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Pentecost at Kirtland

How often do you think about the events at Pentecost in Acts 2, or do you even recall what it is? Or perhaps you wonder why it matters since it occurred in the last dispensation before the great apostasy. On March 27, 1836, at the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, events occurred that were readily compared by those who were there to what was experienced in Acts 2 at Pentecost. A few days later, as supernatural events continued to occur, Joseph Smith would declare to 300 Elders in the church that “the organization of the church was now complete” [1].

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The Implicit Commandmet

Through a series of very difficult experiences early on in my life, the Lord taught me a way of
looking at the gospel as a blueprint for healing. This is what I would like to explore with you.
Week by week we will look at different aspects of the gospel, and how they can heal us from
challenges, trials, traumas, and the difficulties that we all go through, as well as prepare us for
difficult times to come.

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Lent and the Word of Wisdom

Doctrine and Covenants 89 was given in revelation to Joseph Smith on February 27, 1883 and has become a recognizable (if often misunderstood) feature of Latter Day Saint practice that sets us apart from the Protestant churches around us. Yet divinely inspired instruction around food and how church leadership has had need to interpret, instruct, and enforce those commands is not new. . .

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