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Why Did William E. McLellin Call the Book of Mormon the “Apple of My Eye”?
July 1, 2021
Why Is Doctrine and Covenants 65 Called a Revelation on Prayer?
June 17, 2021
Why Did Martin Harris Come Back to the Church?
June 3, 2021
Why Did Oliver Cowdery Come Back to the Church?
May 27, 2021
How Did the Establishment of Jesus Christ’s Church in 1830 Comply with the Law?
March 2, 2021
Why Did Hiram Page Remain Faithful to the Book of Mormon?
March 16, 2021
Why Was Peter Whitmer Jr. Chosen to Witness the Gold Plates?
March 30, 2021
What Converted Sidney Rigdon to the Book of Mormon?
April 13, 2021
Why Did John Whitmer Continue to Testify of the Book of Mormon?
April 27, 2021
Why Did the Kirtland Safety Society Fail?
May 18, 2021
Why Was Oliver Cowdery Excommunicated from the Church?
May 11, 2021
Why Was Martin Harris Needed to Pay for the Printing of the Book of Mormon?
February 25, 2021
Why Did the Lord Command the Three Witnesses to Rely upon His Word?
February 16, 2021
How Was the Joseph Knight Family Important to Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon?
February 9, 2021
Why Was Joseph Smith Accused of Being a “Disorderly Person” in 1826?
February 2, 2021
Why Did Martin Want a View of the Plates in March 1829?
January 21, 2021
Why Did Moroni Quote Malachi about Elijah’s Coming?
January 19, 2021
Why Could Joseph Smith Testify in Court at Age 13?
January 12, 2021
Why was it Easy to Join a Church in Joseph Smith’s Day?
January 5, 2021
Why Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Secure the Book of Mormon Copyright in Canada?
April 7, 2020
Did Joseph Smith’s Mother Believe He Could Have Written the Book of Mormon?
March 31, 2020
Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon?
October 31, 2019
Did the Book of Mormon Witnesses Really See What They Claimed?
June 20, 2019
What Do We Know About the “Anthon Transcript”?
May 9, 2019
Was Joseph Smith the “Author” of the Book of Mormon?
March 22, 2019
Why Is the Timing of the Book of Mormon’s Translation So “Marvelous”?
March 15, 2019
What Can We All Learn about Repentance from the Tragic Loss of the 116 Book of Mormon Pages?
March 1, 2019
How Does the “Mosiah-First” Translation Sequence Strengthen Faith?
February 22, 2019
How Thomas B. Marsh was Led to the Book of Mormon Without Knowing It
November 15, 2018
Why Are People Exhausted by Powerful Spiritual Experiences?
August 21, 2018
What Does Mary Whitmer Teach Us About Enduring Trials?
August 2, 2018
What Do the Kinderhook Plates Reveal About Joseph Smith’s Gift of Translation?
July 31, 2018
How Are Oliver Cowdery’s Messenger and Advocate Letters to Be Understood and Used?
July 26, 2018
What Was on the Lost 116 Pages?
July 24, 2018
Were Joseph Smith’s Translation Instruments Like the Israelite Urim and Thummim?
March 20, 2018
How Can We Know What to Believe about Joseph Smith’s Personal Character?
March 6, 2018
Is There Evidence That Joseph Smith Possessed a Urim and Thummim and Breastplate?
February 20, 2018
Why Were the Three Witnesses Shown the Liahona?
February 6, 2018
Are the Accounts of the Golden Plates Believable?
January 30, 2018
Why Would God Choose an Uneducated Man to Translate the Book of Mormon?
January 9, 2018
Why Is David Whitmer’s Witness of the Book of Mormon So Compelling?
January 2, 2018
How Can We Be Strengthened by Lucy Mack Smith’s Testimony of the Book of Mormon?
November 7, 2017
Why Does God Sometimes Send Angels to Help People?
September 1, 2017
How Was Lehi’s Journey Similar to the Mormon Pioneers’ Trek West?
August 25, 2017
How Did Brigham Young Help Take the Book of Mormon to the World?
August 18, 2017
Why Is It Important to Keep Records?
July 28, 2017
Why Does God Sometimes Allow His Saints to Be Martyred?
August 11, 2017
Where Does the Name Nauvoo Come From?
July 21, 2017
What Did the Book of Mormon Teach the Early Saints about Enduring Persecution?
July 14, 2017
Who Was Zelph?
July 7, 2017
What if Martin Harris Didn’t Lose all of the 116 Pages?
June 26, 2017
What Did the Book of Mormon Teach Early Church Leaders about the Order and Offices of the Priesthood?
June 23, 2017
How Can People Today Avoid Being Destroyed Like the Nephites Were?
June 16, 2017
Why Is It Good to Seek Both Spiritual and Secular Learning?
