On a wintry Sunday afternoon in January 1946, Walter finished his first reading of the Book of Mormon. “I was amazed,” he wrote. “Now, I knew Christ indeed appeared in America and there was no doubt Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. Now, I was filled with a great desire to make this news I had discovered known unto others and wondered how to best go about it.”

In the midst of all the challenges, trials, privations and difficulties the Saints experienced in Missouri, how is it that when the Church really needed the leadership of the Prophet Joseph, God allowed him to be put in an obscure and remote Jail, ironically called Liberty?

I've been married to my husband for seven years. In those seven years I've been attracted to his older brother, who's also married. He's very handsome and is basically an upgraded version of my husband. I know that sounds bad. But I find myself thinking and even fantasizing about him and not sure how to feel about it all.

In this Essay, we will explore how William Blake’s masterpiece describes Satan in his original glory. One can see in his perverse appropriation of the symbols of kingship not only his selfish aspiration to God’s own power, but also an anticipation of his ignominious fall from grace.