A revelation has been received regarding the recently approved Statement of Principles. This document is illuminating and thrilling, and is posted now on the Denver Snuffer section of the Restoration Archive Project Library.
You can view the document here.
These are truly joyous times indeed!
Please read the document, and share this link with others. Thank you!
Hello again! We’d just like to let you know that a significant amount of new material has been added to the Denver Snuffer Page of the Restoration Archives Library. Among the new updates:
Remarks at the Joseph Smith Restoration Conference (Boise, ID – June 24, 2018): There is a link to the video of the presentation on YouTube, as well as audio and transcript.
The Restoration’s Shattered Promises and Great Hope, Sunstone Conference (Salt Lake City, UT – July 28, 2018): Here, we have added audio recording, actual transcript of the talk as presented, and Denver’s manuscript of the entire paper upon which the talk was based.
Remarks at the Remembering the Covenants Conference (Centerville, UT – August 4, 2018): An audio recording of Denver’s presentation and transcript have been added.
The Lost Piece of Silver: A paper which Denver prepared for presentation at the Covenants Conference in Centerville, but was moved to replace with the remarks referenced above. This is the full paper with footnotes, etc.
Things that Keep Us Awake at Night (St. George, UT – March 19, 2017): We have added a word-for-word transcript of the talk, as given on stage.
A great deal of information has been added to this page. A large number of talks, including audio, as well as papers (where available) have been added to the page. Additionally, links to the various conference websites are posted there, which allows access to even more material.
We invite you to subscribe to the Restoration Archives YouTube channel (here) as well as the Restoration Archive RSS Feed if you would like to be notified of new postings and additional information.
We hope that this information will be useful to you, and we wish you continued growth and learning of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Recently, the Restoration Archive committee added a YouTube channel to the collection of resources available to you to assist in your gospel study. We are pleased to announce that as of yesterday, the entirety of the Denver Snuffer collection of talks, everything that has been recorded since 2007, is now available on that channel. All of the recordings have been converted to video, and where actual video footage exists, that has been included. If no video exists, then there is simply a static image behind the audio.
All audio has been remastered and optimized for tablets and smartphones, which will enhance the quality of output when you are streaming the video. The result both looks and sounds fantastic. A lot of work has gone into this project and we are excited to share it with you.
Please click this link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQmpWnPGp4-GZnHRX8uAxQ
to access the YouTube channel, and we wish you all the best as you continue in your pursuit of light and knowledge!
Good morning friends and family. My name is Chris VanCampen, and I am here to give you a short but exciting update on what’s the latest with the Restoration Archive Project. I am very excited to be here in Arizona for what promises to be a very historic event. Historic, in that history will be made, but also historic, in that a very careful history of the proceedings here will be kept and preserved for both our, and future, generations.
Why is it important to keep a history? I was thinking about this recently, and it occurred to me that we are literally making history every day. In much the same way we read writings and accounts of people alive at the time of the original restoration by Joseph Smith, future generations will read our writings, experiences and conferences. Today we read Times and Seasons and many other writings generated by early Mormons. In the future people will read, or listen to, or watch, audio video and written recordings of our transactions in our episode of restoration. And how important are the historical records of these proceedings?
In the recently completed “Teachings and Commandments,” or what we old timers affectionately refer to as “The Doctrine and Covenants,” in Section 51 (128 of LDS version), we find our answer. In that section, which is a letter written by Joseph Smith and read to the Saints on 11 September 1842, Joseph tells the saints that a recorder must be appointed, so “that he might make a record of a truth before the Lord.” Joseph then details how a single person cannot be present at all times in all places, and therefore he gives instructions on how the early saints should “crowd-source” their history, so that the recorder may make a record of all proceedings, and present a book to the Lord to be housed in the Temple.