June 9, 2017
How Does the Book of Mormon Help Explain the Origins of the Word of Wisdom?
June 2, 2017
What Did the Early Saints Learn about the Second Coming from the Book of Mormon?
May 26, 2017
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about the Afterlife?
May 19, 2017
Why Are There So Many Different Names for the Plan of Salvation?
May 12, 2017
Why Does the Lord Require People to Live the Laws of Tithing and Fasting?
April 26, 2017
Why is the Sabbath Day Needed?
April 21, 2017
How Did the Book of Mormon Help the Early Saints Understand Spiritual Gifts?
April 12, 2017
What Unique Doctrines Did the Lord Reveal through the Book of Mormon?
March 29, 2017
How Did Martin Harris Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon?
March 24, 2017
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Ideas about the Physical and Spiritual Gathering of Israel?
March 22, 2017
What Role Does the Book of Mormon Play in Missionary Work?
March 17, 2017
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Teachings on the Family?
March 10, 2017
Why Did the Lord Quote the Book of Mormon When Reestablishing the Church?
March 3, 2017
Why is the Book of Mormon So Important to the Restoration?
March 1, 2017
Why Did Joseph and Oliver Seek Authority to Baptize?
February 24, 2017
Why Did William E. McLellin Call the Book of Mormon the “Apple of My Eye”?
July 1, 2021
Why Is Doctrine and Covenants 65 Called a Revelation on Prayer?
June 17, 2021
Why Did Martin Harris Come Back to the Church?
June 3, 2021
Why Did Oliver Cowdery Come Back to the Church?
May 27, 2021
How Did the Establishment of Jesus Christ’s Church in 1830 Comply with the Law?
March 2, 2021
Why Did Hiram Page Remain Faithful to the Book of Mormon?
March 16, 2021
Why Was Peter Whitmer Jr. Chosen to Witness the Gold Plates?
March 30, 2021
What Converted Sidney Rigdon to the Book of Mormon?
April 13, 2021
Why Did John Whitmer Continue to Testify of the Book of Mormon?
April 27, 2021
Why Did the Kirtland Safety Society Fail?
May 18, 2021
Why Was Oliver Cowdery Excommunicated from the Church?
May 11, 2021
Why Was Martin Harris Needed to Pay for the Printing of the Book of Mormon?
February 25, 2021
Why Did the Lord Command the Three Witnesses to Rely upon His Word?
February 16, 2021
How Was the Joseph Knight Family Important to Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon?
February 9, 2021
Why Was Joseph Smith Accused of Being a “Disorderly Person” in 1826?
February 2, 2021
Why Did Martin Want a View of the Plates in March 1829?
January 21, 2021
Why Did Moroni Quote Malachi about Elijah’s Coming?
January 19, 2021
Why Could Joseph Smith Testify in Court at Age 13?
January 12, 2021
Why was it Easy to Join a Church in Joseph Smith’s Day?
January 5, 2021
Why Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Secure the Book of Mormon Copyright in Canada?
April 7, 2020
Did Joseph Smith’s Mother Believe He Could Have Written the Book of Mormon?
March 31, 2020
Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon?
October 31, 2019
Did the Book of Mormon Witnesses Really See What They Claimed?
June 20, 2019
What Do We Know About the “Anthon Transcript”?
May 9, 2019
Was Joseph Smith the “Author” of the Book of Mormon?
March 22, 2019
Why Is the Timing of the Book of Mormon’s Translation So “Marvelous”?
March 15, 2019
What Can We All Learn about Repentance from the Tragic Loss of the 116 Book of Mormon Pages?
March 1, 2019
How Does the “Mosiah-First” Translation Sequence Strengthen Faith?
February 22, 2019
How Thomas B. Marsh was Led to the Book of Mormon Without Knowing It
November 15, 2018
Why Are People Exhausted by Powerful Spiritual Experiences?
August 21, 2018
What Does Mary Whitmer Teach Us About Enduring Trials?
August 2, 2018
What Do the Kinderhook Plates Reveal About Joseph Smith’s Gift of Translation?
July 31, 2018
How Are Oliver Cowdery’s Messenger and Advocate Letters to Be Understood and Used?
July 26, 2018
What Was on the Lost 116 Pages?
July 24, 2018
Were Joseph Smith’s Translation Instruments Like the Israelite Urim and Thummim?
March 20, 2018
How Can We Know What to Believe about Joseph Smith’s Personal Character?
March 6, 2018
Is There Evidence That Joseph Smith Possessed a Urim and Thummim and Breastplate?
February 20, 2018
Why Were the Three Witnesses Shown the Liahona?
February 6, 2018
Are the Accounts of the Golden Plates Believable?
January 30, 2018
Why Would God Choose an Uneducated Man to Translate the Book of Mormon?
