Author: Julie M. Smith

There’s a lot of discussion lately about the relationship between scripture and history. In this post, I suggest, by way of a case study, that the trees are obscuring the view of the forest for those gazing at historicity questions.

Note: this post was written by Margaret Blair Young.

 Today we feature a guest post from Brandon Russell.

Two people have asked me this question in the last week; here’s a stab at an answer.

The standard Mormon reading of Mark 11:15-19 goes something like this: the temple was corrupt and so Jesus cleansed it by kicking out the wicked money changers so that the temple, now purified of evil, could get back to business. But this may not be the best reading.

This guest book review was written by frequent commenter Terry H.    

I was asked to share a brief testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith in sacrament meeting last week. To the best of my recollection, this is what I said:

 Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment, Jesus the Christ Study Guide  

You can read the transcript here; two quick thoughts:

I think I’ve kvetched before about how hard it is to plan meaningful FHEs with older kids.