Section 37 By the end of 1830, an astonishing amount had happened since the spring, when a handful of members organized the Savior’s...

Section 30 Section 28 resolved the tension Joseph felt between him and Oliver Cowdery and the Whitmers. The second quarterly conference...

Section 110 April 3, 1836 was the second greatest Easter Sunday in history. Joseph attended an afternoon sacrament meeting in the temple...

Section 29 Could you identify the voice of Jesus Christ the way you can quickly identify the voice of one of his living apostles? What...

Section 27 Section 27 is one of the revelations Joseph did not know he needed. He set out to get wine so he and Emma could have the...

Section 23 Once the Church of Jesus Christ was organized, Joseph’s brothers Hyrum and Samuel, their father, together with Oliver Cowdery...

Section 20 Section 20 is the founding document of the restored Church of Jesus Christ. Joseph’s history says it came “by the Spirit of...

Section 18 The Lord revealed section 18 because Joseph, Oliver Cowdery, and David Whitmer desired to know how to build the Church of...

Sections 14, 15, 16 Oliver Cowdery kept his acquaintance, David Whitmer, informed about the translation of the Book of Mormon. When...

Section 12 A revelation given to Joseph Knight Sr. in Harmony, Pennsylvania, May 1829. Image courtesy of josephsmithpapers.org. In the...

Section 10 Preface to the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon. Image courtesy of josephsmithpapers.org If Joseph Smith’s revelations were...

Section 6 Revelation given through Joseph Smith to Oliver Cowdery in April 1829. Image courtesy of josephsmithpapers.org Early in 1829,...

Section 3 A respected and prosperous farmer from Palmyra, New York, Martin Harris, left his home in the spring of 1828 and traveled...

Do you know how Joseph Smith was called to save the earth? When Joseph left the grove after seeing the Father and the Son, he was not a...

The Doctrine and Covenants is a problem solver. Every section in it resolves a problem or a dilemma. Joseph Smith learned as a youth that...

Sorry I’ve been away. I was excited to blog about Joseph Smith’s first vision throughout the bicentennial celebration in 2020. I wrote...

Why is this even a question? Doesn’t everyone know that Joseph Smith was 14 when he saw God and Jesus Christ in a grove? The answer is...

Did Joseph Smith see one divine being or two in his first vision?  The question may seem absurd to Latter-day Saints who can quote the...

In my last post I wrote about the dilemma between Joseph’s head and heart that led him to seek and receive the revelation we call his...

There is a dilemma at the heart of Joseph Smith’s first vision accounts. It is hidden in plain sight. Once you see it you wonder how you...