By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 Even though Joseph Smith claims that his translation was revealed by God, the content he added to the text usually does nothing to clarify it.…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 Joseph Smith made changes in the King James Version of the Bible and copied some of them into his original 1830 Book of Mormon. He…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 The Joseph Smith Translation of Genesis 50 added 12 verses that are not in any authentic ancient manuscripts of the Bible. In those 12 verses…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 LDS historical records show that Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith compiled the Joseph Smith Translation [JST] of the Bible between June 1830 and July 2, 1833.…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 Mormons often boast that the LDS Church has “so much more than other Christians.” LDS do have more laws, ordinances, commandments and even scripture. But…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 In this series about the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) of the Bible we have discussed only a few of the changes in the first seven…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible is one of four LDS books of scripture that LDS have in addition to the King James Version…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 All true translations of Genesis 1-3 in the Bible speak of God in the third person singular: “God said…,” or “God did….” But the Joseph…
Among the religions of the world, Christianity is unique in many ways. One area of uniqueness concerns the evidence supporting its basic claims. As lawyer, theologian, and philosopher Dr. John…
In Part 1, we indicated that the historical evidence for the Resurrection of Christ was sufficient to convert even skeptics. In Part 2, we will examine what leading lawyers…
