The Isles of the Sea
It’s Not Romney?! @ A Soft Answer
- Well for those who already didn’t know it, following the daily political gossip is...
Magicians and Neuroscientists @ LDS Science Review
- I love a good magic show. Magicians and neuroscientists have teamed up to write a...
"Train up a child, and away it goes, as it pleases." @ Life on Gold Plates
- Brigham Young
April 20, 1856
Mormons view life as a probation where children of God...
Family History Basics - Lesson 2 @ Keepapitchinin
- Presumably you have completed the assignment for Lesson 1, which was to obtain copies of...
LDS & Mormon Blogs - 27 August 2008 @ A Soft Answer
- Always Choose The Right
The true meaning of a CTR Ring to the LDS Community. A blog...
What are Good Apologetics? @ Millennial Star
- Over at Mormon Matters there’s a discussion of apologetics. While some of the...
From ‘Basic Instinct’ to finding God @ Millennial Star
- Last time I heard from Joe Eszterhas, he was warning people not to smoke because he had...
Ads You’re Not Going to See Again Anytime Soon - Chapter 5 @ Keepapitchinin
- From various LDS publications, 1920s-1940s. Please exercise discretion in...
Help needed on Prop. 8 in California @ Millennial Star
- Please see the attached article and volunteer to help.
LDS & Mormon Blogs - 25 August 2008 @ A Soft Answer
- Family Home Evening In A Snap!
Helping busy mommies make family night easier. A listing...
Liberty in Alma? @ Feast Upon the Word
- In reading Alma and in listening to the lessons on Alma the past few weeks. I am struck...
"They leave the Church but can't leave it alone" @ Life on Gold Plates
- Seth R. Payne's 2008 Sunstone paper on the ex-Mormon narrative discusses three general...
Antonio E. Duran: Converted by the Book of Mormon @ Keepapitchinin
- Sometime in the early 1930s, Antonio E. Duran came across two LDS missionaries preaching...
Scientific Advisors to the Prophet @ LDS Science Review
- Discover Magazine has an article, How to Teach Science to the Pope, that highlights a...
Book of Mormon Lesson 31 (Alma 43-52) @ Feast Upon the Word
- I will be absent from primary to substitute for Gospel Doctrine today. I have no real...
LDS & Mormon Blogs - 23 August 2008 @ A Soft Answer
- Monday Nights
Ideas, suggestions, and tips for Family Home Evening and Family Scripture...
Measles Up in the U.S. @ LDS Science Review
- The CDC released a report this week detailing an increase in measles cases this year....
Chaplain B.H. Roberts Leads Memorial Services @ Keepapitchinin
- This newspaper article is posted as a followup to the post Chaplain B.H. Roberts Pleads...
Funny Bones, 1941 @ Keepapitchinin
- Not the best year for humor in the church magazines, I fear, but there are two or three...
Guest Post: And Re-Introducing: The Flawed Doctrine of Universalism @ Millennial Star
- The Millennial Star is pleased to present the following guest post from Chris...
Nah-nah-nah, hey-hey-hey, Good Bayh? @ Millennial Star
- The Drudge Report reports a printing company in Kansas City that specializes in campaign...
My sister Katherine’s review of “The Errand of Angels” @ A Motley Vision
- Christian Vuissa’s film”The Errand of Angels” opens in theaters in Utah...
Take the Ensign Survey @ Life on Gold Plates
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Larry Richman over at the LDS Media Talk blog reminded me about the survey regarding...
Massacre at Mountain Meadows: A Scholarly Discussion (Announcement) @ Keepapitchinin
- Massacre at Mountain Meadows:
A Scholarly Discussion
September 5, 2008 | 7pm
Main...
Latter-day Saint Images, 1927 @ Keepapitchinin
- Another page from our family photo album, with Sunday Schools from around the world...
Mormon-Facebook Rumor Hits Mashable @ Millennial Star
- Look at what just showed up last night on the 10th most popular blog on the internet,...
LDS & Mormon Blogs - 21 August 2008 @ A Soft Answer
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Mormons in Business
Mormons in Business allows members of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
It’s Romney?! @ A Soft Answer
- The Veepstakes has been such a merry go round this summer with a new favorite every week,...
The Science Behind the Anthrax Investigation @ LDS Science Review
- A Trained Eye Finally Solved the Anthrax PuzzleThe New York Times has a nice article on...
On the History of LDS Literature @ A Motley Vision
- In November 2005, I discovered, in a review of the Wikipedia article on Mormon Fiction,...
