A frontier autobiography recounting missionary work, exploration, and negotiation in the American West. Hamblin’s narrative reflects faith, diplomacy, and survival amid cultural encounter and expansion.

Jacob HamblinJacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the Indians and Explorer, taking listeners on a journey through the rugged and often perilous American frontier. This audiobook vividly recounts Hamblin’s adventures, missionary work, and encounters with Native American communities, providing an extraordinary glimpse into 19th-century frontier life.Hamblin’s narrative combines the thrill of exploration with profound ...

Given by his own mouth, this narrative of Jacob Hamblin's life gives a fascinating account of his life; from his conversion to Mormonism in the early 1840s and migrations that came with experience to his missionary work among the Native Americans in the West.

This is the fifth book in the Faith-Promoting series, and quite possibly the most popular of all 17 books in the series. The full original title is Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the Indians, and Explorer: Disclosing Interpositions of Providence, Severe Privations, Perilous Situations and Remarkable Escapes. This first-person narrative told is by Jacob Hamblin and tells of his turning to God after a miraculous healin...

At first glance, as I thumbed thru the pages of "Mormons: An Open Book", I was struck by the layout of the book. Instead of taking a straight prose style, the book is set up much like a modern textbook. Packed with nuggets of information and an appealing visual presentation, what would have been a monologue on plain white pages is instead something exciting and engaging.Peppered throughout the book are separate text boxes of thoughts, statistics, and asides triggered by the topic o...

In "The Great Apostasy, Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History," James E. Talmage meticulously explores the concept of apostasy within the context of Christian doctrine and historical events. This seminal work employs a scholarly lens, blending scriptural analysis with historical narratives, illuminating how the early Christian church experienced a decline from its original teachings. Talmage's masterful prose and rigorous argumentation provide a comprehensive examinatio...

A gripping account of the mob killing of Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism“American Crucifixion paints a brilliant picture of religious experimentation, public intolerance, and the making of a martyr.”—Chicago TribuneOn June 27, 1844, in the dusty frontier town of Carthage, Illinois, Joseph Smith and three of his associates waited anxiously in a jail cell. The dynamic founding prophet of Mormonism no longer had a congregation to p...

In 2012, Mormon General Authority Marlin K. Jensen acknowledged that members are leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "in droves." Access to the internet is often credited and blamed for this mass exodus, where members learn about problematic doctrines and cover-ups of LDS history.Many are happy as Mormons. And many are not. Those who leave, and those doubters who stay, face struggles that few others can understand. Much of this suffering is caused by manipulativ...

Ester Rasband has been known to call her new book “an anti-self-esteem book,” which typically causes laughter and perplexed looks. But in Confronting the Myth of Self-Esteem, she explains that she's not against gaining confidence. But the search for self-esteem, she says, will never bring us peace or happiness. She explains: “Inadequacy is the human condition and unless we tap into the adequacy of our Father in Heaven, we live in a somewhat fearful state — fearful that our inadequacy will ...

Why can’t I seem to conquer weaknesses that plague me?” “How do I know if I’m receiving revelation?” “Will the Lord forgive me after what I’ve done?” “Why can’t we seem to get ahead financially even though we faithfully pay our tithing?” “What if the Church’s position on gay marriage bothers me?”Those are just a handful of the countless questions Sheri Dew has heard people ask over the years. “May I answer these questions,” she writes, “and any questions you may have, by posing a d...

The last thing Valerie wants or needs is to work for her childhood tormentor, Gage. But Valerie’s husband just walked out on her and her children. Now she needs a job. Gage, on the other hand, has just taken custody of his four-year-old son and is swamped trying to balance his career, be a daddy, and fix past mistakes. Together they discover that when it comes to the Church and each other, it’s all about second chances. This sweet romance will renew your faith in love and redem...