Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Is "Tarshish" a "Meaningless Word" in Isaiah 2:16 and 2 Nephi 12:16?

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   And upon all the ships of Tarshish (תַּרְשִׁישׁ), and upon all pleasant pictures. (Isa 2:16 | KJV)   And upon all the ships of the...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Robert F. Smith on the Etymology of Shagreel (Abraham 1:9)

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   SHAGREEL – Idolatrous “god of…the Sun” (BofAbr 1:9). Very likely hypothetical Hebrew שערי-אל* *šaˁarey-ʼel “Gates-of-El” = Babylonian B...

Isaiah Moses Coombs on his Wife Fanny's Attitude Towards Plural Marriage

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   It was in January 1860 that wife and I began to talk seriously about obeying the Celestial Law in relation to Plural Marriage. She was ...

A Glimpse into Brigham Young’s Sense of Humor (Letter to Mark A. Coombs, February 28, 1863)

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   As to the statement that Joseph said that the time would come in eternity when a man would have but one wife, I will answer the questio...

John A. Widtsoe on the meaning of "Believe" in the Articles of Faith

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   The word “believe” is used in the Articles of Faith in an expository sense, to explain the substance of “Mormon” doctrine. In ordinary ...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Mark L. Grover on Elder Marvin J. Ballard's July 4, 1926 Prophecy Concerning the Growth of the Church in South America

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   The Prophecy   As they prepared to leave Argentina, there were many tearful goodbyes to members and friends alike. One meeting was ...

Nephi Jensen on Faith, Works, Salvation, and the Transformative Nature of Justification

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   The chief error giving rise to the confusion concerning saving grace, is an incorrect idea of salvation. Those who teach salvation by s...