by Duane S. Crowther | Mar 13, 2024 | Book of Mormon
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recognizes the importance of making the words of its prophets, seers, and revelators readily available to all its members. Articles in the Liahona magazine, the Come Follow Me manual, the monthly Church News...
by Duane S. Crowther | Feb 21, 2024 | Book of Mormon
In the numerous books and study guides that focus on Book of Mormon historical events, much attention is directed to personal interactions between Nephi and his brothers that occurred when Nephi was commanded to build a ship. Typically, details concerning their actual...
by Duane S. Crowther | Oct 25, 2023 | Book of Mormon
Issue 7: Interaction between Christopher Columbus and later-generation Lamanites was fulfilled in Central America This is a summary of how related events revealed to Nephi by an angel concerning then-future events in Book of Mormon lands were fulfilled many centuries...
by Duane S. Crowther | Oct 25, 2023 | Book of Mormon
Issue 5: Ocean-going vessels could not have reached the proposed Great Lakes Book of Mormon areas via the St. Lawrence River In search of four seas: sea north, sea south, sea east, sea west Advocates of Great-Lakes-area Book of Mormon geography have long been enamored...
by Duane S. Crowther | Oct 18, 2023 | Book of Mormon
Issue 4: There is no U.S. Great-Lakes-area evidence of a major earth-changing calamity The Great Lakes area has no local active volcanos or moving tectonic plates. There is no geologic or archaeological historical evidence of area-wide time-of-Christ eruptions in that...
by Duane S. Crowther | Oct 18, 2023 | Book of Mormon
Issue 3: Climate Incompatibility The Great Lakes area is too cold for long-term events that were recorded in The Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon never speaks of snow, nor gives any other cold-weather indications. Yet, advocates of the premise that the Book of...
by Duane S. Crowther | Oct 6, 2023 | Book of Mormon
This photo is from the south end, which shows how the drumlin increases in size to its peak at the north end of the hill. (Note the many other drumlin hills nearby.) Issue 1: The Great Lakes’ Hill Cumorah lacks capacity There was no room on that drumlin hill for the...
by Duane S. Crowther | Sep 27, 2023 | Book of Mormon
It is wonderfully fortunate that there are millions of us members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have firm testimonies that The Book of Mormon is a book sent to us by God. It has been canonized, which means that it has been officially accepted...
by Duane S. Crowther | Jul 26, 2023 | Emergency Readiness
Repeated Doctrine & Covenants revelations teach that being prepared is a key gospel-doctrine principle. D&C 1:12 tells Latter-day Saints to “prepare ye, prepare ye for that which is to come.” D&C 45:61 repeats the instruction: “Be prepared for the things...
by Duane S. Crowther | May 10, 2023 | Jesus Christ, New Testament, Resource Handouts
No matter whether it’s basketball, football, baseball, soccer, or any other sport, If you’re a faithful sports fan, you get to know the names and recognize the skills of the key players on your favorite teams. You know the teams’ past wins and losses—their strengths...
