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Introduction:
I am not the regular teacher of the 15 and 16 year old youth in my ward. I was called earlier in the week and asked if I would help teach about the Great Apostasy and the Restoration. My concern is that the historical data does not necessarily point to the simple narrative with which I grew up and what is...
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In Part I several revelations were gathered and organized according categories of revelation found in the Doctrine and Covenants. I will now discuss the reasons that the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve are so slow to canonize and why the method of revelation is different than in the time of Joseph Smith. Then I will...
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“[W]e want to emphasize there is no need to buy new scriptures,” said Elder Neil L. Anderson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles after the release of the 2013 edition of the Standard Works. “The current edition of the scriptures…will continue to serve Latter-day Saints very well” (Deseret News, “LDS Church Announces new...
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This post is a little different than others we have done in the past. It has three parts written by three different authors. At first glance the three essays seem to have nothing to do with each other. For that reason, we thought a brief introduction would be helpful. There is a central theme to this blog post, and one...
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“Come Unto Christ”
To access Jared Anderson’s podcast and lesson notes that go over this lesson, click here.
I have some brief thoughts I would like to share. I don’t think I have ever in my life studied the Book of Mormon in such depth as I have this year. As Mormon’s life came to a close, I...
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In Part 5c of this series on revelation we will closely examine the revelation given to Joseph Smith known as the Word of Wisdom. If you have not read Part 1 of this series, I highly recommend that you do so before reading this post (you can read it here). And if you haven’t read Part 5a, or 5b click here for 5a and click here...
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In Part 5 of this series on revelation, we will closely examine the revelation given to Joseph Smith known as the Word of Wisdom. If you have not read Part 1 of this series, I highly recommend that you do so before reading this post (you can read it here). The point of the posts in the revelation series is to show how culture, bias...
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Sometimes only America’s favorite family, the Simpsons, can most accurately demonstrate a point in the most simple and humorous terms. The full Simpsons’ episode that I am using to introduce my post is here if you want to watch it. If you’ve seen the episode and just want to watch the segment I’ll be referencing, go to...
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This is Part 4 of Jared Anderson’s Brief History of the Bible. For the timeline of the New Testament click here.
New Testament
Creation
The New Testament as we have it did not exist for over three hundred years, though all books were written within a century of Jesus’ death. Paul’s letters were likely the first to be...
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