It was a bold assertion for a young, uneducated man in upstate New York to look upon his initially small congregation and believe that he was an integral part in establishing that very kingdom that was “cut out of the mountain without hands” and would grow to fill the whole earth. But Joseph knew with prophetic inspiration that the Restored Gospel was that stone, humble though its beginnings may have felt.

There is no international or binding treaty law that guarantees the “right” to abortion as a human right. That, however, does not stop the United Nations and abortion advocates from behaving as though there is. So, how is that effort being combatted?

The problem of the unreliability of eyewitness testimony is a real one. Research shows that it often fails to be reliable in identifying the perpetrator of a crime, but what does that mean about the witnesses of the Book of Mormon? How is their testimony different?

In the United States, religious liberty has been under siege for some time. Last week’s Thanksgiving gift to believers from the Supreme Court may be only a temporary reprieve from government’s assault on faith and conscience. The narrow 5-4 ruling serves as a warning the threat is not over.