Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Latter-day Saint

Joseph

Select a Category Uncategorized

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 March 2014 August 2013 February 2012

May 2025

May 10, 2025

Who is the most important character in the Bible?

Although I can't honestly recommend the presentation that began at 1:35 PM this afternoon,...

January 2025

January 05, 2025

Two discoveries in biblical archaeology from 2024

Christianity Today has an interesting article up, written by Gordon Govier, under the title...

March 2023

March 17, 2023

More Wordplay on the Name “Joseph” in the Book of Mormon?

"“That They Might Come Again unto the Remnant of the House of Jacob”:...

January 2023

January 24, 2023

Slandering the Lord’s anointed

First, though: The Interpreter Foundation continues to pour out materials that, we hope,...

December 2022

December 25, 2022

Notes on the Nativity, and a Christmas Carol’s Back Story

"Opinion: The true power of Christmas in a world filled with violence and...

October 2022

October 07, 2022

Funny, Touching, Titanic

Two new articles appeared today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation. The...

January 2022

January 22, 2022

Two Notes on Nauvoo History

*** For much of his lifetime, newspaper reports insinuated that Joseph Smith...

December 2021

December 24, 2021

Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar

*** I had certainly not planned that this year's Interpreter Christmas message...

December 05, 2021

“One of the most singular instances of this type”

*** I share here one of the many striking accounts contained in...

October 2021

October 08, 2021

“Be Ye Therefore Loyal, Even as Your Father Which is in Heaven is Loyal”

*** A new article -- this one by Taylor Halverson -- went...

September 2021

September 04, 2021

From “Storming the Nation”

I read Derek R. Sainsbury's Storming the Nation: The Unknown Contributions of Joseph...

August 2021

August 21, 2021

“Could a Loving God Allow Such Suffering?”

This article of mine was published yesterday, I believe, in Meridian Magazine. It...

August 15, 2021

Never Static

*** Here, for your Sabbath reading pleasure, are five links to articles...

July 2021

July 06, 2021

My late friend John Tvedtnes and I

*** I suppose that I should respond to this before it takes...

June 2021

June 28, 2021

A rich feast for eyes, hearts, and minds

In all likelihood, today marks the 192nd anniversary of the experience of Oliver...

May 2021

May 21, 2021

“Joseph Smith: History, Methods, and Memory”

*** Newly posted today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ...

December 2020

December 04, 2020

The Point of the Plates, and Moroni and Joseph’s Amazing Coat

Many years ago, a friend who was sympathetic to the Church but not...

November 2020

November 15, 2020

Revision 8.4 A Latter-day Saint Presence in Palestine and the Near East?

The earliest Latter-day Saint missionaries to the Near East dreamed of a Church...

October 2020

October 20, 2020

The Interpreter Foundation, airborne, and Will Latter-day Saints provide the margin against Mr. Trump in Arizona?

Here are some new items on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ...

August 2020

August 28, 2020

“Some Notes on Jacob 4:14, Revelation, Canon, Covenant, and Law”

It's Friday and, accordingly, a new article has appeared in Interpreter: A Journal...

August 16, 2020

A few ordained scientists

There are many who claim that science and religious belief are entirely incompatible....

July 2020

July 19, 2020

Revision 2.2 “Arabia”

A rim of mountains runs along the western side of the peninsula. These...

July 11, 2020

A case for the resurrection of Christ (2)

Having laid down a kind of preface in a previous post, I now...

July 07, 2020

From the Eight Witnesses

Some passages about the experience of the Eight Witnesses to the Book of...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

“You simply couldn’t help but like him”

Three testimonials that I marked during my reading of Hyrum L. Andrus and...

June 28, 2020

“He was the most wrought-upon man I ever saw”

Driving up here today, we paused to visit (and to take the sacrament)...

May 2020

May 15, 2020

On reading Isaiah as Latter-day Saints

Today, Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship published a kind of...

May 11, 2020

David Whitmer’s June 1829 journey from Fayette to Harmony and back

Here are a few more of my notes from Ronald E. Romig, Eighth...

May 03, 2020

Emma, about Joseph

Hyrum L. Andrus and Helen Mae Andrus, Personal Glimpses of the Prophet Joseph Smith (American...

February 2020

February 03, 2020

The gullible Martin Harris and his wife, Lucy

Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, is...