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Joseph Smith Knows A Record Shall Be Kept

A story from the papers of the prophet Joseph Smith featuring Dean Jessee: Joseph knows a record shall be kept regarding the history of the church.

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Joseph Smith and the First Vision

Story from the paper of the prophet Joseph Smith featuring Mark Ashurst-McGee: Joseph and the First Vision.

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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Speaks at the Harvard Law School

    Elder Jeffrey R. Holland speaks to Harvard students about the Restoration of the church of Jesus Christ.

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    Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve…

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    Why is LDS Church denying past doctrine?

    Brigham Young University religion professor Randy Bott had a bad day last week. His church rebuked him for teaching false doctrine, his colleagues scorned him, and dozens of pious Mormon bloggers called for his resignation.

    In an interview with The…

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    About this ad Mormonism 101: New LDS Church infographic describes beliefs, members

    Nine months have passed since a Newsweek cover story proclaimed that America was indeed immersed in a “Mormon Moment.”

    Largely driven by the presidential candidacy of life-long Latter-day Saint Mitt Romney, this extended moment has pushed The

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    How We Got the Book of Mormon

    Joseph Smith sees a vision of God and Jesus Christ. An angel, Moroni, instructs him and shows him where to find an ancient record. Joseph translates the record by the power of God.

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    Jewish columnist calls LDS proxy baptism ‘eccentric, not offensive’

    Vancouver British Columbia Temple, Baptismal font, April 2010.

    Calling proxy baptism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “eccentric, not offensive,” Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby wrote recently that “Mormons undergoing

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    Genesis members, others respond to LDS racism statement

    Don Harwell, president of the Genesis Group at a lecture provided by Darius Gray on genealogy for African-Americans at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Feb., 6, 2010.

    Mike Terry, Deseret News

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    Mormons tackling tough questions in their history

    An LDS student surfs the Internet for a school assignment and discovers that Mormon founder Joseph Smith had multiple wives, even marrying a 14-year-old.

    A returned LDS missionary, preparing a Sunday school lesson, comes across a website alleging that the…

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    LDS Church condemns past racism ‘inside and outside the church’

     

    In this file photo taken Dec. 8, 2008, Professor Randy Bott, whose students can report on personal events, applauds an announcement about receiving an LDS mission call.

    Stuart Johnson, Deseret News archives

    PROVO — The

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