Tag: Joseph Smith History
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Sharing the facts
Joseph Smith wrote his history specifically to counter the false reports in circulation and make sure that the facts were available for any who were interested in the truth. I never thought before that the large family that Joseph grew up in is really not much different than the one I’m raising now.
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The prints of the nails
Is it universally true that whoever Jesus appeared to as Himself after His resurrection, He showed the prints of the nails and the wound of the spear? He didn’t when he appeared to the disciples on the road to Emmaus, although he didn’t reveal his identity to them either. As far as I can tell,…
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30 March 2009
Joseph Smith History 1:55 – 75 I had always heard that Joseph had to elope with Emma because her father objected to him. I had not realized that the Hales became very friendly to Joseph in time. I knew they had allowed him to live with them, but I never thought the arrangement had been…
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29 March 2009
Joseph Smith History 1: 1-54There really is only one way to know the truth of this, and that is with the eye of faith. Without that eye of faith you can only see this story and its simplicity through whatever bias you bring with you. I really wonder what things Moroni told Joseph during their…