Points to Ponder in the Doctrine and Covenants

Points to Ponder in Doctrine and Covenants 1 To accompany your Come Follow Me study for January 6-12 In addition to reading this section, you would enjoy looking at the following related commentary: Chapter 2: Doctrine and Covenants 1 (churchofjesuschrist.org) Joseph Smith’s Revelations, Doctrine and Covenants 1 (churchofjesuschrist.org) You may also enjoy the following videos: If you would like to have a Kahoot game related to this material that you can use with your family or with a class, click here:    https://create.kahoot.it/share/doctrine-and-covenants-1/766d73ce-a0ae-4142-8f78-cdb53aa91e71 . MY FIRST LOVE Of all the four standard works, the Doctrine and Covenants is the first one with which I fell in love.  As a twelve year old boy, I had dutifully tried to read the Book of Mormon.  It wasn’t long before I got bogged down and lost interest—quite possibly in the Isaiah chapters at the end of 2 Nephi.  I didn’t make a serious effort to read any scripture a...

Points to Ponder in Joseph Smith–History 1:1-26 Points to Ponder   in Joseph Smith—History 1:1-26   and in Voices of the Restoration:  Joseph Smith’s Family    in this week’s Come Follow Me Material To accompany your Come Follow Me study for January 13-19 In addition to reading JS-H 1:1-26 and the Voices of the Restoration material this week, you will enjoy watching the following videos: If you would like to have a Kahoot game related to this material that you can use with your family or with a class, click here:  https://create.kahoot.it/share/joseph-smith-history-1-1-26-first-vision/5b026e98-0e80-4fc3-b4a0-865cebc14913 . Points to Ponder in “Voices of the Restoration: Joseph Smith’s Family” What did you consider the three most impressive points made in this section about Joseph Smith’s parents? Points to Ponder in Joseph Smith—History 1:1- 26 1.  How many errors, stated or implied, can you find in the following simplified but intentionally garbled ve...

Points to Ponder in JS-History 1:27-65 and D&C 2 To accompany your Come Follow Me study for  January 20-26 In addition to reading JS-History 1:27-65 and D&C 2 this week, you may want to read the following commentary: Chapter 1: Introduction to the Doctrine and Covenants; Doctrine and Covenants 2 (churchofjesuschrist.org) An Angel and a Promise (churchofjesuschrist.org) You may also enjoy the following videos: If you would like to have a Kahoot game related to this material that you can use with your family or with a class, click here:  https://create.kahoot.it/share/joseph-smith-history-1-27-65-and-d-c-2/d5fbd545-65b5-44f9-b940-83eeb5d534d5 . Points to Ponder in JS-History 1:27-65 and D&C 2 1.  Why do you suppose the Lord let three and a half years intervene between Joseph Smith’s First Vision and the visit of Moroni? 2.  What interesting similarities do you see between the circumstances of Joseph Smith’s First Vision and the visitation of Moroni?  W...