The LDS Church is archiving and making available to all, documents, journals, and other church sources contemporary with the prophet Joseph Smith (e.g., his journals, church meeting minutes, revela
Tag: Joseph Smith
While listening to a talk in church this morning something a speaker said reminded me of something I had been taught in my youth. This is something I was taught in church or seminary that is not tr
One obvious but relatively benign example of anti-Mormonism online is found on YouTube. Below are a couple examples from the “I’m a Mormon” videos. Just because I’m Mormon d
There is a phrase in the book of Acts – “cloven tongues of fire” – that describes an experience of great power. The context of the phrase is day of Pentecost. During this g
The Church released a redone version of Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration, a film that is shown in some of the temple visitor centers around the world, as well as in other places. About 40%
Truman G. Madsen gave a talk at BYU in 2005 entitled Joseph Smith and the Last Charge. I’m not sure if this is a talk I saw live or not. I’ll have to dig up my notes. Anyway, it’s
In research it is generally thought that turning to primary sources is ideal, when possible. This means that we should read what people actually said or wrote instead of reading it through the inte
My father wrote a beautiful post about one of the great benefits of doing family history work. I’ll quote about half of his post: “Slowly my heart turned to my ancestors…. The mo
I’ve written this before but I love Truman G. Madsen’s talks and books and videos. You probably don’t want to get me started talking about them or else I might not stop for a long
While doing a search online to see what people say about whether or not the wise men visited the infant Jesus in the manger (they didn’t), I came across a comment about the Bible that I’