Journal of Discourses 12:344 “For the Lord has said in this book, (the Book of Mormon) which has been published for thirty eight years, that if they will not repent He will throw down all their strongholds and cut off the cities of the land, and will execute vengeance and fury on the nation, even as […]
TodayinMormonHistory.com;“135 years ago today – Friday, Nov 24, 1882 — [John Henry Smith] Liverpool … I received a copy of the following revelation. Revelation given through President John Taylor, … Thus saith the Lord … Let my servants George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant be appointed to fill the vacancies in the Twelve… You may […]
Journal of Discourses 13:362; “God promised in the year 1832 that we should, before the generation then living had passed away, return and build up the City of Zion in Jackson County.” — Orson Pratt, Salt Lake City, May 5, 1870 Ephesians 4:14-15; “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with […]
Journal of Discourses 11:269; “I heard the revelation on polygamy, and I believed it with all my heart, and I know it is from God – I know that he revealed it from heaven; I know that it is true, and understand the bearings of it and why it is. “Do you think that we shall […]
General Conference, ‘A Message to the Rising Generation,’ October 1977; “I want to talk to you, the young people of the Church, frankly and honestly. … You are choice spirits, many of you having been held back in reserve for almost 6,000 years to come forth in this day, at this time, when the temptations, […]
May 4 – Deut. 13:5, 8; “And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God… Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him…but thou shalt surely kill him…”
Curse of Cain Way to Perfection, pg. 106; “President Woodruff, in his journal, records the words of President Young as follows: The Lord said, I will not kill Cain, but I will put a mark upon him, and that mark will be seen upon the face of every negro upon the face of the earth; […]
The Book of Commandments and the Doctrine and Covenants Compared Today’s dilemma is a side by side example of changes made when the Church rewrote the Book of Commandments and renamed it the Doctrine and Covenants. This particular revelation was given by Joseph Smith to Oliver Cowdery in April 1829. Cowdery, hoping God would allow […]
The Mormon quotes we’re using today are found in the Ensign and also used in an LDS Gem I received from the Church when I signed up for their daily scripture readings a few years ago. As I kept reading through their interpretation of the two biblical passages used in their article to support […]
Baptisms for the Dead Moroni 10:26 says there is no salvation for those who die in their sins. Why baptize for the dead?