January 9, 2018
Why Is David Whitmer’s Witness of the Book of Mormon So Compelling?
January 2, 2018
How Can We Be Strengthened by Lucy Mack Smith’s Testimony of the Book of Mormon?
November 7, 2017
Why Does God Sometimes Send Angels to Help People?
September 1, 2017
How Was Lehi’s Journey Similar to the Mormon Pioneers’ Trek West?
August 25, 2017
How Did Brigham Young Help Take the Book of Mormon to the World?
August 18, 2017
Why Is It Important to Keep Records?
July 28, 2017
Why Does God Sometimes Allow His Saints to Be Martyred?
August 11, 2017
Where Does the Name Nauvoo Come From?
July 21, 2017
What Did the Book of Mormon Teach the Early Saints about Enduring Persecution?
July 14, 2017
Who Was Zelph?
July 7, 2017
What if Martin Harris Didn’t Lose all of the 116 Pages?
June 26, 2017
What Did the Book of Mormon Teach Early Church Leaders about the Order and Offices of the Priesthood?
June 23, 2017
How Can People Today Avoid Being Destroyed Like the Nephites Were?
June 16, 2017
Why Is It Good to Seek Both Spiritual and Secular Learning?
June 9, 2017
How Does the Book of Mormon Help Explain the Origins of the Word of Wisdom?
June 2, 2017
What Did the Early Saints Learn about the Second Coming from the Book of Mormon?
May 26, 2017
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about the Afterlife?
May 19, 2017
Why Are There So Many Different Names for the Plan of Salvation?
May 12, 2017
Why Does the Lord Require People to Live the Laws of Tithing and Fasting?
April 26, 2017
Why is the Sabbath Day Needed?
April 21, 2017
How Did the Book of Mormon Help the Early Saints Understand Spiritual Gifts?
April 12, 2017
What Unique Doctrines Did the Lord Reveal through the Book of Mormon?
March 29, 2017
How Did Martin Harris Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon?
March 24, 2017
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Ideas about the Physical and Spiritual Gathering of Israel?
March 22, 2017
What Role Does the Book of Mormon Play in Missionary Work?
March 17, 2017
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Teachings on the Family?
March 10, 2017
Why Did the Lord Quote the Book of Mormon When Reestablishing the Church?
March 3, 2017
Why is the Book of Mormon So Important to the Restoration?
March 1, 2017
Why Did William E. McLellin Call the Book of Mormon the “Apple of My Eye”?
July 1, 2021
Why Is Doctrine and Covenants 65 Called a Revelation on Prayer?
June 17, 2021
Why Did Martin Harris Come Back to the Church?
June 3, 2021
Why Did Oliver Cowdery Come Back to the Church?
May 27, 2021
How Did the Establishment of Jesus Christ’s Church in 1830 Comply with the Law?
March 2, 2021
Why Did Hiram Page Remain Faithful to the Book of Mormon?
March 16, 2021
Why Was Peter Whitmer Jr. Chosen to Witness the Gold Plates?
March 30, 2021
What Converted Sidney Rigdon to the Book of Mormon?
April 13, 2021
Why Did John Whitmer Continue to Testify of the Book of Mormon?
April 27, 2021
Why Did the Kirtland Safety Society Fail?
May 18, 2021
Why Was Oliver Cowdery Excommunicated from the Church?
May 11, 2021
Why Was Martin Harris Needed to Pay for the Printing of the Book of Mormon?
February 25, 2021
Why Did the Lord Command the Three Witnesses to Rely upon His Word?
February 16, 2021
How Was the Joseph Knight Family Important to Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon?
February 9, 2021
Why Was Joseph Smith Accused of Being a “Disorderly Person” in 1826?
February 2, 2021
Why Did Martin Want a View of the Plates in March 1829?
January 21, 2021
Why Did Moroni Quote Malachi about Elijah’s Coming?
January 19, 2021
Why Could Joseph Smith Testify in Court at Age 13?
January 12, 2021
Why was it Easy to Join a Church in Joseph Smith’s Day?
January 5, 2021
Why Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Secure the Book of Mormon Copyright in Canada?
April 7, 2020
Did Joseph Smith’s Mother Believe He Could Have Written the Book of Mormon?
March 31, 2020
Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon?
October 31, 2019
Did the Book of Mormon Witnesses Really See What They Claimed?
June 20, 2019
What Do We Know About the “Anthon Transcript”?
May 9, 2019
Was Joseph Smith the “Author” of the Book of Mormon?
March 22, 2019
Why Is the Timing of the Book of Mormon’s Translation So “Marvelous”?
March 15, 2019
What Can We All Learn about Repentance from the Tragic Loss of the 116 Book of Mormon Pages?
March 1, 2019
How Does the “Mosiah-First” Translation Sequence Strengthen Faith?
