Ancient prophets foretold the destruction of the merchant city of Tyre.[1]See Ezekiel 26-28 and Isaiah 23. Ezekiel prophesied that Tyre would be attacked by Nebuchadrezzar (Ezk. 26.7) and that “he shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field” (Ezk. 26.8) and “break down thy towers” (Ezk. 26.9) andContinue Reading

D&C 115-120 Quotes and Notes We worked to make sure that the majority of what we cover in this podcast is in our show notes. However, there is so much material in this podcast, that we were unable to put everything in these notes, and for this, I apologize. MuchContinue Reading

D&C 102 February 17, 1834 Historical Background During the winter of 1833-4, while the Saints in Missouri were still in distress at having been driven out of Jackson County and the Kirtland Saints were making preparations to come to their aid, Joseph Smith continued to receive revelation on a numberContinue Reading

D&C 98 August 6, 1833 The historical background, much of which provided here by Garrett and Robinson is worthy of note: Although Joseph Smith wrote almost nothing about the reception of Doctrine and Covenants 98 in his History of the Church, that revelation was one of three Joseph included in a letterContinue Reading

Joseph Smith writes a letter to W.W. Phelps “I proceed to unfold to you some of the feelings of my heart and proceed to answer the question.” – Joseph Smith to W.W. Phelps, letter dated Nov. 27, 1832.[1]In this letter to W.W. Phelps, Joseph speaks of the inadequacies of language.Continue Reading

Gandalf stood before the door of Orthanc and beat on it with his staff. It rang with a hollow sound. ‘Saruman, Saruman!’ he cried in a loud commanding voice. ‘Saruman come forth!’… The window closed. They waited. Suddenly another voice spoke, low and melodious, its very sound an enchantment. ThoseContinue Reading

Things to cover We bring destruction upon ourselves. See 3 Ne. 6.5 and Abraham Lincoln’s quote. The passage of the relics and the total breakdown of Nephite society (3 Nephi 1.2) Gadianton’s “girded about w/lamb skin” – the irony! The Greek names in the Book of Mormon – quote EricContinue Reading

The Mahan Principle Moses 5.30-31 And Satan sware unto Cain that he would do according to his commands. And all these things were done in secret. And Cain said: Truly I am Mahan, the master of this great secret, that I may murder and get gain. Wherefore Cain was calledContinue Reading

Revelation 12 The Dragon, the Woman, and the Child The narrative that began in chapter 8 and ended in 11 won’t pick up again until Revelation 15 We have three breaks from Revelation 8 to 15 Chapter 12 serves a vital purpose: it gives the reader a deeper understanding ofContinue Reading

Tamma Durfee was the daughter of Edmund Durfee, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was murdered by a mob near Nauvoo in November 1845. Edmund Durfee has always been someone I have been interested in, and I found that through this short 6 pageContinue Reading