I began to reflect

Reflections on Joseph Smith and the Holy Scriptures: The Holy Bible, The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, The Doctrine and Covenants, The Pearl of Great Price, and Related Themes

Saturday, April 2, 2022

Drunk with Wine in The Reign of Zedekiah

In 1 Nephi 4 we learn that Laban "had been out by night" "with the elders of the Jews." He returned "drunk with wi...

Saturday, June 6, 2020

Shulem

Damaged Copy of 2010 original. I'm repairing the gaps by consulting a hard copy. The Prophet Joseph Smith's Explanation of Book...

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Worldwide Fast for Healing during the Coronavirus

On Saturday, April 3, 2020, President Russell M. Nelson, the Lord's Prophet to the world, invited members and friends of The Church of J...

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Thoughts on the Novel Coronavirus, Ether 3, and the Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Manual

Thoughts on the Novel Coronavirus and Ether 3 As we now navigate what the head of the World Health Organization today calls the ...

Sunday, January 6, 2019

Simeon McIntier and Isabel Nicol Pioneer Family

I can speak for at least three generations. No one during the last three generations has any clear idea why Isabel Nicol, after her aba...

Friday, June 15, 2018

Is The Book of Abraham "All Wrong"?

While Latter-day Saints may find critical reviews of the Pearl of Great Price variously illuminating, the academic world ultimately seeks s...

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I began to reflect: 2020 is the Bicentennial of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I dedicate this website not to the wise and the learned but to those of the rising generation, who, like the young Joseph Smith, are beginning to learn the things of God for themselves. "I began to reflect" is how Joseph describes his earliest yearnings for God. The Book of Mormon gives us added insights on the phrase: of Coriantumr we read "he began to remember"; "he began to repent." I began to reflect corresponds to I began to repent. I hold copyright for all postings and alone am responsible for all content. Nothing I post on Scripture should be considered an official or authoritative statement of the teachings or policies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I address all readers who love the truths revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith and all those who may yet learn to love them. I hold myself free from any investment whatsoever in polemics, apology, politics, religious controversy, or debate (see 1 Peter 1:15). "Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right." Val Hinckley Sederholm, PhD, Egyptology, UCLA.

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