February 22, 2019
How Thomas B. Marsh was Led to the Book of Mormon Without Knowing It
November 15, 2018
Why Are People Exhausted by Powerful Spiritual Experiences?
August 21, 2018
What Does Mary Whitmer Teach Us About Enduring Trials?
August 2, 2018
What Do the Kinderhook Plates Reveal About Joseph Smith’s Gift of Translation?
July 31, 2018
How Are Oliver Cowdery’s Messenger and Advocate Letters to Be Understood and Used?
July 26, 2018
What Was on the Lost 116 Pages?
July 24, 2018
Were Joseph Smith’s Translation Instruments Like the Israelite Urim and Thummim?
March 20, 2018
How Can We Know What to Believe about Joseph Smith’s Personal Character?
March 6, 2018
Is There Evidence That Joseph Smith Possessed a Urim and Thummim and Breastplate?
February 20, 2018
Why Were the Three Witnesses Shown the Liahona?
February 6, 2018
Are the Accounts of the Golden Plates Believable?
January 30, 2018
Why Would God Choose an Uneducated Man to Translate the Book of Mormon?
January 9, 2018
Why Is David Whitmer’s Witness of the Book of Mormon So Compelling?
January 2, 2018
How Can We Be Strengthened by Lucy Mack Smith’s Testimony of the Book of Mormon?
November 7, 2017
Why Does God Sometimes Send Angels to Help People?
September 1, 2017
How Was Lehi’s Journey Similar to the Mormon Pioneers’ Trek West?
August 25, 2017
How Did Brigham Young Help Take the Book of Mormon to the World?
August 18, 2017
Why Is It Important to Keep Records?
July 28, 2017
Why Does God Sometimes Allow His Saints to Be Martyred?
August 11, 2017
Where Does the Name Nauvoo Come From?
July 21, 2017
What Did the Book of Mormon Teach the Early Saints about Enduring Persecution?
July 14, 2017
Who Was Zelph?
July 7, 2017
What if Martin Harris Didn’t Lose all of the 116 Pages?
June 26, 2017
What Did the Book of Mormon Teach Early Church Leaders about the Order and Offices of the Priesthood?
June 23, 2017
How Can People Today Avoid Being Destroyed Like the Nephites Were?
June 16, 2017
Why Is It Good to Seek Both Spiritual and Secular Learning?
June 9, 2017
How Does the Book of Mormon Help Explain the Origins of the Word of Wisdom?
June 2, 2017
What Did the Early Saints Learn about the Second Coming from the Book of Mormon?
May 26, 2017
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about the Afterlife?
May 19, 2017
Why Are There So Many Different Names for the Plan of Salvation?
May 12, 2017
Why Does the Lord Require People to Live the Laws of Tithing and Fasting?
April 26, 2017
Why is the Sabbath Day Needed?
April 21, 2017
How Did the Book of Mormon Help the Early Saints Understand Spiritual Gifts?
April 12, 2017
What Unique Doctrines Did the Lord Reveal through the Book of Mormon?
March 29, 2017
How Did Martin Harris Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon?
March 24, 2017
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Ideas about the Physical and Spiritual Gathering of Israel?
March 22, 2017
What Role Does the Book of Mormon Play in Missionary Work?
March 17, 2017
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Teachings on the Family?
March 10, 2017
Why Did the Lord Quote the Book of Mormon When Reestablishing the Church?
March 3, 2017
Why is the Book of Mormon So Important to the Restoration?
March 1, 2017
Why Did Joseph and Oliver Seek Authority to Baptize?
February 24, 2017
Why Did the Book of Mormon Come Forth as a Miracle?
February 10, 2017
How Important was Oliver Cowdery in Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon?
February 3, 2017
Why Were Three Witnesses Chosen to Testify of the Book of Mormon?
January 27, 2017
Why Are there Multiple Accounts of Joseph Smith’s and Alma’s Visions?
January 20, 2017
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Doctrinal Ideas About Christ?
January 13, 2017
A painting. Joseph Smith sits on a chair in what looks like the upstairs of the Whitmer home, with someone behind him across a table, writing. A bundle covered in cloth, presumably the plates, sits on the table. Joseph looks into a white top hat.
Why Does the Lord Speak to Men “According to Their Language”?
January 6, 2017
Jeffrey R. Holland, in a black suit, white shirt and light blue tie, stands at the pulpit in the conference center and holds up a copy of The Book of Mormon once owned by Hyrum Smith.
An Apostle’s Witness
January 2, 2016
A silhouette of a statue of Joseph and Hyrum on horses. Visible in the background are trees, a river, trees on the opposite shore, and an orange sunset. The whole photo, including the river, is tinted in orange because of the sun.
What Does it Mean to Be a Martyr?
January 1, 2016

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