Chaplain B.H. Roberts Pleads for the Lives of His Men @ Keepapitchinin
- Lenard Valess Dewey (1895-1981) was born in Idaho and eventually settled in Arizona,...
LDS & Mormon Blogs - 20 August 2008 @ A Soft Answer
- The Iron Rod
Following the Gospel Doctrine Lessons
Latter-Day Sexual Recovery
Latter-day...
Another Nail in Lamarck's Coffin @ LDS Science Review
- Last month I did a post on the role of E. coli in defeating the notion of Lamarckian...
Attention Obama supporters: your candidate is losing @ Millennial Star
- Ok, now that I have your attention, please look at this map. The map is put out by Real...
Should “I Know” the Church is True? @ Millennial Star
- I just listened to the podcast of the Mormon Miscellaneous radio show by Van Hale from...
Plural Marriage as Discussed in the Church Today @ Life on Gold Plates
- Plural marriage is an inescapable aspect of LDS history.1 It has been approached in...
Who or What Are We Teaching? @ Keepapitchinin
- I’ve been reading old church lesson manuals, partly because the slightly quaint flavor...
LDS & Mormon Blogs - 19 August 2008 @ A Soft Answer
- As if from the dust…
This blog’s main purpose is to dispell common myths and...
Playing Indian: The Voices of San Juan Pageant @ A Motley Vision
- In July, I was visiting with a Navajo Mormon neighbor on another matter when she asked...
Counterculture — not subculture @ A Motley Vision
- If you haven’t yet read my post on the three genres of Christian music, please do...
Let God Sort Them Out @ A Soft Answer
- Apparently, Sen. Obama and the LDS Church share the same view on when life begins: They...
A Day in the Life of a Sister Missionary in London, 1852 @ Keepapitchinin
- Often the first calling of a 19th century convert in Britain was as a local missionary....
Mormon Olympians Are Mostly Women @ Millennial Star
- The Mormon Times web site has information on 18 athletes competing in the current Olympic...
LDS & Mormon Blogs - 18 August 2008 @ A Soft Answer
- The Latter-day Snark
A lighthearted look at the weirdness of Mormon culture, with new...
Thinking about Alma… @ Feast Upon the Word
- Though some important arguments have been made against the idea, it has become something...
"Saints and crockery ware": The Temporal and Spiritual @ Life on Gold Plates
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On the use of historical and temporal examples in the LDS worldview and...
Chelsie Hightower’s Experience on SYTYCD @ Millennial Star
- For those who may not know Chelsie Hightower, she was recently a semifinalist on the...
The three genres of Christian music @ A Motley Vision
- I’m finally getting around to processing my notes on Rapture Ready! Adventures in...
Bushman's Introduction to "Joseph Smith and His Critics" Seminar @ Life on Gold Plates
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The following is Richard Bushman's introduction to the 2008 summer seminar, “Joseph...
A Survey of Mormon Comix by Theric Jepson @ A Motley Vision
- When I asked Theric Jepson to write a bit about Mormon graphic novels, I didn’t...
Follow-up Thoughts on the 2008 Bushman Seminar @ Life on Gold Plates
- On Church education, apologetics, and scholarship
In my preliminary remarks on the...
Facts and Presidential Politics @ LDS Science Review
- I've avoided partisan politics on this blog and will continue to do so. However, with the...
A Conference on Alma 32 at BYU @ Feast Upon the Word
- For anyone who can make it to Provo in September, there is going to be a conference...
RS/MP Lesson 16: “Revelation and the Living Prophet” (Joseph Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
- A number of historical facts open this lesson, collectively painting up a picture of how...
Reevaluating the Great Apostasy @ FAIR Blog
- One week ago, I celebrated the twenty-eighth anniversary of my baptism into the Church of...
Faith, Hope, and Charity @ Feast Upon the Word
- While traveling during the past week, I recorded a series of six one-hour-long podcasts...
2008 FAIR Conference Notes @ Life on Gold Plates
- The 2008 FAIR conference had some great presentations this year. Here are my personal...
Daniel C. Peterson: Humble Apologetics @ Life on Gold Plates
- Peterson began by asking the audience to fill out our comment papers, he has already...
Brant Gardner: Mormon's Editorial Method and Meta-Message @ Life on Gold Plates
- Gardner's paper is now available from the FAIR site.
According to Gardner, Latter-day...
Brian Hauglid: The Book of Abraham in apologetic Discussion @ Life on Gold Plates
- A documentary edition of all the papers associated with the Book of Abraham, etc. much...
Scott Gordon: Online Apologetics @ Life on Gold Plates
- Scott has been President of FAIR since 2001, and has since lost much of his hair...
