Welcome to part 20 of our epic series on Dr. John G. Turner’s landmark biography, “Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet.” Things are really heating up as we enter the mid-1830s in the life of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter-day Saint movement. This episode dives into one of the most controversial and debated episodes in early Mormon history –Joseph’s relationship with Fanny Alger, a young woman employed in the Smith household in Kirtland, Ohio in 1836. Was it adultery? Was

Referring to Joseph Smith in the April 2020 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson taught, “He was foreordained before the foundation of the earth to be the prophet of this last dispensation, when ‘nothing shall be withheld’ [Doctrine and Covenants 121:28] from the Saints. Revelation continues to flow from the Lord during this ongoing process of restoration.” | Joseph Smith, The Prophet