It’s time to break into our next long-form review of Mormon literature; Bruce R. McConkie’s Millennial Messiah! We get an idea for the purpose and objective of the book as well as McCrankie’s pet issues right off the bat. He speaks of the heresies integral to false prophecy and warns of the various movements and political groups are anti-Christ. But before we crack open the spine of this tome, our main segment is a brief deep-dive into Mormon prophecy. What is it? From where does it come? How reliable are Mormon prophecies and can they be trusted? And the greatest question with which some believers may wrestle, what’s Joseph Smith’s batting average? We round out the show with some happy news about government diversity in Portugal!
Show notes:
Mormon Prophecy:
https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/archive/publications/the-truth-about-the-god-makers/ic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prophecies_of_Joseph_Smith
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-march-september-1838/41
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-1839/2#historical-intro#josephsmithpapers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff_of_1833
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43200790
https://mit.irr.org/joseph-smith-william-miller-and-prophetic-speculation
MOGP:
Book of Common Prayer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer
Edward VI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI
Indulgences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgence
Protestant Reformation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation
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