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…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 Mormons believe that the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible (JST) was given to Smith by revelation because no other translation of the Bible was…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 Does the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) of the Bible really clarify scripture and restore the “many important points touching the salvation of men” that Smith…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 The New Testament of the Joseph Smith Translation [JST] got a little more recognition in the official LDS Bible than the [JST] Old Testament did.…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 The Book of Mormon, written even before the LDS Church began, says in I Nephi 13:24-26, “the great and abominable church” has “taken away from…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 Mormons believe Isaiah 29 contains two prophecies about the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Our last article discussed the first ten verses of…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 Joseph Smith said His Inspired Version of the Bible, which LDS call the Joseph Smith Translation, and the Book of Mormon were translated or inspired…