If people could ask our Heavenly Father any question at all, how many would ask the same question Joseph Smith asked?
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A guide: 7 ways to better understand the Joseph Smith Papers
Here’s your guide on seven different resources available — other than documents — to better understand the Joseph Smith Papers
Historians introduce the Brigham Young Papers project and first volume of journals
People will learn and understand more about the second president of the Church through his journals, one editor and historian says.
William Shakespeare on the Book of Mormon Witnesses
Some skeptics, responding (rather defensively, I think) to the accounts given by the witnesses to the Book of Mormon, attempt to dismiss them by citing the fallibility of eyewitnesses and the unreliability of human memory. But Shakespeare made an observation that may shed some light on why these accounts are different.
Did Joseph Smith Plagiarize the Sermon on the Mount?
Some who think Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon use the Sermon at the Temple in 3 Nephi 12-18, as evidence of plagiarism. They claim these chapters are too similar to the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7. Let's examine these claims.
Do the Lost 116 Pages Demonstrate that Prophets Can Make Serious Errors in Leading the Church?
Some people look for evidence that those sustained as prophets, seers, and revelators can make serious and long-lasting errors as they lead the Church. Sometimes the episode with the 116 pages is raised as an example—but is it an example?
Walking in Wilford Woodruff’s Footsteps
Working for the Wilford Woodruff Papers has instilled within me a love for the people Wilford met and the places he traveled as a missionary in Maine in the 1830s.