The Book of Mormon is the story of a family that leaves Jerusalem around 600 B.C., crosses the ocean, and settles somewhere in the Americas. Unfortunately, many of us Westerners are extremely unfamiliar with ancient Jewish customs and culture. But as we familiarize...
I believe The Book of Mormon is true. Those who don’t believe it, though, have to find a justification in their minds for how Joseph Smith could have invented the book. Recently an acquaintance of mine was explaining one of his possible theories: He said that maybe...
The Book of Mormon tells the story of the complete annihilation and destruction of one of the many ancient civilizations of the Americas. Latter-day Saints believe the events contained in the book actually happened. So oftentimes the first thing people ask when we...
When people first learn about The Book of Mormon, our missionaries will generally ask them to do 3 things: Read it, think about it, and ask God with real intent if it is what it claims to be. The promise is that at some point and in some way, God will answer that...
The keystone of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is The Book of Mormon. If it’s a fraud, the rest of our truth claims come tumbling down. We know that, and critics of our faith know that as well. So, naturally, people have been studying, testing,...
