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What’s In A Name?
One of the critiques I have struggled to confront within my work is why I utilize the term “Mormon” or “Mormonism”. Most often, this critique is posited to me with reference to the 2018 commandment from Russel M. Nelson – the leading prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He gave…
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“The Desires of My Heart” – From Vision to Scripture
The earliest version of Joseph Smith, Jr.’s First Vision is dated the summer of 1832.[1] It begins, “A history in the life of Joseph Smith Jr. an account of his marvelous experience…”[2] Two words stick out to me, nearly instantly. History. Experience. This opening sentence evokes the First Vision conceptually as both a history that…
