Why did Joseph Smith have to return the plates?

by Rusty Lindquist on March 3, 2011 · 11 comments

Visitor Sunde asked a question on the post “Why do Mormons believe in works?“, that I think deserves broader attention.  It’s a very good question that many looking at the Mormon faith might ask.  I thought I’d make a dedicated post out of it, allowing us to carry on the conversation in it’s own area. [...]

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Hope – Is it an attribute of God?

January 25, 2011

In working on my book Escape Velocity, I’ve come to the chapter on Hope, and the vital role it plays in what I call “change endurance”.  It was like stepping off a cliff. I had been moving right along, capturing the flow, the principles and practices an individual needs to employ for their change to [...]

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Laid off for Christmas, the perfect gift

December 14, 2010

This Christmas, I was given the most incredible gift from the Lord, in a most unusual package.  Read the story on my life-engineering.com blog here, about how opportunity is often found in life’s greatest challenges. My your Christmas be one of meaning this year. Rusty

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Mormon missionary work is seen as a key viral media strategy

Jonah Peretti encourages the Mormon Strategy for Viral Media

August 16, 2010

This is cool. Mormonism got a social media shout out last Friday from Jonah Peretti, cofounder of the Huffington Post and founder of BuzzFeed. He was speaking at the inaugural “Viral Media Meetup”, covering his history of viral success, and key strategies for viral marketers. He began by explaining the differences in the old media model [...]

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Escape Velocity

December 14, 2009

I’ve moved this post to my new Life-Engineering blog, dedicated to motivating people to achieve their goals and change their futures by taking control of their lives. You can now find this post here: http://life-engineering.com/escape-velocity/

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My New Book

December 14, 2009

I’ve moved this post to my new Life-Engineering blog, dedicated to motivating people to achieve their goals and change their futures by taking control of their lives. You can now find this post here: http://life-engineering.com/my-new-book/

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Efren Peñaflorida wins CNN hero of the year

November 29, 2009

I’ve moved this post to my new Life-Engineering blog, dedicated to motivating people to achieve their goals and change their futures by taking control of their lives. You can now find this post here: http://life-engineering.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year

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Our power to overcome

November 4, 2009

This post is part of an ongoing series “What’s in the Book of Mormon”, to provide a taste of this sacred record. It is not meant to be a substitute for reading the Book of Mormon itself, however (you can get a free copy here). 1st Nephi in The Book of Mormon, contains a profound [...]

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Sacrifice is hard

November 3, 2009

I’ve moved this post to my new Life-Engineering blog, dedicated to motivating people to achieve their goals and change their futures by taking control of their lives. You can now find this post here: http://life-engineering.com/sacrifice-is-hard/

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Behold not the filthiness

November 3, 2009

Earlier, I’d posted “A quest for spiritual knowledge”, wherein I talked about Lehi’s grand vision of the tree of life. Still studying my way through that section of 1 Nephi in the Book of Mormon, today I stumbled accross the following passage that struck me as important, but that I’d simply read over countless times [...]

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Is there Biblical Precedence for Polygamy?

October 29, 2009

In the recent post “A quest for spiritual knowledge“, the comments quickly became centered around two distinct topics.  The one being blacks and the priesthood, which was thoroughly covered within the comments on that post.  The other was regarding the practice of polygamy early in the church.  It was to this point that Matt G. [...]

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Making the most of what you have

October 28, 2009

I’ve moved this post to my new Life-Engineering blog, dedicated to motivating people to achieve their goals and change their futures by taking control of their lives. You can now find this post here: http://life-engineering.com/making-the-most-of-what-you-have/

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How to solve the “unemployment” problem

October 27, 2009

I’ve moved this post to my new Life-Engineering blog, dedicated to motivating people to achieve their goals and change their futures by taking control of their lives. You can now find this post here: http://life-engineering.com/how-to-solve-the-unemployment-problem

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Unemployed

October 27, 2009

I’ve moved this post to my new Life-Engineering blog, dedicated to motivating people to achieve their goals and change their futures by taking control of their lives. You can now find this post here: http://life-engineering.com/unemployed

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A quest for spiritual knowledge

October 19, 2009

Lehi’s landmark vision of the Tree of Life is one of the most well known revelations from the Book of Mormon.  It’s a beautiful depiction of life, and embodies numerous eternal principles with profound depth.  One of which is the importance of pursuing spiritual knowledge. The Tree of Life, a synopsis: Since many of my [...]

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