WITHOUT PURSE OR SCRIPT, Chapter 6 of The Church and The Gospel   Pages 62 to 82   The Lord’s Missionary System The Lord had a special program for missionary work-it was for His servants to devote full time to the spiritual call of preaching the Gospel. The manner He prescribed was to go without purse or scrip, meaning they were not to take a wallet or money (or credit cards) with them. It was a very unusual system by worldly standards, but one that certainly promoted faith and humility.

WITHOUT PURSE OR SCRIPT, Chapter 6 of The Church and The Gospel   Pages 62 to 82   The Lord’s Missionary System The Lord had a special program for missionary work-it was for His servants to devote full time to the spiritual call of preaching the Gospel. The manner He prescribed was to go without purse or scrip, meaning they were not to take a wallet or money (or credit cards) with them. It was a very unusual system by worldly standards, but one that certainly promoted faith and humility.

GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT, Chapter 5 of The Church & The Gospel    Pages 54 to 61   The Importance of Spiritual Gifts The Latter-day Saints profess to believe in spiritual gifts. Indeed we say that the true Church of Jesus Christ must have those gifts to be the true church. We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, etc. (7th Article of Faith) Many spiritual gifts were given to the ancient prophets, apostles and righteous saints....

THE CHANGEABLE CHURCH; THE UNCHANGEABLE GOSPEL, Chapter 4 of The Church and The Gospel    Pages 37 to 53   Definition of Terms Before beginning this section, it is important to know the meaning of the two words church and gospel. According to Webster, they are defined as follows: Church: a building set apart for public worshipecclesiastical government of a religious groupa religious servicea congregation Gospel: good newsteachings of Jesus and His apostlesabsolute truthdoctrines,...

BLESSED ARE THE PERSECUTED, Chapter 3 of The Church and The Gospel  Pages 26 to 36 “Not of the World” Shortly after Jesus was born, wicked men began to seek His life. And among His first sermons Jesus told His followers that they, too, would be persecuted. In His first recorded sermon Jesus said: Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil...

KEYS OF THE MYSTERIES, Part 2 of Chapter 2 of The Church and The Gospel    Pages 19 to 25 Eternal Progression We have the blessing of learning and progressing in knowledge not only in this life but also in the next-and for all eternity. Said Brigham Young: Those persons who strive to gain eternal life, gain that which will produce the increase their hearts will be satisfied with. Nothing less than the privilege of increasing eternally, in every sense of the word, can satisfy the immortal...

KEYS OF THE MYSTERIES, Chapter 2 of The Church and The Gospel    Pages 12 to 25   Learning the Gospel is not a simple task because it is coupled with serious contemplation and study, followed with the responsibility to live what we learn. We may learn a great deal from books and some from hearing inspired teachers, but we should not overlook another important source: personal inspiration. The more we study and delve into the Gospel, the deeper we enter into what are termed the mysteries....

The Church and the Gospel, Preface and Chapter 1   Pages 5 to 11   PREFACE:  There are volumes and volumes on LDS Church history, but not much has been written on the actual history of its doctrines. Little doubt exists among the Mormon people as to the origin and beginning events of the Church, but there are many diverse opinions on its doctrines. Mormonism has more than its share of confusion, contradiction, and controversy among its members. For example, about 20 years after the...

A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, Chapter 11 of As it is Translated Correctly Part 1    Pages 174 to 188   Conclusion:  Old and New Revelation   No one can deny the inspiration and spiritual help the Bible has been to the nations of the earth. Children sitting upon their mothers’ knees have listened with awe and adoration to the marvelous dealings of God with man; Sunday School teachers have enthralled and persuaded men to a better course through life. In the depths of sorrow and...

JOSEPH’S INSPIRED TRANSLATION, Chapter 10 of As It Is Translated Correctly Part 2 Episode 710   It is evident that some Bible translators received more divine help or inspiration than others. And it should be no great surprise that the Prophet Joseph Smith should receive more than all the others.   When the Prophet Joseph was only 20 years old, he understood the adverse effects mortal men had had on Bible translations. From the Book of Mormon, he read about the incompleteness and the...

JOSEPH’S INSPIRED TRANSLATION, Chapter 10 of As It Is Translated Correctly Part 1 Episode 709   Pages 146 to 173   I resumed the translation of the Scriptures, and continued to labor in this branch of my calling…. (D.H.C. 1:238)   For many centuries uninspired men have fractured Christianity into a thousand different, contending sects; and, from out of all these have come many different versions of the Bible. Because of this confusion, the Lord saw the necessity of bringing more...

