What emerges from the documents featured in this volume relating to his arrest and extradition attempts, according to Jeffrey D. Mahas at an online blogger event held last Thursday in anticipation for this week’s publication of the volume, is “a case study in how Joseph Smith responded to opposition.”
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Hidden Things: What did Joseph Smith Actually Look Like?
Perhaps the easiest hidden thing to spot at a glance as you look at the box of our Treasures of the Restoration jigsaw puzzle is the portrait of the prophet Joseph Smith. But how accurate is this picture of Joseph Smith? What do we know about what he really looked like?
Being a Church Member in the Town That Killed Joseph Smith
Warsaw, Illinois was the home to the angry mob that murdered the Prophet Joseph Smith. Yet, some 136 years after that tragic martyrdom, Warsaw became the home to a Latter-day Saint family that many residents grew to love, admire, and respect.
Joseph Smith on Government
In a time when we all struggle with questions on government, it is noteworthy that Joseph Smith also struggled with it. From his reading of the Book of Mormon came even a deeper understanding of the role of this nation in the gathering of Israel and the winding up scenes surrounding Christ’s Zion.
Was Sidney Rigdon in on the creation of the Book of Mormon?
Near the end of Sidney Rigdon's life, as his health began to wane, his son pressed him to know whether Joseph Smith really "received" the Book of Mormon or whether he just created it. This was his father's reply.
142 years ago, the first Primary meeting was held. Here’s some of what’s changed since then
This week, for the 142nd anniversary of that first Primary meeting, Primary General President Joy D. Jones shared a post on Facebook about a visit she recently took with the Primary General Presidency to that Farmington Rock Chapel where the first meeting was held.
Hidden Things: The Pioneers that Rounded the Horn of South America to Get to the Salt Lake Valley
On February 4, 1846, the very same day the first saints left Nauvoo, a ship known as the Brooklyn set sail out of New York Harbor. It was a cargo ship that had been chartered to carry 70 men, 68 women, and 100 children—238 passengers total—on a voyage that would ultimately total 24,000 miles and take nearly six months.
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“So Beloved:” Learning to See Others as God Sees Them
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Is the Restoration about Salvation or Exaltation, and are You a Perfectible Entity?
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Her two grandfathers were presidents of the Church. Here’s why her legacy doesn’t stop there
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Do You Ever Complain?
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Need Help? Don’t Be Afraid to Ask
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Two Portions of the New General Handbook Now Available in 22 Languages
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Hidden Things: Why is it important that all these things give us experience?