John Lynch: What is FAIR and what isn't FAIR @ Life on Gold Plates
- FAIR is not a mouthpiece for the Church.
FAIR has resources that we make available;...
Newell G. Bringhurst: The White Horse Prophecy @ Life on Gold Plates
- In writing their book Mormon Quest for the Presidency, they looked at the "white horse...
Matthew Brown: The Israelite Temple and the Early Christians @ Life on Gold Plates
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In Exodus the Lord prescribed a Tabernacle, priestly dress, and rituals. Once settled,...
FAIR conference day 2 - open thread @ FAIR Blog
- This is an open thread for participants and streaming listeners to comment on FAIR...
Ron Esplin: The Joseph Smith Papers @ Life on Gold Plates
- "Nobody ever gets anything done the first five years."
Publication begins this fall...
Ugo Perego: Joseph Smith's DNA Revealed: New Clues from the Prophet's Genes @ Life on Gold Plates
- DNA is a record of family relationships that in recent years has supplemented traditional...
Larry Poulsen: Convergences in Book of Mormon Geography @ Life on Gold Plates
- The fact that a map of Palestine shows a road to Emmaus says nothing about whether Jesus...
James Wood on the “nonsense written” about characters in fiction @ A Motley Vision
- From what I recall (I consume way too much without proper digestion), James Wood is a...
Jeffrey Bradshaw: The Message of the Joseph Smith Translation: A Walk in the Garden @ Life on Gold Plates
- Bradshaw structured his talk around the concept of the Garden story in Genesis, Moses,...
Panel: Philosophy and Mormonism @ Life on Gold Plates
- A panel comprised of Blake Ostler, James Faulconer, and Brian Birch discussing Mormonism...
Darius Gray and Margaret Young: Nobody Knows @ Life on Gold Plates
- The film Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons is not a Church proselyting...
Mark Alan Wright: Deification @ Life on Gold Plates
- Divine Inheritance and the Glorious Afterlife in the Book of Mormon and Ancient...
FAIR conference day 1 - open thread @ FAIR Blog
- This is an open thread for participants and streaming listeners to comment on FAIR...
Michael Ash: Shaken Faith Syndrome @ Life on Gold Plates
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"If you don't like [the book], I'll take full blame. If you do like it, it's not my...
BYU Studies on The God Delusion @ LDS Science Review
- The latest BYU Studies (Vol. 47 No. 1) contains a review of The God Delusion by Richard...
2008 FAIR Conference @ Life on Gold Plates
- The annual conference for FAIR (Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research)...
What Should the LDSBA do Differently? @ A Motley Vision
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The LDS Booksellers Association’s annual convention starts today.
For those who...
Massacre at Mountain Meadows Pt. I @ FAIR Blog
- My reader’s copy of this long awaited book arrived Monday (the 28th) and by Tuesday...
EQ / RS Lesson 15: Establishing the Cause of Zion @ Feast Upon the Word
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I apologize in advance for the poor condition of these notes. I am posting them anyway...
The Cost of Free @ A Motley Vision
- Last week I got back from a three week trip to South Africa, Mozambique and (briefly)...
An Eternal Quest: Freedom of the Mind @ Life on Gold Plates
- More thoughts on apologetics, the loss of faith, Church education, and the recent Bushman...
Book of Mormon Lesson 29 (Alma 36-39) @ Feast Upon the Word
- I ended up subbing at the last minute on this one. I had read the first couple chapters...
FAIR and Sunstone @ FAIR Blog
- Saturday’s article by Lynn Arave in the Deseret News highlights some of the...
The Best Bookstore in Utah? @ LDS Science Review
- On my recent trip to Utah, I stopped by a few bookstores to look at LDS books. Based on...
RS/MP Lesson 15: “Establishing the Cause of Zion” (Joseph Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
- I’m not going to lie: this lesson disappointed me a bit. Or perhaps I should say...
The FAIR Journal: July 2008 @ FAIR Blog
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Utah Geology Show and Tell @ LDS Science Review
- Attention Geologists! I have a question; see below.One of the things I like about Utah is...
Book Review: Your Inner Fish @ LDS Science Review
- Although I intended to make a few comments here about Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin, I...
Slowly Flowering: My grad school paper on Mormon literature @ A Motley Vision
- I have decided to post a Mormon literature-related paper I wrote for a graduate school...
BOM #27 @ Feast Upon the Word
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Again, using Mack Stirling’s Institute notes, Enc. of Mormonism, and...
FAIR conference countdown @ FAIR Blog
- The 2008 FAIR conference is less than two weeks away!