BIBLICAL ERRORS, Chapter 9 of As It Is Translated Correctly     Pages 106 to 145 Read The Full Chapter Here: https://www.tumblr.com/fundamentallymormon/741904916289896448/biblical-errors-chapter-9-of-as-it-is-translated?source=share It is obvious to non-Mormons that there are very few members of the Latter-day Saint Church who can point out errors in the Bible, nor do they know these inconsistencies even exist. As one anti-Mormon publication stated:   Ask the Mormons to show you...

APOCRYPHA AND THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE, Chapter 8 of As It Is Translated Correctly   Pages 94 to 105 Read the Full Chapter Here: https://www.tumblr.com/fundamentallymormon/741904793438748672/apocrypha-and-the-canon-of-scripture-chapter-8-of?source=share Question: Is not the canon of Scriptures full? Answer (by Joseph Smith): If it is, there is a great defect in the book, or else it would have said so. (D.H.C. 3:30)   The collection of books, letters, and histories compiled within the...

THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS, Chapter 7 of As It Is Translated Correctly  Pages 70 to 93 For over a decade, nations suffered through the blood and devastation of World War II; then finally the announcement of peace gave relief to the whole earth. But the thunder and smoke had hardly settled when another worldwide, revolutionary proclamation was made. This was the announcement of one of the greatest discoveries ever made in the field of Biblical archaeology. In 1947, a cave near the Dead Sea offered...

THE SONG OF SOLOMON AND THE BOOK OF JASHER, Chapter 6 of As It Is Translated Correctly    Pages 60 to 69

LOST BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, Chapter 5 of As It Is Translated Correctly 

DIFFERENT BIBLES AND TRANSLATIONS, Chapter 4 of As It Is Translated Correctly    Pages 42 to 52   Our Bible is a collection of books written over a period of 1600 years. It gradually grew until its compilation consisted of 66 books, with the last one being written at the close of the first century A.D. The arrangement of the books has differed through the years, but not necessarily in chronological order.   The twentieth century has seen a surge of new translations of these ancient...

TRANSLATING AND REVISING SCRIPTURE, Chapter 3 of As It Is Translated Correctly  Read full chapter here: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/fundamentallymormon/2023/12/31/translating-and-revising-scripture-chapter-3-of-as-it-is-translated-correctly Pages 20 to 41 Too often over-zealous and misinformed preachers of today profess to have a Bible without error. However, any honest Christian scholar will admit mistakes and inaccuracies in all Bible translations. Perhaps the erudite scholars of...

HISTORY OF BIBLICAL MANUSCRIPTS, Chapter 2 of As It Is Translated Correctly Episode 701 Pages 12 to 19 Did God write the Bible? Did prophets or apostles write every word of the Bible? Is every word in the Bible inspired of God? The answer to all of these questions is, of course, no. Some of it contains the words of God; some parts are the words of men; sometimes it quotes the devil; and in once place a jackass spoke. Hence, the Bible is a compilation of records from various sources,...

Textual Criticism, Chapter 1 of As it is Translated Correctly Episode 700 Pages 1 to 11 Today we have over a thousand different “Christian” religions, all claiming to be right as they denounce all the others as being wrong. All are preaching different doctrines, yet they hold the same Bible in their hands. Unbelievable as it may seem, they still contend and make war upon each other. Why so much confusion? There may possibly be several reasons for such a labyrinth of discord and contention:...

 Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, Chapter 15 of Teachings of Eternal Lives Read along here: https://www.tumblr.com/fundamentallymormon/711909106711216128/joseph-smith-and-brigham-young-chapter-15-of Youtube Video: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWhn4Er6Y4ogE2pn99msHFgdNaqQRTSk5 Brigham Young “It is said to be eternal life, ‘to know the only wise God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent.’ I will tell you one thing, as brother Hyde has said, it would be an excellent plan for us to go to...

Kingdoms of Glory and The Seven Heavens, Chapter 14 of The Teachings of The Doctrine of Eternal Lives Read along with me here: https://www.tumblr.com/fundamentallymormon/711471224086249472/kingdoms-of-glory-and-the-seven-heavens-chapter Joseph Smith “Paul saw to the third heaven, and I more.” (TPJS pg. 301. HC 5:392. Also see, The Words of Joseph Smith pg. 202, 207, 211-212, 214) “I know one who was caught up to the seventh heaven and saw and heard things not lawful for me to utter”...