A Tale of Two Books

935 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2003 A Tale of Two Books The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses’ inspired leadership is perhaps one of the more spectacular events recorded in the Old Testament. In the process, the list of plagues visited upon Egypt is impressive: water turned to blood, vermin, pestilence, destructive hail, [...]

Children of the Light?

3,099 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2003 Children of the Light? Latter-day Saints’ opinion on the subject of potential planetary near impacts, past and present, differs little from that of the gen­eral public. Sadly, most Mormons seem as indifferent to this concept as their secular and sectarian contemporaries.  Yet, it probably should not be so. [...]

Nephite History: A Harbinger For Our Time

1596 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2007  Nephite History: A Harbinger For Our Time Part 4 of 4 The thesis presented in this 4-part series has stood the test of time. It affirms that Nephite history is predictive, to one degree or another, of events yet to come in our time. Events and conditions that were [...]

Nephite History: A Harbinger For Our Time

1,532 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2007 Nephite History: A Harbinger For Our Time Part 3 of 4 The true predictive power of the Nephite record becomes apparent as we focus on the period of time recorded near the end of Helaman and move forward into 3 Nephi. As we do so, we find that their [...]

Nephite History: A Harbinger For Our Time

1,279 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2007 Nephite History: A Harbinger For Our Time Part 2 of 4 Mormon, as the author of the Book of Mormon, was in a truly unique position. He had an intimate knowledge of two cultures that were widely separated in time yet shared the same general geographic location: the [...]

Nephite History: A Harbinger For Our Time

1,286 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2007 Nephite History: A Harbinger For Our Time Part 1 of 4 Nephi used a handy teaching device to instruct his people. He found it useful to compare events and conditions in his time to those found in his scriptures, “the books of Moses” and the “writings of Isaiah.”  [...]

what4anarchy’s in charge

Just a head’s up that I’m going on a “vacation” of sorts. In my absence, what4anarchy will be moderating the blog. This site is set up to put certain comments in the moderation queue, which requires moderator approval before they are posted, so what4anarchy has accepted the charge to visit each day and approve or [...]

The Forgotten Commandment: Watch the Heavens!

4,742 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2007 The Forgotten Commandment: Watch the Heavens! Part I – The Commandment Section 84 of the Doctrine & Covenants is a pivotal revelation for Latter-day Saints, or should be. The preamble to this section says, “The Prophet designates it a revelation on priesthood.” In it, the Lord explains some [...]

The Great and Abominable Church

2,575 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2002 The Great and Abominable Church Many surprises await the serious student of scripture and ancient history-revelations about our past and the true nature of the world we live in.  Most surprising, however, is the revelation that all is not as it seems in our culture and its most [...]

The Keys to Prophecy XI: Prophecy and the Restored Gospel

781 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2005 The Keys to Prophecy XI: Prophecy and the Restored Gospel This series has identified several keys to prophecy in the restored gospel. When we let our scriptures speak for themselves, without imposing our own ‘modern,’ ‘scientific’ preconceptions upon them, an entirely different picture of the past emerges than [...]