Today (Friday, 25 July) is the last...
BOM Lesson 28 (Alma 32-35) @ Feast Upon the Word
- Below is Karl D.’s notes for BOM Lesson 28—Enjoy! (A cleaner version can be...
BoM Lesson 27 (Alma 30-31) @ Feast Upon the Word
- Below are Karl’s notes on Lesson 27—enjoy! (See a cleaner version of his notes on...
How E. coli Killed Lamarck @ LDS Science Review
- Carl Zimmer's Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life gives an overview of the...
BOM #25 and #26 @ Feast Upon the Word
- Book of Mormon Lessons 25 and 26
My notes for these lessons come from a variety of...
Sustaining evil? @ FAIR Blog
- During the primary season, several of us at FAIR were discussing the advisability of...
Deus ex machina @ FAIR Blog
- Once in a while, somebody writes to FAIR, taking issue with something one of us writes....
The Alma Syndrome @ Feast Upon the Word
- I grew up listening to my uncles and father sing “Oh That I Were an Angel”...
A Note from a Clown @ FAIR Blog
- In a previous blog post I mentioned how Simon Southerton “has been trying to polarize...
A lone man on the Wiki @ Feast Upon the Word
- It’s been pretty lonely over on the Feast Upon the Word wiki lately, but my sojourn...
RS/MP Lesson 14: “Words of Hope and Consolation at the Time of Death” (Joseph Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
- I found this lesson at once deeply satisfying and oddly frustrating. To a great extent,...
YW Lesson 20 (Manual 3): Understanding a Missionary’s Responsibilities (p. 72) @ Feast Upon the Word
- [My wife wrote up some notes for the YW lesson she'll be teaching this week, and she is...
Y Chromosomes and The Book of Mormon: Let's Get Something Straight @ LDS Science Review
- There has been a flare-up over DNA and the Book of Mormon--this time among believing...
Preparatory redemption @ Feast Upon the Word
- Alma 13:3 reads:
Alma 13: 3
3 And this is the manner after which they were...
Gabriel’s Revelation @ Feast Upon the Word
- I was wondering what some of you thought about this piece which has appeared in various...
RS/MP Lesson 13: “Obedience: ‘When the Lord Commands, Do It’” (Joseph Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
- I think I will ignore the “From the Life of Joseph Smith” section of the...
Punctuated Equilibria @ LDS Science Review
- I am almost certainly projecting my own ignorance onto others, but when I was an...
California Saints Got The Call @ Messenger and Advocate
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BOM #23 and #24, redux @ Feast Upon the Word
- From Mack Stirling’s Institute Class, 1995
Alma 8-16 (Lessons 23 and...
Why “Good” Questions are Often Bad (and how to ask good questions) @ Feast Upon the Word
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California Saints To Get The Call @ Messenger and Advocate
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GD BoM Lesson 23, Alma 9:5-6 @ Feast Upon the Word
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Richard Lenski Hands Conservapedia Their Backsides @ LDS Science Review
- If you get any kind of a kick out of the science side of the culture wars, you'll want to...
Collapsing NOMA - Ensign, June 2008 @ LDS Science Review
- The late Stephen J. Gould is known, among other things, for his view of how science and...
BOM #22 @ Feast Upon the Word
- Here are notes from Mack Stirling’s Institute class on these chapters.
Lesson 22:...
Miles Per Gallon Misjudgment @ LDS Science Review
- This week's Science has an article about why thinking about cars in miles per gallon...
Nauvoo In Danger Of Flooding @ Messenger and Advocate
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The 14th Article of Faith? @ Feast Upon the Word
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Book Review: By the Hand of Mormon @ LDS Science Review
- A couple of weeks ago I finished reading By the Hand of Mormon by Terryl Givens. I'm only...
BOM Lesson #21 @ Feast Upon the Word
- It’s been a while since I posted my lessons - sorry! Here is Lesson #21.
Mosiah...
BOM Lesson 22 (Alma 5-7) @ Feast Upon the Word
- [Karl was sadly released from his calling as Sunday school teacher a few months back, but...
Intelligent Design: Context Matters @ LDS Science Review
- [This post is part of a series: (Super) Naturalism, ID, and the Book of Mormon.]If an...
“If it weren’t for the Atonement, then we would have to be perfect,” I said. @ Feast Upon the Word
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More online study resources (annotated) @ Feast Upon the Word
- [Gregorio has kindly written in again with some helpful links and comments about other...
RS/MP Lesson 12: “Proclaim Glad Tidings to All the World” (Joseph Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
- In this fascinating collection of teachings, we get a sense for what Joseph understood to...
