by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Mar 15, 2021 | Church History
As a parent and grandparent, I have often taken small children on walks. It is fascinating to observe these children as they encounter nature. Often they discover objects that adults ignore, including sticks and stones that they routinely pick up to examine and may...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Mar 8, 2021 | Church History, Subjects
In April 1980, the Church was celebrating its 150th anniversary, and Church history was on many people’s minds. On the seventeenth of that month, an undergraduate student named Mark Hofmann walked into the library at Utah State University with a yellowed...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Mar 8, 2021 | Church History
Many people derive their understanding of Church history from paintings, photographs, and other visual depictions. Like other interpretive media, artistic depictions reflect the understanding and often the culture of the artist or photographer. During the Joseph Smith...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Mar 8, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
After the Church of Christ was formally organized on April 6, 1830, the Lord gave a series of revelations for the new church and its members. The topics of these revelations included personal guidance of the type that might be given today in setting apart and...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Mar 1, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
One reason Joseph Smith went into the grove in 1820 was to ask the Lord which church to join. The Lord told Joseph to “join none of them” (Joseph Smith—History 1:19). In a March 1829 revelation, the Lord promised that “if the People of this...