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Photo: In February 1828, Martin Harris arrived in Harmony, Pennsylvania, to assist the Prophet. By June, the Prophet had translated 116 pages with Martin Harris as his scribe. Martin asked for Joseph’s permission to return to New York and show the manuscript pages to his wife, but the Lord forbade it. Because of Martin’s continual…
Photo: Joseph Smith, Jeffrey Epstein, and Donald Trump walk into Mar-a-Lago. The hostess quietly asks, ‘So… is this a business meeting, a sealing, or a plea bargain?’ “The besetting sin of religious thought is not doubt but credulity — the willingness to believe what we wish were true rather than what the evidence compels us…
Photo: Secondo Pia’s 1898 negative of the image on the Shroud of Turin has an appearance suggesting a positive image. It is used as part of the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. Image from Musée de l’Élysée, Lausanne. Via Wikimedia. U.S. work that is in the public domain. Why the Shroud of Turin…
Photo: Papyrus containing the diary of Merer at the Wadi al-Jarf exhibition, Cairo Museum, 2016. The Discovery, Translation, and Significance of the World’s Oldest Written Papyri A Find Without Precedent In the annals of Egyptian archaeology, certain discoveries arrive with the force of revelation — moments when the ancient world suddenly speaks in a recognizable…
Unraveling the Dark Saga of a Master Forger Who Deceived a Church and Murdered to Protect His Lies Introduction: A Church Deceived On the morning of October 15, 1985, Salt Lake City awoke to what promised to be a crisp, beautiful autumn day. Temperatures were expected to reach a pleasant 62 degrees under cerulean skies….
Photo: Jesus Christ being nailed to the Cross. Illustrator: Gustave Doré (circa 1885) A Comprehensive Biblical and Historical Examination of the Iconography of the Cross. The crucified Jesus stands as Christianity’s central symbol of redemption, forgiveness, and eternal life—a paradoxical image that has defined the faith for two thousand years. Yet the stark contrast between…
Photo: Google Gemini imagines Joseph Smith in a modern setting, “translating” a copy of the King James version of the Bible on the office copy machine. Questions of religious truth are ultimately matters of faith as well as evidence. But faith that is unwilling to examine evidence is not strengthened faith but rather faith that…
A Historical and Theological Examination I. The Exodus Begins The winter of 1846 descended upon Nauvoo, Illinois, with a bitter cold that matched the chill settling over what had once been the largest city in the state. Along the frozen streets that led to the Mississippi River, wagons creaked under the weight of household goods,…
Photo: Google Gemini imagines the autograph signing ceremony in front of the Salt Lake Temple. An investigative examination of the newest Mormon apostle’s conspicuous absence of religious scholarship On February 12, 2026, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ordained Clark G. Gilbert as its newest apostle—a man the church now considers a “prophet,…
Dear friends in Christ, I want to take a moment to share something that’s been on my heart regarding the series of articles I’ve been writing about Mormonism, Joseph Smith, and the Latter-day Saints movement. Some of you may have wondered why I spend so much time examining the historical details of a 19th-century religious…