by kendalbhunter | Feb 26, 2008 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
On January 12, 1836, Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, entertained a visitor from the east. His journal records the meeting this way: “Brother Joseph Rose introduced to me Russell Weaver, a Christian or Unitarian preacher, so-called, from Cambray,...
by kendalbhunter | Feb 23, 2008 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons
A few years ago I was watching a webcast of a panel discussion. The moderator and one-half of the participants were experts in a certain field, plus there was a cabinet-level government official as the keynote speaker. The other half of the panel, however, included...
by kendalbhunter | Feb 23, 2008 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
“The present is an age of progress, of change, of rapid advance, and of wonderful revolutions.” “The very foundations of society—social, political, commercial, moral and religious—seem to be shaken as with a mighty earthquake, from center to circumference. All things...
by kendalbhunter | Feb 19, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
Sometimes observations from philosophers just crack me up. Take, for instance, Thomas Aquinas. He was a medieval Roman Catholic philosopher and theologian, and was so adept at explaining Catholic theology that he was later called The Angelic Doctor. Aquinas is perhaps...
by kendalbhunter | Feb 18, 2008 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
Members of the Mormon Church believe two things about the Book of Mormon: 1. Joseph Smith translated it by the gift and power of God. 2. It is scripture. In our day, the story of the Book of Mormon began on September 21, 1823. Joseph Smith was seventeen, and for the...
