by Dan Wees | May 4, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Joseph Smith was so accustomed to dictating that he would occasionally lose himself in the process. “& now I make an end of speaking concerning the things which I saw whilel I was carried away in the Spirit” 1 Nephi 14:30, The Handwritten Book of Mormon...
by Dan Wees | May 4, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[W]here there is abject poverty in some heavily populated countries, we declare it is a grievous sin before God to adopt restrictive measures in disobedience to God’s divine command from the beginning of time to ‘multiply and replenish the earth.’ Surely those who...
by Dan Wees | May 4, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Those who attempt to pervert the ways of the Lord, and to prevent their offspring from coming into the world in obedience to this great command, are guilty of one of the most heinous crimes in the category. There is no promise of eternal salvation and exaltation for...
by Dan Wees | May 4, 2018 | Miscellaneous
When assisting in laying a cornerstone for the Nauvoo House on October 2, 1841, Joseph Smith approved placing the original Book of Mormon manuscript (primarily in Oliver Cowdery’s handwriting and written on foolscap paper) into the cornerstone, remarking to...
by Dan Wees | May 4, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“As far as this life is concerned, he [Jesus] was born of Mary and of Elohim; he came here as an offspring of that Holy Man who is literally our Father in heaven. He was born in mortality in the literal and full sense as the Son of God. He is the Son of his Father in...
by Dan Wees | May 4, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“And Christ was born into the world as the literal Son of this Holy Being; he was born in the same personal, real, and literal sense that any mortal son is born to a mortal father. There is nothing figurative about his paternity; he was begotten, conceived and born in...