Born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith Jr. grew ... He encountered a passage in the Bible instructing any who lacked wisdom to "ask of God ...

when Phillips questioned church lawyer David Jordan on conflicting accounts about the Book of Mormon being translated by ...

Editor’s note: This commentary is part of an ongoing Deseret News series exploring ideas at the intersection of faith and thought. With spring now officially here, some Latter-day Saints have no ...