by Dan Wees | Sep 11, 2020 | Miscellaneous
In 1881, President Joseph F. Smith (the son of Hyrum Smith and then serving as the second counselor in the First Presidency) delivered a comprehensive address on the translation of the Book of Mormon. He placed significant emphasis on several points: He acknowledged...
by Dan Wees | Sep 7, 2020 | Miscellaneous
John H. Gilbert, the Book of Mormon typesetter and then non-Latter-day Saint, was asked: “How do you account for the production of the Book of Mormon, Mr. Gilbert, then, if Joseph Smith was so illiterate?” He answered: “Well, that is the difficult...
by Dan Wees | Sep 4, 2020 | Miscellaneous
“A transmigration of the same particles of spirits from a lower to a higher organization, is demonstrated from the fact that the same particles exist in a diffused scattered state, mingled with other matter; next, they exist in a united form, growing out of the earth...
by Dan Wees | Aug 31, 2020 | Miscellaneous
The response to this counterintuitive verse could be, “Don’t tell me what you’re about to require of me, because I’m better off without it!” “For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after...
by Dan Wees | Aug 18, 2020 | Miscellaneous
During Sacrament meetings on the first Sunday of the month, it’s common to hear travel accounts, less significant details, and repetitive testimonials, all of which are relatively harmless. However, several times a year, the congregation may encounter a fellow...
by Dan Wees | Jul 26, 2020 | Miscellaneous
An unusual phrase appears in the Book of Mormon: “he suffered an ignominious death” (Alma 1:15). The word “ignominious” is not Biblical. An initial 3-word match of “an ignominious death” is found in Adam Clarke’s Bible...