The same thing is happening in our day. Although we make no pretense that we have been called by any sort of heavenly manifestation as an official “recorder” of any church or organization in our day, the participants in our Restoration Archive Project have individually and collectively felt inspired that gathering all records pertaining to the restoration in our day, in a fair, impartial and accurate manner, is vitally important to ourselves and those who come in the future. If we are successful in building a Zion, a record of that success will be necessary for the process to be duplicated. If we are not, then those who come after will want to know what successes, and mistakes, led to that result. In either event, those who forget their own history are doomed to repeat it.
I want to let you all know how exciting this process is for us. Since we are “crowd-sourcing” the history of this movement, much like Brother Joseph called for, we get to see what marvelous things are happening across the movement. I am grateful and excited to share the progress that is being made with all of you. We hope that by doing so, you might be encouraged at the many great and wonderful things that are happening, and receive witness of the importance and necessity of this movement. We hope that it will inspire renewed desire to associate with each other, to fellowship more often with each other, and to take courage in the presence of the Hand of the Lord in this work.
We are informed that there have been “thousands” of baptisms and rebaptisms. How amazing it is to know that this saving ordinance is available to all comers, without concern for creed color or religious background. We have seen a series of talks, given by Denver Snuffer, across the country regarding the Christian Reformation, and these have been recorded and documented. Modern technology has enabled the development of several websites so that people in all nations of the world can participate and partake of the restoration movement equally. The Scriptures.info site is up to date with the most recent version of the restoration scriptures, along with glossary and other search tools. The Restoration Archives website continues to expand with a searchable library of everything Denver Snuffer, and very soon, as much Joseph Smith material as we can legally and humanly include there. The baptism registry is running, as is the fellowship finder and the request baptism sites. Dozens of blogs by some very bright minds are available to restorationists. Denver Snuffer’s website itself has undergone a major overhaul, is more easily accessed and now features a weekly podcast, comprised of both review of existing material, and occasionally new information as well. You can subscribe to this podcast by visiting denversnuffer.com.
There have been reports of miraculous things taking place in far off lands – people receiving baptism, tithing support, and receiving actual copies of scriptures in Asia, Europe and Africa. By these very small drops can large ripples occur, and these events may lead to larger things somewhere down the road.
We have seen and heard of the miraculous preservation of life, and of the protection of restoration archival materials.
Another very exciting development is this: translation efforts of the various books, talks, and documents pertaining to the restoration movement have sprouted up here and there across our body of fellowship. Although the Restoration Archive Project is neither managing or initiating these projects, we are doing what we can to facilitate them, and to bring people together to collaborate on them. We know of projects involving the ten talks and “A Man Without Doubt” and “The Second Comforter” in Spanish, with other efforts being made in German, French, Portuguese, Danish and Japanese. When these translations are complete, we will be very happy to house them at the Restoration Archives website for all to access online, worldwide.
To that end, on behalf of all those involved with the various translation projects, we hereby issue a call for volunteers to assist with these projects. If you have native- or translation- level ability in Spanish, German, French or Portuguese, these projects will readily accept your offer of assistance. If you feel that nudge that you should begin a project in some other language, we are happy to assist in any way we can. Please reach out to us via the contact us page on restorationarchives.com and we’ll put you in touch with the right folks. Self starting is the way things get done in this movement! Don’t hesitate to self start, and let us know how we can assist you!
As I mentioned, the Joseph Smith section of the Restoration Archive library is in process of being organized, and the first of this information has now been available on the Library section of the Restoration Archive website. It has been organized so that what we call “first tier material” will be that created by Joseph himself, with second tier being notetakers, scribes, those to whom Joseph dictated directly. Third tier will be that of first person eyewitness accounts of speeches, talks or events, and fourth tier will be material that doesn’t meet any of those criteria that still warrants inclusion in the archive. This structure and organization has launched within the past week, and we invite your feedback and suggestions on how that system might be improved.
