by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jun 28, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Doing Good
On a recent walk, I looked up the street and saw a boy perhaps nine years old trying to wrestle a trash container from the curb to its usual resting spot near his house. The boy was perhaps a foot shorter than the container, making the task far more difficult than it...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jun 28, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
The Church was still less than two years old in December 1831 and January 1832 when Joseph Smith received several revelations to guide the Church through the challenges of growth and opposition. During these two months, Joseph turned twenty-six years old. He had been...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jun 21, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Church History, Church Organization, Revelation
Joseph Smith, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe, finished translating the Book of Mormon by early July 1829. While Joseph worked with Martin Harris to find a publisher for the Book of Mormon, Oliver began the laborious task of making a copy of the original translation...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jun 21, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
The month of November 1831 proved to be an important one in which members met in conference and made key decisions, such as officially publishing the revelations of Joseph Smith for the first time. Record-keeping, something that had been commanded on the day the...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jun 15, 2021 | General, Revelation, Scripture
The ninth Article of Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints declares, “We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of...