Joseph Smith and the Restoration
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Jesus Christ restored the gospel through Joseph Smith.
Do you know the name of the person who organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; established a bank, a newspaper, and a printing office; supervised the building of the Church’s first temple; initiated extensive missionary work; made a translation of the Bible; received keys of authority from Moses, Elias, and Elijah; and translated the Book of Mormon? If you answered Joseph Smith, you are correct.* Joseph lived…
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Jesus Christ restored the gospel through Joseph Smith.
Abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost (Rom. 15:13). It had been only a few months since Peter’s father, Dr. Mattias Koteles, a professor at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, had attended an important scientific conference in Austria. On his return, he had told his family an exciting story that had nothing to do with the conference but that he had heard from one of the American…
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Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon by the power of God.
There is a hill in western New York called Cumorah. It may appear to be an ordinary hill, but for hundreds of years an extraordinary treasure lay hidden in it. When this sacred treasure was finally brought forth, it began to change the world. Over eighteen hundred years had gone by since Jesus lived upon the earth, and people had changed His doctrines and teachings. These changes caused a great…
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Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith.
Fourteen-year-old Joseph Smith was worried about religion. He didn’t know which church to join. One day he read in the Bible, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, … and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). Joseph decided he would do as the scripture said and ask God which church was the right one to join. He went to a grove of trees near his…
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FHE lesson on the First Vision
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A dialogue between Joseph Smith and the Devil
This made me both think (that Pratt thinks, as do I, a major — I say overlooked — difference between our church and others is the idea of direct communication with God) and laugh (when Joseph has a “spruce” beer with the devil). from http://mldb.byu.edu/PPPRATDI.HTM A Dialogue between Joseph Smith and the Devil Parley P. Pratt This dialogue was published in the New York Herald on January 1, 1844. Parley…
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Joseph Smith – Links of Faith, Links of Strength
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A Christmas with Joseph Smith
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Joseph Smith Mutual Activity (Joseph Smith Jeopardy)
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