Fantasy vs real-world maps of the scriptures
For an excellent contrast between fantasy and reality, look at what BYU is doing. There is a wonderful map of the scriptures […]
Stop the arson
I have a comment about arson on my consensus blog, here:https://bookofmormonconsensus.blogspot.com/ I posted it there because I hope LDS scholars and educators […]
First, stop the arson
I mentioned in a previous post that Church leaders are spending a lot of their time and energy putting out fires, but […]
Making sense of Church history and Book of Mormon historicity
Elder Holland recently withdrew a missionary story he related at the Mission Presidents Seminar because he discovered, after the fact, that some […]
FairMormon Conference preparation #3
FairMormon’s conference is this week: https://www.fairmormon.org/conference/august-2017.This post is part 3 of a series to help you prepare. As a review, I applaud […]
The divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon is the question
Oliver wrote the eight historical letters, including Letter VII, partly in response to the book Mormonism Unvailed that was published in Painesville, […]
FairMormon conference preparation #2
Regarding the Book of Mormon, the FairMormon conference focuses exclusively on the Mesoamerican and two-Cumorahs theories. They refuse to allow speakers who […]
More about Cumorah’s casualties
A few days ago, I commented on what Oliver Cowdery taught about the battles at Cumorah in New York I wrote this: […]
Why amnesia about Letter VII is disastrous
Joseph Smith not only helped write Oliver’s 8 historical letters, but he made sure all members of the Church would read them, […]
FairMormon conference preparation #1
FairMormon is having their annual conference on August 3-4. It will be held in Provo. I have a conflict so I can’t […]