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...

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...

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...

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...

In philosophical terms, Joseph’s first vision is epistemological (e-pis-tem-a-loj-i-cal).  Epistemology is the philosophy of knowing. It...

Joseph Smith, Christmas, and the End of the World Today’s post discusses what the Lord’s Christmas day 1832 revelation to Joseph Smith...

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...

The Example of Emma Hale Smith Can Help Artwork by Julie Rogers Recently a living prophet, Russell M. Nelson, declared something that has...

Did Joseph Smith obey the Word of Wisdom? Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey Joseph Smith stood before the saints in Nauvoo, Illinois in April...

Greg Trimble convinced me to do this Well, Greg and the teachings of some apostles. And the Holy Ghost. And this question posted online:...