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,...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Dec 13, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Church History, Come Follow Me, Revelation
The Family: A Proclamation to the World has since its publication in 1995 been considered one of the most important doctrinal statements of Church leaders. Background “During the fall of 1994, at the urging of its Acting President, Boyd K. Packer, the Quorum of...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Dec 8, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Come Follow Me, Priesthood, Revelation
The Come, Follow Me curriculum for the week of December 6‒12, 2021, focuses on three important scriptural documents: (1) The Articles of Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ that were published in Joseph Smith’s lifetime; (2) Official Declaration 1, often called...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Oct 31, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Church History, Church Organization, Come Follow Me, Revelation
In 1841 and 1842, as the Saints were gathering in and around Nauvoo, Illinois, the Lord gave the Prophet Joseph Smith revelations that related to the gathering and one of the main purposes for gathering, which is building temples and doing work in them. Doctrine and...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Sep 26, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Interactive Curriculum, Level 100, 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,...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Sep 26, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me, Priesthood, Revelation
The first temple of the Church was supposed to be built in Zion, Jackson County, Missouri, the center place for the gathering of the Saints and the planned site of the New Jerusalem. But mobs drove out the Saints before it could be completed. A second temple planned...