When Joseph Smith wrote in the Eighth Article of Faith that “We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it
Few works of American religion have generated as much debate as the Book of Mormon. Published in 1830 by Joseph Smith, a young man from
The first-century Church, born in the fire of Pentecost and led by apostles who had walked with Jesus, was marked by unity, miracles, and missionary
For Latter-day Saints, the history of Christianity between the death of the New Testament apostles and the rise of imperial Christianity under Constantine is more
Learning Trust Early My grandparents drank coffee. I was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and from a young age I
Among Latter-day Saints, a common phrase is that the Book of Mormon is “the most correct book” (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 4:461). Unfortunately,
What Critics Say—and Why It Matters When people hear about “blood oaths” or dramatic gestures in early LDS temple ceremonies, critics often seize on them
The Book of Mormon begins in a very specific moment of Old Testament history: “in the commencement of the first year of the reign of
One of the most persistent critiques of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the claim that Joseph Smith borrowed from Freemasonry when
Among the most persistent debates in Christian history is the question of God’s nature. Is He one essence in three “persons,” as the creeds declare?
Among the many one-liners critics throw at Latter-day Saints, one of the most enduring is the idea that faithful members expect to “own their own
When Isaiah declares, “Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me” (Isaiah 43:10) and “I am the LORD, and there
By now we’ve seen how Lucifer wasn’t required for God’s plan to work, and yet, by his own rebellion, he positioned himself as the opposition.
In Part 1, we explored how God’s plan could still work without Satan. But the fact that the devil isn’t essential to the plan doesn’t
In the mid-1980s, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints faced a crisis of history and faith. Rare document dealer Mark Hofmann claimed to
In Latter-day Saint belief, Lucifer’s rebellion happened before mortality, in the premortal spirit world. He didn’t fall while on earth—he was a mighty spirit son
In a world captivated by artificial intelligence, Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles offered a timely and sobering perspective: “Those
In Christian history, few debates have been more persistent than the question of whether sacraments (or ordinances) are necessary for salvation. The disagreement is not
In an age when faith is increasingly mocked, religious conviction is branded as extremism, and traditional values are dismissed as outdated, it should come as
Temples sit at the heart of Latter-day Saint worship—sacred spaces for covenant, reflection, and communion with God. For believers, they are places of peace and