In the Denver Snuffer section of the library, almost everything that we are aware of its existence has been gathered there for you to access and study. Currently, there is an effort underway to create a true transcript of the actual ten talks as delivered at the various venues. These are, or will be, housed on the library page, and will be searchable as well. This will be a most valuable study aid. It is important to note that these actual transcripts will be verbatim of what was delivered at the venue, but they are not the same as what we call an “expanded transcript” in which Denver has taken what was said, and added notes, scriptures, footnotes or other references, and both of these differ still from the long-form Thesis or Paper that Denver would have drafted in its original form, and then taken his presentation from this long paper. Where all three exist, all three are made available on the library page.
All of the general conference websites to date are housed in the archive website, and you are welcome to review talks, recordings and photographs from these events.
Previously announced work with regard to creation of hard bound volumes with archive quality paper of vital works, along with metal plate engravings, is still proceeding.
We have added a blog page to the Restoration Archive website, where we can keep you up to date on new developments. We also issue calls for assistance there, and I would take this opportunity to renew those calls for help now.
First, we are aware that Denver Snuffer gave at least one, and probably two, presentations at an event called “Portland Oregon Symposium” in October 2010. We have received submission of some notes by a person who was in attendance, but we’d like to have corroborating information. If you happened to be at that conference, and have notes, or even a recording, we would request that you submit that information so that it may be made a part of the archive.
Second, we encourage you to go to our website and submit documents of any sort that you feel are important to this great work we are engaged in.
We are engaged in a mighty work. A battle for the souls of our families and our brethren. It is our aim to faithfully and impartially record all that happens during this might work. Believe it or not, brothers and sisters, all that you say and do is important to this record. Much like the Sons of Mosiah, Alma the Younger, and even Paul, the record of our journey, both for good and for bad, is informative and educational for our generation and those to come. We hope you will not be shy in participating in this movement, and in this historical project. An actual record of the history of this movement, which is reliable and sourced directly from its participants, is something that is missing from the original LDS church. Things might have turned out very differently if a reliable history had been kept, and preserved. Let us not be doomed by a failure to learn from that example.
Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not go backward. Courage, brethren! And on to the victory. Let your hearts rejoice and be exceeding glad. Let the earth break forth into singing. Let the mountains shout for joy and all ye valleys cry aloud, and all ye seas and dry lands tell the wonders of your Eternal King.
Amen.
The transcript of the Denver Snuffer talk entitled “Other Sheep Indeed,” given at last summer’s Sunstone Symposium (July 29, 2107) has been completed, and is now available in the Restoration Archives Project Library.
Simply visit the library, click on the Denver Snuffer button, and scroll down to “Other Sheep Indeed.” You’ll see a button for “Transcript.”
This transcript is a written version of what Denver actually said at the symposium, as opposed to the long-version paper which he prepared, and which is also available on the library. Frequently, Denver will deliver a talk, which does not contain all of the material he wished to present on that topic. He will prepare a long-form paper on the topic, and distill that down to what he actually presents in his talk. He will then post the long-form paper, complete with footnotes, scripture references, and additional in-depth information on his website. We make both the actual talk transcript, as well as the long-form paper, available here in the library.
We hope you enjoy all of the materials we present to you here.
We have some great news to share with you this week! It appears that our process of “crowd-sourcing” the history of the Restoration Movement is working! We have had submission of materials relating to an event that took place in Oregon in 2010.
The event was entitled “Portland Oregon Symposium” and was held on Friday/Saturday, October 8-9, 2010 at several locations in Portland/Beaverton. Denver Snuffer appeared at a Fireside on Friday evening, and gave a talk on temples at a symposium meeting held on Saturday.
Denver Snuffer spoke regarding the temple being not just a building, but “the temple is YOU.” He described the processes that various individuals and peoples have gone through in their journeys to commune with Christ. He discussed the chiastic messages of the temple. He spoke of Christ’s journey and willingness to commune with his people.
At this time, we are asking for your assistance to flesh out our record of this event. We have no records of what transpired at the fireside the previous evening. We would love to hear from any of you that may have been in attendance. What you saw or heard, your thoughts and impressions. We do not, at this point, have a transcript or recording of the actual symposium talk. We feel that it is very important to corroborate submissions that we have received to date, so we are asking for your assistance in submitting any notes, photos, recordings or transcripts you might have of this event.
