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. | Oct 31, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Interactive Curriculum, Level 200, The Nature of God
The Savior in His Great Intercessory Prayer, declared, “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent” (John 17:3). During his famous April 1844 general conference address that has come to be known as the...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Aug 23, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Come Follow Me, The Nature of God
The revelation that is now section 93 of the Doctrine and Covenants is one of the most fascinating and revolutionary of all received by Joseph Smith. It reveals characteristics of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ that had been lost through the centuries. It...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Aug 6, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Revelation, The Nature of God
The ninth Article of Faith explains, “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 God.” Some mysteries of God have not yet been...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Aug 1, 2021 | Revelation, The Nature of God
Another meaning of “the mysteries of God” is secret things that God reveals to individuals for their personal edification. In a revelation given through the Prophet Joseph Smith to a group of assembled elders, the Lord declared, “If thou shalt ask, thou shalt...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jul 19, 2021 | Revelation, The Nature of God
One meaning of “the mysteries of God” is secret things that God has revealed through prophets. The Latter-day Saint Bible Dictionary points out that this is the usual meaning of the term in the New Testament. “Mysteries,” it explains,...