by Larry Richman | Mar 4, 2015
In the last general conference, Elder Neil L. Andersen gave two challenges on how to gain a personal witness of the Prophet Joseph Smith: Find scriptures in the Book of Mormon that you feel and know are absolutely true. Then share them with family and friends in...
by Larry Richman | Feb 20, 2015
Because of a collaborative effort between the Joseph Smith Papers Project and FamilySearch, you can log in to a website and see if your ancestors are mentioned in the Joseph Smith Papers. If you have an account on FamilySearch.org, you can see where your direct...
by Larry Richman | Dec 10, 2014
Witness of the Light is a mobile app made for the iPad. It has 230+ photographs of historical sites and beautifully-written stories to help you relive the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It takes you from Joseph Smith’s birth in 1805 to his...
by Larry Richman | Oct 27, 2014
How did Joseph Smith translate the Book of Mormon from the golden plates? The essay “Book of Mormon Translation” in the Gospel Topics section of LDS.org (topics.lds.org) gives insight into the process. Translation Instruments Joseph Smith and his scribes...
by Larry Richman | Oct 21, 2014
The movie Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration is now available on Netflix. The movie was first shown in the Legacy Theater in Salt Lake City, then released on DVD, and now on Hulu, Amazon, and Netflix. This movie was the first full-length motion picture the...
by Larry Richman | Aug 14, 2014
The Joseph Smith Papers website (JosephSmithPapers.org) has added over 200 documents. Almost 200 documents dating from 1839, including land sales for what would become Nauvoo, Illinois. Transcript of the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon. Images for the Draft...
by Larry Richman | Aug 11, 2014
The movie Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration is now available on Amazon Instant Video. This movie was the first full-length motion picture the Church released on the Internet. The movie is about Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus...
by Larry Richman | May 5, 2014
The Church has created a series of short videos on the life of President Joseph Fielding Smith and posted them online. These videos provide insight into the life of a prophet few of us have ever met. The videos can be an effective enhancement for Relief Society and...
by Larry Richman | Jan 24, 2014
The movie Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration is now available for the first time on Hulu. This is the first movie from the Church to be offered on Hulu, where about 4 million people watch on-demand streaming video of TV shows, movies, web content, and other new...
by Larry Richman | Dec 23, 2013
The movie Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration was the first full-length motion picture the Church released on the Internet. The movie is about Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here are all the ways you can...
by Larry Richman | Dec 18, 2013
The Church continued enhancing the Gospel Topics pages on LDS.org by posting an enhanced page titled “Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah.” The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach that the marriage of one man to one woman is God’s standard. In the...
by Larry Richman | Dec 2, 2013
Today, I attended a blogger event to celebrate the publication of the latest volume of The Joseph Smith Papers by the Church Historian’s Press. Joseph Smith Papers: Documents, Volume 2: July 1831—January 1833 includes documents beginning in the summer of 1831 that...
by Larry Richman | Nov 16, 2013
Emma Smith: My Story is a great family movie based on the life of Emma Hale Smith, wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Below is a trailer of the movie. It appeared in theaters in 2008 and is now available at Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Instant Video I encourage you to...
by Larry Richman | Sep 28, 2013
You don’t have to wait for the next volume to come out to start reviewing the Joseph Smith Papers collection at JosephSmithPapers.org. The website lets you search and view the documents in a digitized format next to the transcription, which isn’t available...
by Larry Richman | Aug 15, 2013
The Church History website has a new section titled Prophets of the Restoration, which is a new video gallery featuring the life and ministry of each president of the Church from Joseph Smith to Thomas S. Monson. The site has a collection of powerful videos showing...
