On one occasion Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of the LDS religion, quoted from seventeen different languages (not always accurately). At another time he claimed, “I know more than all the world put together” and went on to discuss the meaning...
Mormons are taught that abstinence from tea, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco is essential for entrance into the celestial kingdom. If this is true, Joseph Smith must be a candidate for the terrestrial or telestial kingdom because he repeatedly violated the Word of...
I'm preparing a series of blog posts requested by Zondervan's Academic Blog, Koinonia which will appear in about a month. I'm very honored to be writing a week's worth of posts. I am also excited to be able to give academics a fresh way of looking at Mormonism...
There's an error in the upcoming edition of The Mormon Mirage. (Yes, since I'm human, there will be errors.) This one has to do with the assertion of Fawn Brodie (author of No Man Knows My History, a biography of Joseph Smith) and others who have said that...
In a couple of weeks on NovelMatters (a website where I and other Christian novelists share insights) I will be introducing a discussion on branding — the concept of making oneself unique and identifiable because of his or writing style, genre, or subject...
