Hey guys, so if you’re familiar with Latter-day Saint temple practices, you’re probably aware that important temple ceremonies like the endowment have undergone various changes throughout the years. Considering our belief that the endowment was received by revelation...
When the Latter-day Saint prophet Joseph Smith was killed by a mob at Carthage Jail, the saints he left behind weren’t sure who would become the new leader of the Church. And to make matters worse, Joseph himself made as many as 8 different references to who should...
OK people, put your seat-belts on because we’re about to embark on a complicated journey through the world of population genetics as we explore what DNA evidence has to say about the historicity of The Book of Mormon. Here’s the deal. The Book of Mormon tells the...
After the Latter-day Saint prophet Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob in Carthage Jail, the members back in Nauvoo didn’t really know what to do. Who was going to lead them now that Joseph was gone? What was going to happen to the Church? This problem was exacerbated...
Hey guys! So, after the martyrdom of the Latter-day Saint prophet, Joseph Smith, in 1844 the members didn’t really know who was going to lead the Church. This problem was exacerbated by the fact that before Joseph died, he made as many as 8 different references to who...
Hey guys, so Joseph Smith was killed by a mob at Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844. This episode is not going to cover the events of that day in detail. Instead, we’re going to look at the controversy surrounding the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor and how that...