Category Archives: Nauvoo

Testing Joseph Smith’s Integrity

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

Brigham Young University professor Daniel Peterson recently wrote an article for the Deseret News presenting evidence for the exemplary personal character of Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith. In “Defending the Faith: 2 legal tests of Joseph Smith’s integrity” Dr. Peterson discusses … Continue reading →

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Citizen Smith

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

In the late afternoon of that sticky June day, Joseph Smith lay broken and bleeding beside the foundation of the Carthage Jail. Though few people knew he held the secret, self-imposed scepter of king, the fact that he had been … Continue reading →

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Troubled by Joseph Smith’s Polygamy

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Sharon Lindbloom

In this video, a returned Mormon missionary explains how personal revelation helped him on his mission. It seems an investigator was struggling with accepting the LDS Church due to troubling historical information she had learned about Joseph Smith and polygamy. … Continue reading →

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Methodists and Mormons

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Sharon Lindbloom

Christopher Jones writes at the Peculiar People blog about the prevalence of early Mormon converts who came from a Methodist background. It is suggested that this was because they (and others) believed about Mormonism, “It’s like Methodism, only more.” Indeed, … Continue reading →

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Nauvoo Women: An Overlooked History of the Mormon Relief Society

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Sharon Lindbloom

This year (2011) Mormon ladies have been learning about the history of the Church’s Relief Society, said to be “the Lord’s organization for woman.” Julie B. Beck, the Relief Society general president wrote that “understanding our history is not only … Continue reading →

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Where did the Mormon doctrine of polygamy come from?
Emma knew.

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Sharon Lindbloom

On July 12, 1843 Joseph Smith recorded what Mormons believe was a revelation from God “relating to the new and everlasting covenant, including the eternity of the marriage covenant, as also plurality of wives” (Introduction to D&C 132). In this … Continue reading →

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Joseph Smith’s Powerful Influence

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Sharon Lindbloom

“It is by no means improbable that some future textbook… will contain a question something like this: What historical American of the nineteenth century has exerted the most powerful influence upon the destinies of his countrymen? And it is by … Continue reading →

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Summer 1844: Sorrowful Times in Nauvoo

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Sharon Lindbloom

Latter-day Saints Isaac and Sarah Scott were married in Massachusetts in 1843. They moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, where they became eyewitnesses to the events surrounding the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Sarah wrote to her in-laws beginning on July … Continue reading →

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Dallin Oaks: The Destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor’s Printing Press was Illegal

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Aaron Shafovaloff

Some Mormons give the impression that the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor newspaper was legal. This kind of language is misleading. While there is some lingering ambiguity over the legality of the destruction of the copies of the Expositor, even … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Nauvoo: Where Joseph Smith is the Superstar and Accurate Information is Suppressed

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Aaron Shafovaloff

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