by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jan 31, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
Sometimes in our zeal to do good, we get overanxious. Doctrine and Covenants sections 10 and 11 teach important lessons on steadily doing small and simple things until we have accomplished the great things the Lord has asked us to do. Doctrine and Covenants 10...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jan 24, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
This week’s Come Follow Me lesson focuses on one of the most important principles of the restored gospel: revelation. Joseph Smith’s First Vision in 1820, the appearance of Moroni to him in 1823 and many times thereafter, and the Prophet’s other...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jan 17, 2021 | Come Follow Me
No one’s perfect. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God,” preached the apostle Paul (Romans 3:23). Alma the Younger taught his son Helaman that “the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance” (Alma 45:16). Taken together, these...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jan 10, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
On the evening of September 21, 1823, Joseph Smith felt burdened for the sins of his teenage life. He was seventeen and regretted his “many foolish errors,” “the weakness of youth,” “the foibles of human nature,” and the “diverse” sins he had committed that were...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jan 4, 2021 | Come Follow Me
After introducing section 1 of the Doctrine and Covenants in week 1, Come Follow Me goes back to the beginning of the Church’s history and takes up Joseph Smith’s account of his early religious experiences, especially his First Vision, using Joseph Smith—History...