by Dan Wees | Apr 25, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“[N]o man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith … every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ...
by Dan Wees | Apr 25, 2019 | Miscellaneous
According to the Book of Mormon, when Lehi left the old world (1 Nephi 18:8) his group consisted of less than twenty people. Yet, nineteen years later this small band had so prospered in the land that they built a temple which “manner of the construction was like unto...
by Dan Wees | Apr 24, 2019 | Miscellaneous
PETER INGERSOLL: 1833 SWORN [full] STATEMENT ABOUT JOSEPH SMITH Palmyaa [sic], Wayne Co. N.Y. Dec 2d, 1833. “I, Peter Ingersoll, first became acquainted with the family of Jopesh Smith, Sen. in the year of our Lord, 1822. – I lived in the neighborhood of said...
by Dan Wees | Apr 23, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Thus the issue for those who signed the New York affidavits was the trustworthiness of Joseph Smith. Since Rodger Anderson argues so intensely for respecting Hurlbut and his signers [see Ehat/Cook, The Words of Joseph Smith (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University...
by Dan Wees | Apr 21, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“No man holds divine authority equal to or above the president of the Church. In his position he is pre-eminent! “Let us understand fully the clear identity of the president of the Church. He is the mouthpiece of God on earth for us today.” Church News, “The Certain...
by Dan Wees | Apr 20, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“A prophet is wonderful because he sometimes speaks for the Lord. This occurs on certain occasions when the Lord wills it. On other occasions, he speaks for himself, and one of the wonderful doctrines of the Church is that we don’t believe in the infallibility of any...