Prophecy for Dummies

In my quest to popularize the advancing science of comparative mythology and plasma physics as they relate to the Restored Gospel, it occurred to me that an analogy derived from the popular “… for Dummies,” series, relating to everything from auto repair to brain surgery, begged for such a nuts-and-bolts approach to prophetic interpretation. The [...]

Living the Nephite Nightmare

An Open Letter to all Latter-day Saints The Book of Mormon is a prophecy for our time. This has been my thesis since the mid-1980s, when I wrote Parallel Histories: The Nephites and The Americans. It was written over 20 years ago in response to then church president Ezra Taft Benson’s call to carefully and [...]

Prop 8: A WARNING FROM OUR PAST

“Those who can not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana, American philosopher

Armageddon in the Atomic Age

1,538 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2002  Armageddon in the Atomic Age Try to name all of the changes that the atom bomb and technology brought to our world in the middle of the last century. It certainly changed warfare; even populations far from any battle could be held hostage to annihilation. It changed politics and [...]

The Golden Question

801 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2006  The Golden Question To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. Auguries of Innocence, William Blake   True insight comes of pursuing a question or an idea [...]

The Signs of the Times

1,610 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2002  The Signs of the Times Hoping to confound the Savior by asking him to perform an impossible miracle for a mere man, the Pharisees and the Sadducees of his day asked that “he would shew them a sign from heaven.” His answer was profound – for them and for [...]

New Heavens, New Earth: Suddenly or Slowly?

1,315 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2002  New Heavens, New Earth: Suddenly or Slowly? The heavens and the earth are repeatedly referenced in the scriptures as the objects of remarkable, sweeping changes in the past and in the future. “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be [...]

Modern Signs

1,452 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2003 Modern Signs Joseph’s most profound and enlightening sermon on the signs of the last days, given on the temple grounds at Nauvoo in April, 1843, demonstrates his views of the origin and nature of those signs, as well as our ability to recognize them for what they are. [...]

Learning from the Scriptures

1,257 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2002  Learning from the Scriptures “Search the scriptures,” said the Savior. So, most Latter-day Saints do just that. We search for spiritual truths and counsel that might strengthen our testimonies and help us live better, more righteous lives. But while those spiritual truths are vital, there is much more to the [...]

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, [...]