If you haven’t been listening to the Maxwell Institute podcasts, you are missing a chance to learn from some insightful scholars–so far, […]

I’m among those few remaining Latter-day Saints who still believe Joseph Smith translated the Nephite plates with the Urim and Thummim. Some […]

It is fascinating to observe how quickly new narratives can be embraced and old ones forgotten. Yesterday the NY Times published an […]

BYU fantasy map that primesstudents to think M2C Many Church members are asking, “Why have so many LDS intellectuals repudiated the teachings […]

Land of many waters, butwhat about mounds? Yesterday we looked at some observations from Kirk’s blog post about “many waters.” Today we’ll […]

Sometimes our M2C friends unintentionally make a strong case for the New York Cumorah without realizing it. A good example is a […]

Moroni’s America I happened to be reading the journal of Willard Richards for other reasons when I came across something I thought […]

A lot of people are learning Church history by reading Saints, volume 1. It’s a long book, and mostly great. But some of […]

Benjamin Winchester gravewith Lost City of Zarahemla I was in Iowa the other day so I stopped by the burial site of […]