A respected and prosperous farmer from Palmyra, New York, Martin Harris left his home in the spring of 1828 and traveled southeast until...

Joseph Smith’s early experiences can teach us important lessons about how revelation from the Lord can flow to prophets and to each of us.

There is a sacred grove about fifty feet from my office It is in the atrium of the Joseph Smith Building on the campus of Brigham Young...

When the powers of sin assailing filled his soul with deep despair, Joseph Smith sought the God of love. His humble prayer was answered....

Remember: “Long before Joseph Smith offered his first prayer, thousands and millions of people must have yearned, as Sarah did, for the...

Professor Stephen Webb (1961-2016) was a devout Christian but not a Latter-day Saint. He wrote the book Mormon Christianity: What Other...

The plan is for us to seek our way from simplicity through complexity, by study and by faith, until we arrive at simplicity.

Section 137 Soteriology (so·te·ri·ol·o·gy) is theology about salvation. Christianity’s  soteriological problem is based on three...

Section 135 It was “a deliberate political assassination, committed or condoned by some of the leading citizens of Hancock County.” [1] ...

Section 133 Section 133 ends what section 1 began. The November 1831 conference at Hiram, Ohio planned to publish 10,000 copies of...

Section 129 Section 129 is esoteric. It can only be understood by people with temple knowledge. It is also euphemistic. It’s no more...

Section 125 From the confines of a jail cell in Liberty, Missouri, Joseph wrote to Bishop Partridge in Illinois that the saints could buy...

Section 124 Joseph emerged from the depressing jail in Liberty, Missouri with an undaunted spirit. He had known since January 1838 that...

Section 121 Section 121 puts a counterintuitive twist on the age-old problem of suffering and power. If God is benevolent and powerful,...

Section 115 Revelation, 26 April 1838 [D&C 115]. Image courtesy of josephsmithpapers.org. In December 1836, the Missouri state...

Section 111 The revelation of section 111 on August 6, 1836 reoriented Joseph and his companions. They had been preoccupied with paying...

Section 109 Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836. Joseph’s cousin George A. Smith reported that “When the dedication prayer was read by...

Section 106 Warren Cowdery, Oliver’s older brother, ledged and fed Joseph and his companions when the were recruiting for the Camp of...

Section 102 Joseph Smith convened councils to arbitrate and adjudicate church decisions, especially disciplinary decisions. These...

Section 98 Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 18 August 1833. Image courtesy of josephsmithpapers.org In the summer of...