by Dan Wees | May 7, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Seventeen chapters into the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Jr. introduces a story strikingly reminiscent of Noah. Nephi ascends a mountain, where God commands him to build a ship (1 Nephi 17:8). When Nephi claims he lacks moulton oar and bellowses (original spellings)...
by Dan Wees | May 7, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“While Brother Joseph was referring to the provinces of God, I was led to reflect that there is no act, no principle, no power belonging to the Deity that is purely philosophical. The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the...
by Dan Wees | May 7, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“It is contradictory to this covenant to prevent the birth of children if the parents are in good health. “Thirty-five years ago when I first started practicing medicine, it was a rare thing for a married woman to seek advice about how she could keep from having...
by Dan Wees | May 7, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Given the limited space on metal plates and the painstaking labor of engraving each word by hand, one would expect divine efficiency—maximum precision, minimum waste. Yet the Book of Mormon often feels anything but concise. Take this example: “And we did sojourn for...
by Dan Wees | May 7, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“True to form, many of the people who desire to frustrate God’s purposes of giving mortal tabernacles to his spirit children through worldwide birth control are the very same people who support the kinds of government that perpetuate famine. They advocate an evil to...
by Dan Wees | May 7, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The world teaches birth control. Tragically, many of our sisters subscribe to its pills and practices when they could easily provide earthly tabernacles for more of our Father’s children. We know that every spirit assigned to this earth will come, whether through us...
