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 | Church Doctrine, Church History, Come Follow Me, The Nature of God
October 1831 was a busy month for Joseph Smith and other Church leaders. The summer trip to Missouri had been good, but problems had piled up in Ohio while they were gone. Now they faced a busy fall catching up. Three revelations received in September and October 1831...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Jun 6, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
After his trip to Missouri, the Prophet Joseph Smith, along with Sidney Rigdon and Oliver Cowdery, arrived home in Kirtland on August 27, 1831. During their absence, apostasy had begun to take hold in the Church, and among the faithful, there were many questions about...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | May 30, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Church History
Today, we know the restored church as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. How the Church got that name is an interesting story in itself. The prophet Joseph Smith grew up in an era in which there were many Christian churches with varying names. Before...