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...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Dec 28, 2020 | Come Follow Me
Week 1 of Come Follow Me does not start at the beginning of Church history. Instead, it begins with Doctrine and Covenants 1, which is the first section of that book of scripture but not the earliest section received. Here is what happened. After the Church was...