by Dan Wees | Feb 8, 2023 | Miscellaneous
If you were to encounter the early leaders of the church before the Book of Mormon was published, you’d soon observe their focus on matters less divine than the principles they later demonstrated post-publication. Some of these pursuits persisted beyond 1830....
by Dan Wees | Feb 2, 2023 | Miscellaneous
On 2 February 1848, Hiram Page wrote a letter to William McLellin regarding a 372-mile (round trip) winter journey he made to Kingston, Canada – circa January 1830. The purpose was to gain an $8,000 cash payout (without Martin Harris knowing) in exchange for the...
by Dan Wees | Jan 28, 2023 | Miscellaneous
“Now Zeezrom said: Is there more than one God? And he answered, No.” Joseph Smith, Jr./circa 1829 – Alma 11:28-29, Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2023/online edition). “So the Gods went down to...
by Dan Wees | Jan 20, 2023 | Miscellaneous
Two significant issues remain unacknowledged by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: VISIONS/DREAMS – Embracing the church’s message requires accepting Joseph Smith Jr.’s accounts of pivotal divine events solely experienced by him....
by Dan Wees | Jan 9, 2023 | Miscellaneous
In July 1830, Joseph Smith receives a commandment instructing him to swiftly depart “after thou hast sowed thy fields” and visit three towns to collect funds. The revelation assures him that “they shall support thee” and that his...
by Dan Wees | Dec 29, 2022 | Miscellaneous
For 151 years, a significant portion of a verse from the Book of Mormon remained missing. During the initial printing of the Book of Mormon in 1830, an oversight by the typesetter resulted in the omission of 35 words from what would later be recognized as Alma 32:30....
