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Thinking Slow
Looking at questions and concerns about the Church and answering what we know and how we know it.
One Being or Two?
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...
Steven C. Harper
Mar 2, 2020
Joseph’s Other Dilemma
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...
Steven C. Harper
Feb 24, 2020
What dilemma led to Joseph Smith’s first vision?
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...
Steven C. Harper
Feb 7, 2020
Joseph Sought the God of Love . . . and Found Him
There is so much more to the story of Joseph Smith’s first vision than is commonly known Besides the familiar account included in the...
Steven C. Harper
Jan 28, 2020
The First Vision: A Narrative from Joseph Smith’s Accounts
“At about the age of twelve years,” Joseph Smith wrote, “my mind became seriously impressed with regard to the all important concerns for...
Steven C. Harper
Jan 14, 2020
How will you study Joseph Smith’s First Vision: Some thoughts on seeking, assuming, and knowing
In philosophical terms, Joseph’s first vision is epistemological (e-pis-tem-a-loj-i-cal). Epistemology is the philosophy of knowing. It...
Steven C. Harper
Dec 29, 2019
Was Joseph Smith a true or a false prophet?
Joseph Smith, Christmas, and the End of the World Today’s post discusses what the Lord’s Christmas day 1832 revelation to Joseph Smith...
Steven C. Harper
Dec 23, 2019
Death, big brothers, and solving soteriological problems
My oldest brother was born on December 13, 1955. He would be 64 today. He was killed in 1993 in a terrible car accident. It was the worst...
Steven C. Harper
Dec 13, 2019
(Bi)centennial of Joseph Smith’s First Vision, Part 2
Joseph Fielding Smith stood at the Tabernacle pulpit In Salt Lake City on the second day of General Conference in April 1920. “One theme...
Steven C. Harper
Nov 6, 2019
(Bi)centennial of Joseph Smith’s First Vision
What are Latter-day Saints planning for the bicentennial of Joseph Smith’s First Vision in 2020? A living prophet, Russel M. Nelson,...
Steven C. Harper
Oct 14, 2019
Did Joseph Smith Obey the Word of Wisdom?
Did Joseph Smith obey the Word of Wisdom? Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey Joseph Smith stood before the saints in Nauvoo, Illinois in April...
Steven C. Harper
Sep 26, 2019
Is the Book of Mormon True or False?
Greg Trimble convinced me to do this Well, Greg and the teachings of some apostles. And the Holy Ghost. And this question posted online:...
Steven C. Harper
Sep 15, 2019
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