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The First Anti-Mormon Literature
The Ohio Star from around 1830-1850 Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants, for the Come Follow Me lesson June 30 – July 6...

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The Father of Lights
The quark structure of a proton. Each photon is comprised of two up quarks and one down quark. The strong force is mediated by gluons...

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Jun 203 min read
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The Foundation of a Great Work
The Independence, Missouri Temple Site; The Historical Marker Database Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants, for the Come...

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Jun 143 min read
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The Deadly Missouri
Disposal of dead bodies during the cholera epidemic in Palermo  in 1835; Pistelli, Giuseppe, Storia d'Italia dal 1815 fino alla...

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Jun 76 min read
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The Place for the City of Zion
The plat map for the City of Zion was prepared under the direction of the Prophet Joseph Smith and sent to the Saints in Missouri in June...

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Jun 114 min read
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William Wines Phelps (1792–1872)
W. W. Phelps, ca. 1850–1860; Wikipedia Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants, for the Come Follow Me lesson May 26 - June 1...

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May 247 min read
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The Shakers
Shaker dance and worship, during the Era of Manifestations; Wikipedia Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants, for the Come Follow...

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May 172 min read
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Talents and the Gifts of Wisdom and Knowledge
Saint Jerome Writing, by Caravaggio (1605-6); Wikipedia Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants, for the Come Follow Me lesson May...

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May 109 min read
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Earthquakes in Diverse Places
Earthquakes (M6.0+) since 1900 through 2017, Wikipedia Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants, for the Come Follow Me lesson May...

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May 33 min read
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Secret Combinations
A fight between the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys during the 1857 Dead Rabbits Riot. Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 4, (1857...

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Apr 278 min read
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All Things are Present Begore Christ’s Eyes
God Creating the Universe, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Michelangelo Where Science Meets Religion by Trent Dee Stephens, PhD, for the...

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Apr 194 min read
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That First Easter Night
Where Science Meets Religion by Trent Dee Stephens, PhD, for the Come Follow Me lesson April 3–9: Easter To celebrate the Easter season...

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Apr 1216 min read
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What Happened to the Whitmers?
David Whitmer , an early adherent of the Latter Day Saint movement  who eventually became the most interviewed of the Three Witnesses...

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Apr 630 min read
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Is the Power of Christ’s Spirit a Bit Quarky?
The quark structure of a proton. There are two up quarks in it and one down quark (accounting for only 1% of the total mass). The strong...

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Mar 294 min read
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Wine and Grape Juice
1916 Welch’s Grape Juice Label, Westfield New York Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants: Come Follow Me Lesson: March 24-30:...

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Mar 223 min read
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Beware of Pride — and Snakes
Black Rat Snake, Asheville, NC, Wikipedia Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants: Come Follow Me Lesson: March 17-23: Doctrine...

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Mar 154 min read
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Church Records
Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants: Come Follow Me Lesson: March 10-16: Doctrine and Covenants  20-22 We are told in Doctrine...

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Mar 812 min read
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What is in a Name?
Isaac Blessing Jacob, Stom, Matthias, Dutch, ca.1635-1637; The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham. Â Where Science Meets the...

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Mar 17 min read
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Speak the Truth in Soberness
Primary scientific research being carried out at the Microscopy Laboratory at the Idaho National Laboratory ;...

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Feb 2222 min read
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Resurrected Hands
Statue of John the Baptist ordaining Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdrey to the Aaronic Priesthood; Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah Where...

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Feb 158 min read
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