Abide #20: Doctrine and Covenants 133-134
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View ArticleMaxwell Institute Podcast #128: Joseph Smith Papers, Documents Volume 12
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have taken the Lord’s call to “have a record kept among [them]” since the commandment was given in the first days of the Church. One of the...
View ArticleMaxwell Institute Podcast #132: Joseph Smith for President with Spencer McBride
The Constitution of the United States guarantees that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Despite that promise, Latter-day...
View ArticleAbide #22: Doctrine and Covenants 137-138
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View ArticleMaxwell Institute Podcast #133: Where the Soul Hungers with Samuel M. Brown
Though raised as a Latter-day Saint in Utah, Samuel M. Brown was an atheist from an early age and proud of it. Yet, by his own account, God became an undeniable presence in his life. Now a faithful...
View ArticleAbide #23: Official Declaration One
In September 1890, Wilford Woodruff, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, met with his counselors with a vexing problem. How could they, as prophets and the First Presidency...
View ArticleAbide #24: Official Declaration Two
Spencer W. Kimball, his counselors, and their fellow apostles prayed about the revelation that Latter-day Saints have canonized as Official Declaration 2 in June 1978. They immediately let it be known...
View ArticleAbide #25: The Family: A Proclamation to the World
In October 1995 at the General Relief Society meeting of LDS General Conference, then President Gordon B. Hinckley presented “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” It was the 5th of 6...
View ArticleMaxwell Institute Podcast #134: Proclaim Peace with Patrick Mason and David...
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View ArticleAbide: Moses 1 and Abraham 3
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View ArticleAbide: Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5
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View ArticleAbide: Genesis 3–4 and Moses 4–5
“Adam fell that men might be. And men are that they might have joy.” Lehi’s declaration in 2 Nephi 2 is transformative in Latter-day Saint theology, transforming an event portrayed often in negative...
View ArticleMaxwell Institute Podcast #135: The Stuff of Discipleship, with Jennifer Reeder
Please enjoy Dr. Jennifer Reeder’s 2021 Neal A. Maxwell Lecture! You can watch the address, with Dr. Reeder’s slides, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo7GR8ql_xY. The post Maxwell Institute Podcast...
View ArticleAbide: Genesis 5; Moses 6
A lot of time passes in Genesis 5. We see fathers and sons’ names and their ages when sons were sired. They lived a lot longer than we do now! In Moses 5 we receive far more detail about post-Eden...
View ArticleMaxwell Institute Podcast #136: Documenting a Relationship: Early Latter-day...
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View ArticleAbide: Moses 7
Moses 7 features Enoch, a figure that receives scant attention in Genesis, but has an overwhelming impact on the Pearl of Great Price. Importantly, Enoch’s experience with God also shapes how we view...
View ArticleAbide: Genesis 6-11 and Moses 8
Introduction: The world of the Old Testament, like our own day, is swimming in violence. From the direct and intimate violence of person-to-person interaction to the structural violence that reinforce...
View ArticleMaxwell Institute Podcast #137: BH Roberts, the Bible, and the Book of...
Have you ever had anyone ask you “what is scripture?” For such a short question it has the possibility to open up into thousands of answers. For Latter-day Saints, it can be defined as “whatsoever...
View ArticleAbide: Genesis 12-17 and Abraham 1-2
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View ArticleAbide: Genesis 18-23
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