
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Oct 1, 20161 min read
Q&A with Board Member, Dan Galorath
This month we caught up with board member Dan Galorath for a Q&A session on his professional success, the importance of family, and his...
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Sep 30, 20163 min read
Sacred Space, Sacred Thread: A Global Conference at USC
Do the sacred spaces of the world’s faith traditions still hold meaning in an ever increasing secular world? How do they shape and...
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Sep 30, 20161 min read
A Special Evening with British Theologian & Author, Margaret Barker
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Cambridge-educated independent scholar Margaret Barker will speak on “Entering Sacred Space: Beholding the Wonders of Temple...
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Sep 30, 20161 min read
Jacob Rennaker Appointed Scholar in Residence
Jacob Rennaker, an adjunct professor of religion at BYU and Ph.D. graduate of Claremont Graduate University, has been named Scholar in...
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Sep 30, 20161 min read
"The Ensign" Magazine Quotes President Uchtdorf's Widtsoe Message
In an article this past July, the Ensign quoted comments made by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf in his speech at the John A. Widtsoe...
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Sep 30, 20161 min read
Linen Exhibit: On Earth as it is in Heaven
An Exhibit Tracing the Centuries-Old Use of Linen as a Symbol of Temple Worship & Religious Expression,
October 8-22, 2016 at the Los...
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Sep 30, 20161 min read
Letter from the Chairman of the Board
This has been an exciting two years for the Foundation. We began last April with a stirring keynote address by President Dieter F...
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Sep 30, 20161 min read
New Testament Commentary Revelation Book: Now Available In Print
Through support from the John A. Widtsoe Foundation, The Revelation of John the Apostle is now available in print. The 464-page volume,...
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