by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Sep 19, 2021 | Church History, Church Organization, Come Follow Me
As the Church grew and matured, it faced the perpetual challenge of growth: finding and training good leaders. After the march of the Camp of Israel, the Lord called members of that group to serve in two new leadership bodies, the Quorum of the Twelve and the Seventy....
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Sep 12, 2021 | Church History, Church Organization, Come Follow Me
As the Church approached its fourth birthday, it had grown a great deal both in terms of size and complexity. Doctrine and Covenants sections 102 through 105 illustrate that complexity. They include organizational minutes for a high council, a revelation to organize...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Sep 6, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
With one exception, Doctrine and Covenants sections 98 to 101 cover from August 6 to mid-December 1833, a turbulent period in Church history. This period saw the Saints in Jackson County attacked; their bishop publicly kidnapped, beaten, tarred, and feathered; the...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Aug 29, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
The summer of 1833 was a busy time for the new Church and its members. Sections 94‒97 of the Doctrine and Covenants embody four of six revelations the Prophet Joseph Smith received during that busy summer. The revelations are not arranged in chronological order but...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Aug 15, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
Between February 27 and March 15, 1833, Joseph Smith received the revelations that now make up sections 89 through 92 of the Doctrine and Covenants. Section 89 includes the Lord’s health code known as the Word of Wisdom. Sections 90 through 92 deal with the...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Aug 6, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
Section 88 of the Doctrine and Covenants combines two revelations, the first received on December 27 and 28, 1832, and the second on January 3, 1833, both in Kirtland, Ohio. Coming as they did after the revelation on war, they helped to advocate peace in difficult...