by kendalbhunter | Jan 17, 2008 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
By academic training, and personal inclination, I am an historian. Growing up, my favorite book was H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine. At university, I got my bachelor of arts in history. By nature (or by second nature) I think along historical lines. That is why I am so...
by kendalbhunter | Jan 17, 2008 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
I have to laugh at times when I read about how some people characterize Joseph Smith. Sometimes he is a hick and buffoon, other times he is a power-mad profligate. The funny thing is that his critics can never quite agree on who he was: How can he be the laziest man...
by kendalbhunter | Jan 13, 2008 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
When asked to explain Mormonism in a nutshell, the Prophet Joseph Smith wrote: “The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended...
by kendalbhunter | Jan 13, 2008 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
The Mormon Church is politically neutral. This is something to remember during this election year in the United States. Even though there is a member of the Mormon Church running for president (Mitt Romney), he is not the Mormon candidate. He is running under his own...
by kendalbhunter | Jan 11, 2008 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
Whenever we discuss the life of Joseph Smith—the first prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church, we usually start with the First Vision. We begin with a brief retelling of the religious tumult, then focus on the...
by Candace | Dec 23, 2007 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
On this day, 202 years ago, a baby was born into the world. Joseph Smith came into the world to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ in its entirety, but on that day, he was simply Joseph and Lucy Smith’s baby boy. One who loved to laugh, jump, run and play, but...