What Happens When You Grow Bacteria for 20 Years? @ LDS Science Review
- I've been pretty busy lately, so I will refer you to Carl Zimmer's post about this. I...
RS/MP Lesson 11: “The Organization and Destiny of the True and Living Church” (Joseph Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
- [I apologize that I'm a few days behind on this one---I spent all of last week at the...
Spiritual Experiences and Generational Dissonance @ Feast Upon the Word
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The Alma 32 Seminar Is Under Way @ Feast Upon the Word
- For those who might be interested in following the discussions there, the Alma 32 seminar...
The Book of Mormon and the Supernatural: Context Matters @ LDS Science Review
- [This post is part of a series: (Super) Naturalism, ID, and the Book of Mormon.]Suppose...
BOM lessons 20-24: open thread @ Feast Upon the Word
- Again, so that there is a timely thread open to share thoughts, questions, and...
Isaiah Commentaries @ Feast Upon the Word
- [Gregorio sent in the following review of some Isaiah commentaries—thanks...
(Super) Naturalism, ID, and the Book of Mormon @ LDS Science Review
- One component of the controversy over ID has to do with the scientific method itself. ID...
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court FLDS Ruling @ Messenger and Advocate
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BoM Lesson 19 (Mosiah 18-24) @ Feast Upon the Word
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Texas To Appeal FLDS Ruling @ Messenger and Advocate
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A Fond Farewell To The Wasp @ Messenger and Advocate
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BOM Lessons 16-19: Open thread @ Feast Upon the Word
- We’ve been slacking this month regarding notes for the Sunday school lessons. So...
Texas Appeals Court Rules FLDS Children Must Be Returned @ Messenger and Advocate
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Geocentrism Is Alive, If Not Well @ LDS Science Review
- This week I received an advertisement in the mail for a free book. The ad asks, "Have...
An Appeal for the Wiki @ Feast Upon the Word
- The blog portion of Feast Upon the Word is going nicely. We seem to have plenty of...
California Supreme Court Same Sex Marriage: An Analysis @ Messenger and Advocate
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California Supreme Court: Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional @ Messenger and Advocate
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Review of FARMS Review 19:2 @ LDS Science Review
- I don't know how long it has been available online, but I noticed a few days ago that...
RS/MP Lesson 10: “Prayer and Personal Revelation” (Joseph Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
- I’ll leave the “From the Life of Joseph Smith” section out of my...
Church Website Now Hosts MP3 Scriptures And Other Works @ Messenger and Advocate
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Why No HIV Vaccine? @ LDS Science Review
- This week's Science magazine has a review article titled, "Toward an AIDS Vaccine"...
Joseph and the Third Option @ LDS Science Review
- Over at the FAIR Blog, in a post titled Seer or Pious Fraud,Keller discusses the issue of...
Thoughts on the Road: A Grace/Works Analogy @ Feast Upon the Word
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RS/MP Lesson 9: “Gifts of the Spirit” (Joseph Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
- The great majority of this lesson comes from a single editorial published in the...
BoM Lesson 15 (Mosiah 1-3) Redux @ Feast Upon the Word
- I taught this Gospel Doctrine lesson this week and we barely got out of the first two...
BoM Lesson 16: Mosiah 4-6, “Ye Shall Be Called the Children of Christ” @ Feast Upon the Word
- First things first, a word or two about how I read Benjamin’s speech as a whole.
It...
What’s an Ark? @ Feast Upon the Word
- In the classic Bill Cosby sketch, after the LORD tells Noah to build an Ark, Noah...
BOM Lesson 15 @ Feast Upon the Word
- BOM Lesson 15: Mosiah 1-3
I’m on vacation writing this, so it’s going to be...
Teachers: Called or Chosen? @ Feast Upon the Word
- Yesterday, one of my Gospel Doctrine teachers was released unexpectedly, and as I sat in...
Book of Mormon Lessons 12 and 13 @ Feast Upon the Word
- Because I am behind, I combined #12 and 13 into one lesson (not easy!) These notes are...
Book of Mormon Lesson #11 @ Feast Upon the Word
- I am behind in posting, but will post the last 3 lessons anyway. I hope to be caught up...
RS/MP Lesson 8: “The Everlasting Priesthood” (Joseph Smith Manual) @ Feast Upon the Word
- The material in this lesson is so good that I worked through the whole thing in two days...
BoM Lesson 14: Enos, Jarom, Omni, Words of Mormon @ Feast Upon the Word
- The Gospel Doctrine lesson this week features, as usual, an embarrassment of riches. ...
