PPT-The Introduction The Book of Mormon

Name that Book Famous first lines I am Sam Sam I am It was the best of times it was the worst of times One fish two fish Red fish In the beginning The Wimmicks were small wooden people . Volume 2:. Latter-Day . Saints. Latter-Day Saints . (a.k.a. Mormons). An American Revealed Scriptural Religion. A Sacred History for the Americas. An American Version of the Exodus Narrative. Latter-Day Saints (LDS). 1 Nephi 6 and 9. The . Book. of . Mormon. ANOTHER TESTAMENT . OF JESUS CHRIST. The Purpose. God of Abraham. God of Isaac. God of Jacob. Jesus Christ. Jehovah. 1 Nephi 6:4. “We must keep in mind who Jesus was before He was born. He was the Creator of all things, the great Jehovah, the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was and is the Holy One of Israel”. Steve Lagoon. Mormon Polygamy. Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of Mormonism secretly practiced “Plural Marriage” and had at least 27 wives.. He claimed to have received a revelation instructing the practice of polygamy, section 132 of Doctrine and Covenants.. Obtaining a Testimony of the Book of Mormon and Jesus Christ. Moroni 10:1-7. , 27-29. If you haven’t read it, how do you know it is . not true. ?. Moroni 10:1-7. Sealed Up The Records. More than 420 years have passed since the coming of the Savior . Committed . Mormons Leave the Church. John P. Dehlin. John P. Dehlin. Have spent the past 8 years speaking with thousands of disaffected Mormons. Almost left the church myself. Recently returned. Attend church weekly with my . Lesson 43. Recap Lesson 42. Understand the. fundamental doctrines. of the gospel of. Jesus Christ . Living the gospel is the only way to true and eternal happiness.. Purpose. See . the importance of living according to gospel principles despite the increasing wickedness in the world.. 1. Roadmap. The role of Jerald and Sandra Tanner in considering the Apocrypha and Joseph’s query. The . Old Testament Apocrypha and Section . 91. Review: Hebrew Bible Contents and Arrangement – Why Non-chronological . John Dehlin. How do we create local and global communities of support in support of uncorrelated Mormons?. The only question (for me). (Need help developing this presentation). (Not about word parsing, academic posturing). Lesson 4. Moroni and the Book of Mormon Promise. Title Page of the Book of Mormon. SAMPLE. Copy on Card Stock and cut out. Arrange over Book of Mormon Statement. See sample on next page. Wherefore, it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites—Written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of Israel; and also to Jew and Gentile—Written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit of prophecy and of revelation—Written and sealed up, and hid up unto the Lord, that they might not be destroyed—To come forth by the gift and power of God unto the interpretation thereof—Sealed by the hand of Moroni, and hid up unto the Lord, to come forth in due time by way of the Gentile—The interpretation thereof by the gift of God.. Institute Fall 2015. Bro Daniel Peterson. Today, . Mormonism . and Western society seem to be parting ways in crucial respects. They’re no longer . aligned…In . an era when such things aren’t appreciated, Mormonism seems socially retrograde and corporate to many outside observers. Mormonism’s patriarchal orientation, for example, is, to put it mildly, out of fashion in fashionable circles. Its emphasis on heterosexual marriage is often seen as hateful, its insistence on fidelity within marriage as somewhat quaint, and its requirement of chastity outside of marriage as transparently ridiculous.. . How important is the Book of Mormon to us. ?. . . Joseph Smith put it this way: . “. Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations and where is our religion. ? . “We have none. ” (. . . . The devil laughs. !. Moses 4:1, . 4. . . (Satan’s Mission Statement) . Reveals Enemies to Christ. !. . In Hebrew “wo” means . sorrow. !. “Wo” is a condition of deep suffering from misfortune and affliction, or grief. It is used seven times in verses 24-32 of chapter 28.. Perspective is everything…. Mormon’s Last Testimony. Mormon 7:1. Title Page. Which is to show unto the remnant of the House of Israel…that they may know the covenants of the Lord. Mormon 7. …I would speak … unto the remnant of this people who are spared … . What is the purpose of the Book of Mormon?. Lesson #1. Martin Harris. D&C 10:1,6,7. The Lost 116 Pages. D&C 10:45, 46. However…. So . clearly this was not a . quid pro quo.  in the development of the final Book of Mormon product. It was not tit for tat, this for that—116 pages of manuscript for 142 pages of printed text. Not so. .