The slides for this podcast are in pdf format here. The podcast outline with notes is here. Correction! In our podcast, I (Mike Day) cited Westermann’s Genesis 12-36 Continental Commentary. In the podcast I believe I quoted the following excerpt: “The word Moreh as it is found in Gen. 12.6 isContinue Reading

Anciently the Sacrament was a meal. These meals took place in what are commonly called “house churches.” (You might even call it a home-centered church). The early Christian community started as a house church, “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship… They broke bread in theirContinue Reading

Purgatory, what is it? What is purgatory? Where did this idea originate in history? Do Latter-day Saints believe in this concept? Why do some Christians have a belief in this idea? Essentially purgatory is a state or a place, between heaven and hell.[1]Even this sentence can be debated, with manyContinue Reading

D&C 18 is given June 1829 in Fayette, New York. As promised by John the Baptist, the Melchizedek Priesthood was restored to the earth by the ancient apostles Peter, James, and John. This occurred sometime after the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood on 15 May 1829, and the first partContinue Reading

These are some of the quotes that we used in our Alma 32-35 podcast on 7.12.20 Truth tastes good This is good doctrine. It tastes good. I can taste the principles of eternal life, and so can you. They are given to me by the revelations of Jesus Christ; andContinue Reading

Almost all Christians believe the sould of man to be immortal, and that when the spirit leaves the body it enters a state of either happiness or misery. Growing out of this believe is a longing to know more about that sphere of existence which we shall enter when weContinue Reading

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf (χάσμα – Chasma, gaping opening, or impassable interval) fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. (Luke 16:26) Joseph Fielding Smith said:Continue Reading

THE PROBATIONARY TEST OF MORTALITY Elder Bruce R. McConkie Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Address given at the University of Utah Institute of Religion January 10, 1982 I’m very pleased and honored to have this opportunity to meet and worship with you on this special occasion. Earlier, PresidentContinue Reading

The following story comes to us from Ezra Taft Benson, in his book entitled, “Come Unto Christ”. My wife shared this story with me today and I thought it was inspiring on so many levels! Whether you are talking about faith, listening to the Spirit, death, or angels, this storyContinue Reading

Oscar W. McConkie’s witness of Book of Mormon People Oscar McConkie, father of Elder Bruce R. McConkie, received a vision in which he saw Lamanites (Book of Mormon peoples) in the spirit world. Without going into too much detail of the background, a convert Lamanite named Mark Vest had hadContinue Reading