by Keith L. Brown | Oct 9, 2012
The greatness of Joseph Smith was his greatness as a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. Joseph Smith, following in the footsteps of his Savior, Jesus Christ, learned the meaning of persecution. Joseph experienced the blind, irrational behavior of some ignorant human...
by Keith L. Brown | Oct 9, 2012
One would expect, and almost rightly so, that with the much adversity Joseph Smith faced, he would almost always be sober, serious, and perhaps overly pious. This might be expected, but it was not the case. Joseph did not fit the stereotype, the usual image of a...
by Keith L. Brown | Oct 9, 2012
Joseph Smith looked upon himself first as a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, and this caused him to react to situations in a way that is unusual to the people of the world. What prompted these reactions were multiple revelations that came to Joseph Smith,...
by Keith L. Brown | Oct 9, 2012
I have mentally rehearsed the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith, trying to think of an incident that would even give a hint of cowardice. I know of none. On the other hand, incidents of courage are almost endless. Joseph Smith seriously accepted the responsibility of...
by Keith L. Brown | Sep 10, 2012
What are the odds that a young, informally educated man would have the skills to translate Egyptian papyrus in the early 1800’s? This has been the question among religious and biblical scholars as they have criticized Mormonism (The Church of Jesus Christ of...
