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Our Contingent Constitution
On September 17, 1787 (236 years ago this month), thirty-nine delegates signed the United States Constitution. It begins with these...
Steven C. Harper
Sep 29, 2023

How Apostasy Shaped a Family that was Ripe for Restoration
Remember: “Long before Joseph Smith offered his first prayer, thousands and millions of people must have yearned, as Sarah did, for the...
Steven C. Harper
Jun 16, 2022


Starting Right: How an Assumption Led to Apostasy
Professor Stephen Webb (1961-2016) was a devout Christian but not a Latter-day Saint. He wrote the book Mormon Christianity: What Other...
Steven C. Harper
Jun 2, 2022

Section 102, 103, 104 & 105 Context
Section 102 Joseph Smith convened councils to arbitrate and adjudicate church decisions, especially disciplinary decisions. These...
Steven C. Harper
Sep 12, 2021


Section 85, 86 & 87 Context
Section 85 The leaders of the church in Missouri grew troubled. Saints were gathering there by the hundreds. Relatively few of them were...
Steven C. Harper
Aug 1, 2021
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