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Teaching the Apostasy and Restoration to 14 & 15 Year Olds:  A Lesson in Keeping it Simple Stupid

Teaching the Apostasy and Restoration to 14 & 15 Year Olds: A Lesson in Keeping it Simple Stupid

by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Apr 17, 2013 | Featured, Revelation, Sunday School | 8 comments

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...
Part II – Why They Don’t Canonize and What Can Be Done about It

Part II – Why They Don’t Canonize and What Can Be Done about It

by L Thomas | Mar 18, 2013 | Featured, Gospel Topics, Mormonism, News, Revelation, Standard Works | 7 comments

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...
There Is No Need to Buy New Scriptures

There Is No Need to Buy New Scriptures

by L Thomas | Mar 11, 2013 | Doctrine and Covenants, Featured, Revelation, Standard Works | 6 comments

“[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...
The Cost of Revelation

The Cost of Revelation

by Cody Calderwood Mike Barker Paul Barker | Feb 27, 2013 | Featured, News, Revelation | 11 comments

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...
Book of Mormon Lesson 48:  Moroni 7, 8, 10

Book of Mormon Lesson 48: Moroni 7, 8, 10

by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Dec 28, 2012 | Book of Mormon, Featured, Revelation, Standard Works, Sunday School | 5 comments

“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...
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