Show Notes Enroll in Institute Timestamps: 00:31 – Section 133 was intended to be an appendix to the Doctrine and Covenants. 00:55 – The role of government is to maintain a balance between rights and responsibilities. 07:01 – Section 133 is a companion to Section 1. Prophecies in the BibleContinue Reading

D&C 137 – January 21, 1836 This revelation was received in the west school room on the third floor of the Kirtland Temple. Church leaders from Kirtland and Missouri had assembled to be anointed as part of the endowment of power to be bestowed upon the “first elders” in connectionContinue Reading

Show Notes Enroll in Institute Timestamps: 00:29 – Three grand keys on the nature of ministering angels and spirits. 02:04 – Joseph Smith offers corrections to Elder Hyde’s sermon clarifying, in part, that God has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s. Heavenly Father’s physical nature hasContinue Reading

D&C 135 – John Taylor reports the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith Historical Context Steven Harper gives the following historical background to D&C 135: It was “a deliberate political assassination, committed or condoned by some of the leading citizens of Hancock County.”[1]Dallin H. Oaks and Marvin S. Hill, CarthageContinue Reading

Show Notes Enroll in Institute Timestamps: 00:30 – During the Nauvoo period, Joseph Smith receives substantial revelation pertaining to the ordinances of the temple. 03:46 – The historical background of Section 125. 05:59 – “Essaying” is a term that means trying. Becoming a Saint is a process. 07:40 – ThroughContinue Reading

Show Notes Enroll in Institute Timestamps: 01:06 – Joseph Smith and his companions escape from Missouri custody in April 1839. 08:54 – The Saints beautify Nauvoo. 11:16 – Joseph has not fallen from grace. The Lord emphasizes Joseph’s prophetic role even though he has weakness. What are our expectations ofContinue Reading

Show Notes Enroll in Institute Timestamps: 00:31 – Historical background. 02:18 – Joseph Smith demonstrated majesty in chains while in custody in Richmond. 05:38 – Ten eternal truths we can apply to our lives from the Liberty Jail experience. 07:43 – #1: God is aware of your trials, you areContinue Reading

Joseph Smith’s first plural marriage, from the historical sources we now have, seems to have been a young woman by the name of Fanny Alger. While there are missing gaps in the record, from the collected sources we do have some information. From Saints,[1]Saints, Volume 1: The Standard of Truth,Continue Reading

D&C 125 – March 1841, Nauvoo, Illinois Historical Background The following is offered by Steven Harper: From the confines of a jail cell in Liberty, Missouri, Joseph wrote to Bishop Partridge in Illinois that the Saints could buy land in Iowa Territory for $2 per acre over twenty years withContinue Reading

Show Notes Enroll in Institute Timestamps: 00:27 – The Saints leave Kirtland. The pattern of prosperity and pain in church history. 04:55 – In January 1838, Joseph and Emma leave Kirtland, never to return. Their enemies follow them to Missouri. 11:25 – In Section 115 the Lord puts His nameContinue Reading