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The Inspired Version 2 Jan 2013 | 10:17 pm
The Inspired Version (Joseph Smith’s New Translation) of the Bible is an amazing book. It stands with the Book of Mormon as tangible evidence that the Restored Gospel ever occurred. The Inspired Ver...
Could You Write the Book of Mormon? 26 Jun 2012 | 11:56 pm
A few years ago I responded to a news article in which the author stated that Joseph was a polygamist. My response generated other responses, one of which indicated Joseph was a fraud and wrote the Bo...
The Whitney Letter 5 Mar 2012 | 02:37 pm
Recently, a reader asked if I had a response to the letter written by Joseph to Newel K. Whitney indicating that Joseph was a polygamist and was hiding these relationships from Emma. The following art...
Sidney Rigdon and the Messenger and Advocate 20 Dec 2011 | 04:52 pm
Recently, a reader posed a question about Sidney Rigdon's claims in the Messenger and Advocate that Joseph practiced polygamy. I wish to answer the reader's inquiry in this article. The claims in the...
Joseph and Brigham: Truth vs. Lies 1 Apr 2011 | 01:04 pm
Lying Successfully Is Hard In my life, I have found that telling the truth is always easier than lying. This is true because all you have to do is remember what happened and tell it to the best of y...
Polygamy Statements Conflict with LDS D&C 132 23 Jan 2011 | 10:43 am
At the very heart of the position that Joseph Smith, Jr. was a polygamist is the Plural Marriage section of Historical Record 6 and Section 132 of the LDS Doctrine and Covenants. This part of Historic...
The Book of Commandments vs. The Doctrine and Covenants 11 Oct 2010 | 03:43 pm
I recently received a question on one of my blogs in reference to the Book of Commandments. The individual asked: How do you reconcile or refute others when they bring up the scripture in D&C 5 about...
What Is Truth? 10 Aug 2010 | 01:03 pm
According to RLDS Doctrine and Covenants 90:4b (LDS D&C 94:24-25), “truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come; and whatsoever is more or less than this, is th...
The Lord Declared Joseph Innocent of Polygamy 28 Mar 2010 | 01:50 pm
For those of us associated with the Reorganization, the revelation received by Jason Briggs in November, 1851, is significant. It was not only the beginning point of the Reorganization, but according ...
Joseph will be Exonerated 18 Jan 2010 | 03:53 pm
Because of the “new attack” which is being mounted today against Joseph, I thought it would be interesting to discuss a Book of Mormon scripture which is pertinent to this issue. In 2 Nephi 2:17, 24-...
