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Insights Episode 16: Why Witnesses?

by Administration | Aug 17, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights

Episode 1 ⎜ Episode 2 ⎜ Episode 3 ⎜ Episode 4 ⎜ Episode 5 ⎜ Episode 6 ⎜ Episode 7 ⎜ Episode 8 ⎜ Episode 9 ⎜ Episode 10 ⎜ Episode 11 ⎜ Episode 12 ⎜ Episode 13 ⎜ Episode 14 ⎜ Episode 15 ⎜...

Insights Episode 15: Are Prophets Perfect?

by Administration | Aug 17, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights

Episode 1 ⎜ Episode 2 ⎜ Episode 3 ⎜ Episode 4 ⎜ Episode 5 ⎜ Episode 6 ⎜ Episode 7 ⎜ Episode 8 ⎜ Episode 9 ⎜ Episode 10 ⎜ Episode 11 ⎜ Episode 12 ⎜ Episode 13 ⎜ Episode 14 ⎜ Episode 15 ⎜...

Insights Episode 14: Plural Marriage – Part 2

by Administration | Aug 17, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights

Episode 1 ⎜ Episode 2 ⎜ Episode 3 ⎜ Episode 4 ⎜ Episode 5 ⎜ Episode 6 ⎜ Episode 7 ⎜ Episode 8 ⎜ Episode 9 ⎜ Episode 10 ⎜ Episode 11 ⎜ Episode 12 ⎜ Episode 13 ⎜ Episode 14 ⎜ Episode 15 ⎜...

Insights Episode 13: Plural Marriage – Part 1

by Administration | Aug 17, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights

Episode 1 ⎜ Episode 2 ⎜ Episode 3 ⎜ Episode 4 ⎜ Episode 5 ⎜ Episode 6 ⎜ Episode 7 ⎜ Episode 8 ⎜ Episode 9 ⎜ Episode 10 ⎜ Episode 11 ⎜ Episode 12 ⎜ Episode 13 ⎜ Episode 14 ⎜ Episode 15 ⎜...

Insights Episode 12: Who were the Danites?

by Administration | Aug 16, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights

Episode 1 ⎜ Episode 2 ⎜ Episode 3 ⎜ Episode 4 ⎜ Episode 5 ⎜ Episode 6 ⎜ Episode 7 ⎜ Episode 8 ⎜ Episode 9 ⎜ Episode 10 ⎜ Episode 11 ⎜ Episode 12 ⎜ Episode 13 ⎜ Episode 14 ⎜ Episode 15 ⎜...

Snapshot 19: The Witnesses are Credible

by Administration | Aug 14, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“And no man can look at David Whitmer’s face for a half-hour, while he charit[abl]y and modestly speaks of what he has seen, and then boldly and earnestly confesses the faith that is in him, and say that he is a bigot or an enthusiast.” David Whitmer, interview with...

Snapshot 18: The Most Profound Experience

by Administration | Aug 12, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“Skeptics may laugh and scoff if they will, but no man can listen to Mr. Whitmer as he talks of his interview with the Angel of the Lord, without being most forcibly convinced that he has heard an honest man tell what he honestly believes to be true.” Richmond...

Insights Episode 11: What were the Voree Plates?

by Administration | Aug 12, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights

Episode 1 ⎜ Episode 2 ⎜ Episode 3 ⎜ Episode 4 ⎜ Episode 5 ⎜ Episode 6 ⎜ Episode 7 ⎜ Episode 8 ⎜ Episode 9 ⎜ Episode 10 ⎜ Episode 11 ⎜ Episode 12 ⎜ Episode 13 ⎜ Episode 14 ⎜ Episode 15 ⎜...

Snapshot 17: David Whitmer: Boringly Consistent

by Administration | Aug 10, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“During our interview, Mr. Whitmer reiterated his testimony as given at the beginning of the Book of Mormon, saying that all he testified to there was true; that he had seen the plates and the Heavenly messenger, as he had stated.” David Whitmer, Interview with Edwin...

Snapshot 16: Martin Harris Returns

by Administration | Aug 9, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“After they [David Whitmer, Joseph, and Oliver] had been visited by the angel the Prophet then came over to me where I was praying, and I asked the prophet to pray with me…after praying sometime the angel appeared with the golden plates and I saw with these two eyes...

Snapshot 15: The Faith of the Whitmers

by Administration | Aug 9, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“Among those who have gone home to rest, we mention the names of our two brothers-in-law, Christian and Peter Whitmer, jr. the former died on the 27th of November 1835, and the other the 22nd of September last, in Clay county, Missouri. By many in this church, our...

Snapshot 14: They Never Denied Their Testimonies

by Administration | Aug 9, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“Mr Whitmer felt very indignant while speaking of certain statements published recently to the effect that he and Oliver Cowdery had denied their statement as published in the Book of Mormon. This he denounced as false in every particular. He said: “Oliver never...

Snapshot 13: Oliver Cowdery Was Sincere

by Administration | Aug 9, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“Of course we were in the spirit when we had the view, for no man can behold the face of an angel, except in a spiritual view, but we were in the body also, and everything was as natural to us, as it is at any time. Martin Harris, you say, called it ‘being in...

Snapshot 12: In the Spirit

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“Of course we were in the spirit when we had the view, for no man can behold the face of an angel, except in a spiritual view, but we were in the body also, and everything was as natural to us, as it is at any time. Martin Harris, you say, called it ‘being in...

Snapshot 11: Judging the Credibility of the Witnesses

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

David Whitmer in 1887: “I will say once more to all mankind, that I have never at any time denied that testimony or any part thereof. I also testify to the world, that neither Oliver Cowdery or Martin Harris ever at any time denied their testimony. They both died...

Snapshot 10: Eyewitness Testimony Regarding Book of Mormon Translation

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“[W]e, through the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which contain this record, …. And we also know that they have been translated by the gift and power of God, for his voice hath declared it unto us; wherefore we know of a...

Snapshot 9: Joseph Smith’s Supporters: The Smiths & Whitmers

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“I have most assuredly seen the plates from whence the book of Mormon is translated, and that I have handled these plates, and know of a surety that Joseph Smith, jr. has translated the book of Mormon by the gift and power of God, and in this thing the wisdom of the...

Snapshot 8: Joseph Smith’s Supporters: His Family

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“I know the book to be a revelation from God, translated by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost, and that my brother Joseph Smith, Jr., is a Prophet, Seer and Revelator.” Samuel H. Smith. Autobiography of Phineas Young, also cit Deseret News (3 February 1858);...

Snapshot 7: The Book of Mormon Came from Somewhere!

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“No wicked man could write such a book as this; and no good man would write it, unless it were true and he were commanded of God to do so.” Andrew Jenson, ed., The Historical Record, 6:175 For more information, see the Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights series...

Snapshot 6: Cumulative evidence of the plates

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

For more information, see the Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights series compiled from the many interviews conducted during the course of the Witnesses film project. These episodes are hosted by Camrey Bagley Fox, who played Emma Smith in Witnesses, as she...
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