Richard E. Turley Jr.

Richard E. Turley Jr. served for twenty-two years as managing director of the Historical Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and eight years as Assistant Church Historian and Recorder. He also served as managing director of the Family History, Public Affairs, and Church Communication Departments.

Church Doctrine 09, Revelation, Intermediate Level 200

by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Dec 27, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Interactive Curriculum, Level 200, Revelation

From the beginning, God has spoken to His children. Adam and Eve "heard the voice of the Lord God" (Genesis 3:8). God spoke through prophets in the Old Testament (see, e.g., Genesis 46:2, Exodus 6:2) and to His disciples in the New Testament Church (see, e.g., Acts...

Church Doctrine 08, Scripture, Intermediate Level 200

by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Dec 20, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Interactive Curriculum, Level 200, Scripture

Deuteronomy 8:3 in the Old Testament declares that "man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord." When Christ was tempted by the devil in the wilderness at the beginning of His ministry, He echoed this scripture,...

Week 52: Christmas and the Living Christ

by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Dec 20, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Church History, Come Follow Me, The Nature of God

As Christianity spread in the centuries following Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, it encountered non-Christian peoples with popular festivals around the time of the winter solstice. To accommodate these winter festivals, Christmas—the Feast of the Nativity—was...

Richard E. Turley Jr.

Church Doctrine 09, Revelation, Intermediate Level 200

Church Doctrine 08, Scripture, Intermediate Level 200

Week 52: Christmas and the Living Christ

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