If you have any documentation relating to the Portland Oregon Symposium of October 8-9, 2010, please contact us at submission@restorationarchives.com. We would appreciate your assistance very much!
May God bless you. Have a great day!
Hello. My name is Chris, and my wife and I currently live in Japan. I am “blogmaster” of this little spot. I have a very recent and important experience I’d like to share with you.
I recognize the hand of God in all things. I testify he works miracles on behalf of his children.
Last Monday, at shortly before 2:00 pm. we heard a “whuff” sound, and a thump against the house, not unlike some of the gusts of wind that come down the canyon on occasion, so we thought nothing of it. At exactly 2:05 pm, a person we’d never seen before, who happened to be in the area working on… something… no one actually knows who he and his two compadres were… came to our door shouting FIRE FIRE FIRE! Continue reading
Hello again!
We just wanted to bring you up to speed on the latest translation work that’s going on in the Restoration Archive Project.
As we told you last time, the focus has begun with Spanish and French translations of the ten “Forty Years of Mormonism” talks by Denver Snuffer. This effort has begun with the call for translators, including native speakers, in these two languages.
This has led to the beginnings of some other very exciting projects. We have received a submission of a Danish translation of the first talk, which we are now checking for accuracy and editing. There is now a volunteer to head up a German translation project, and a Japanese translation has begun as well. We are aware of several other languages spoken by movement folks, and we are in the process of reaching out to them to gauge their interest and ability to help out in this great project.
Please, if you have ability in any of the languages mentioned here, or if you feel moved upon to take on any other language not mentioned, please contact us! We’d love to prepare these teachings in as many languages as possible so that when the time comes to spread this word far and wide, the assets will be in place to enable that work to proceed. Email us at: submissions@restorationarchives.com.
Thank you for your help!
As the Restoration Movement begins to cross borders and reach to people of other nations, it becomes important for them to be able to study the writings and teachings of modern messengers. We have undertaken to translate several of the works of Denver Snuffer into languages other than English.
It has been indicated that the place to start will be Spanish, followed by French. If you have high-level, translation-capable abilities in these languages, please reach out to us by clicking the “Contact” button on the main website, or by emailing questions@restorationarchives.com. This is not to say that we are limiting the effort to these languages. We are merely focusing on starting there. If you have abilities in other languages, please let us know. More importantly, if you have an existing translation of any of these books or documents, or know of any, please get in contact with us.
We intend to approach this by a team effort, and we really hope that the teams include at least one native speaker of each of the languages. Therefore, if you, or anyone you can refer, is a native speaker of either Spanish or French, please reach out to us.
Thank you!
Welcome to the exciting Restoration Archives Project!
We are currently seeking volunteers to help out on a few projects. We are always in need of transcription assistance, copy-editing and proofreading. If you have any of these skills, and would like to be of assistance, please visit the main website page at www.restorationarchives.com and click “Submissions” to begin the process of signing up for the website. As part of that signup is a section for you to volunteer, and to describe your abilities that might lend themselves to the project. Alternatively, you can click on “Contact” and just send us a quick message.
But you don’t need to volunteer for the Restoration Archives Project to get involved with record keeping. We encourage you, in your own home, to begin assembling a good library of important gospel and restoration related documents. The Denver Snuffer library, the Joseph Smith Papers project, and other volumes are important to have in your home. We encourage you who are in active fellowship groups to begin, if you haven’t already, to journal and document the activities and happenings of your fellowship group. These records will ultimately become a part of the archive. If you are planning, or have planned, a conference or similar event, please document the planning, execution and actual happenings of the conference or event. All this is important information for future generations to see what was done, what was accomplished, and what was learned. Failures and mistakes are every bit as important, if not more so, as triumphs and successes.
We look forward to your participation in this Project!