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 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...
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...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Dec 13, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Interactive Curriculum, Level 200, Spiritual Gifts
In 1 Corinthians 12:1‒11 in the New Testament, the apostle Paul enumerates gifts of the Spirit found in the Church, including “divers kinds of tongues,” “prophecy,” “healing,” and “the interpretation of tongues.” Paul...
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, Church Organization, Interactive Curriculum, Level 200
Scriptures in the New Testament mention offices in the Church organization of that day. Acts 13:1 talks of “prophets and teachers.” Acts 14:23 describes ordaining elders. In I Corinthians 12:28, the apostle Paul relates that “God hath set some in the...