Faith Rope Knot
In my opinion, every person in the Church would do well to watch this 1 minute 29 second video: How the Book of Mormon Can Save Testimonies.In the video, Lynn McMurray, former Mission President in...
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Experience the Book of Mormon at BMC 2018
On Saturday, April 7, 2018 perhaps the finest Book of Mormon Conference ever produced will be held at the Utah Valley Convention Center on Center Street in Provo, Utah. Approximately 500 attendees will...
View ArticleBest Evidences Video to Date
The Book of Mormon Central YouTube Channel called "BMC Studios" has some terrific videos highlighting powerful evidences of Book of Mormon authenticity. The video on internal complexity posted today...
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Gerrit Walter Gong
The Saturday Morning Session of the April 2018 General Conference just concluded. Along with millions of others, I had the distinct privilege of sustaining not just Russel Marion Nelson, Sr. as...
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BMC 2018
Tuesday, April 7, 1829 was the day Oliver Cowdery began writing for Joseph Smith as the Prophet's scribe in Harmony, Pennsylvania. We celebrated this historic day by convening the BMC 2018 Book of...
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Baptist Preacher Lynn Ridenhour
On Wednesday, April 4, 2018, I heard Dr. Lynn Ridenhour give a remarkable presentation in the Salt Lake 21st Ward Meetinghouse at the corner of K Street and 1st Avenue. He was being hosted by my...
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The Case for Mesoamerica
Mormonism is full of urban (and rural) legends. A person's belief leads to action which triggers a reaction on the part of others which can create positive reinforcement for one's belief that starts...
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King from 10 BC
At the site of Uaxactun, Peten, Guatemala, Slovak archaeologists have uncovered an anthropomorphic scepter or ceremonial blood letter bearing the image of a king. The artifact, reported in the February...
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Father Lehi in the Mexico City Temple
Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley, then Second Counselor in the First Presidency with Pres. Spencer W. Kimball and Pres. Marion G. Romney, dedicated the Mexico City Temple in multiple sessions on December 2 and...
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Lehite Temples
Six LDS Temples were dedicated in 1983, all by President Gordon B. Hinckley who at that time was Second Counselor in the First Presidency serving with Presidents Spencer W. Kimball and Marion G....
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Torches
The Book of Mormon explicitly says the Nephites used candles, torches, and wood for light 3 Nephi 8:21. Evidence of ancient American candles is not yet well-established, although wax was known. Metal...
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Elder Pearson at FAIR 2018
The FAIRMormon 2018 Conference was held August 1 - 3 at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo. This three-day conference drew 450 participants who attended in person and another 470 who watched...
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Primordial Flood
Book of Mormon peoples knew about Noah and the great flood. 3 Nephi 22:9 cites Isaiah 54:9 saying that Noah's deluge was a one-time event that will never be repeated. In Ether 6:7 Moroni compares the...
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Ammonihah's South Entrance
Dennis and Barbara Tedlock describe contemporary Highland Maya Day Keeper rituals performed in cities such as Momostenango at entrances situated in the four cardinal directions from the center of town....
View ArticleSeven Terrific Book of Mormon Videos
A new video starring Kelsey Edwards debuted today on Book of Mormon Central's BMC Studios YouTube channel.Entitled "Evidences of the Book of Mormon: Hebraisms," this video is the fifth in the Book of...
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Ground-Truthed LiDAR
In early February, 2018, I published a blog article entitled "LiDAR" analyzing explosive new data corroborating the Book of Mormon account. Later that month, Takeshi Inomata & six associates...
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Dead Prophets
Throughout history, most people have found it easier to follow dead prophets than God's living oracles. You can proof text (selectively cherry pick), misunderstand, or re-arrange the words of a dead...
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Quality Book of Mormon Scholarship
In my volunteer role as Executive Director of Book of Mormon Central (BMC), I get proposals frequently from aspiring scholars seeking collaboration or support. BMC's mission is to build enduring faith...
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5 Year Prophecies
In the book The Ancient Future of the Itza: The Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin written by unknown Maya scribes over centuries and translated and annotated by Munro S. Edmonson, Austin: University of...
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Ohio Mound Found
I am indebted to John Lefgren who supplied the data that got me started on this research project.Brad Lepper, Curator of Archaeology for Ohio History Connection, believes there were once 10,000...
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